PREZIZA. 55 
16. Peziza phlebophora. B. and Br. 
Cup poculiform, oblique, substipitate, finely pul- 
verulent, venoso-costate at the base; asci cylindrical ; 
sporidia 8, elliptic, smooth, 10—12 x 64; paraphyses 
sparse, linear. 
Peziza phlebophora—B. and Br., “ Ann. Nat. Hist.,” 
No. 1153, t. 8, f£ 9; Cooke, “Handbk.,” No. 1970; 
“ Mycogr.,” fig. 217. 
On clay bank. 
Cup 4 to 1} inch broad, often rather oblique, yellow 
or brownish, springing from a very short stem-like base, 
from which branched ribs are given off, ending in little 
pits ; hymenium often venose. 
_ Name—¢héy, a vein, pépw, to carry ; from the veined 
ase, 
King’s Cliffe (Rev. M. J. Berkeley). Brislington 
(Mr. C. E. Broome). Coed Coch, North Wales (Rev. M. 
J. Berkeley). Hill Plantation, near Carlisle! (Dr. 
Carlyle). 
SuBcenus IV.—CocaLearia. Cooke. 
Cup sessile, externally pruinose, flexuose, ceespitose- 
contorted. (Plate III. fig. 14) : 
Although the cups in this subgenus are sometimes 
laterally divided, they are rarely elongated on the one 
side, as in Otidea. 
Name—Cochlea; the shell of a snail. 
ARRANGEMENT OF THE SPECIES. 
A. Sporidia elliptic, asperate .. oe -» species 17-19 
B. Sporidia elliptic, smooth .. ss xs » 20-29 
Key To THe Spxcres. 
Hymenium faint purple, changing to pale buff «- Adz. 
Hymenium olivaceous umber .. or os grandis. 
Hymenium orange red ; sporidia rough oe ere | 
Hymenium orange red or bright yellow; sporidia 
smooth .. = or ae . oe a 
Hymenium some shade of brown 5 a o 4 
1 Paraphyses globose at the apices o. oe -. fibrillosa. 
* \Paraphyses clavate at the apices. oe ve eo 2 
