76 BRITISH DISCOMYCETES. 
Key TO THE SPECIES. 
Sporidia rough; hymenium umber-brown .. brunneo-atra, 
Sporidia rough; hymenium livid-purple .. .. lividula. 
Sporidia smooth oe or it i oe Le 
Hymenium black, perforated wi sg -. ortbrosa. 
1 Hymenium pale buff; margin of cup dentate is a 
* )Hymenium purplish or violet ea aie 
Hymenium some shade of brown .. ce ee 3 
Hymenium livid-purple; sporidia oblong-elliptic ; 
paraphyses linear .. re re ie +. purpurascens. 
Hymenium livid-purple; sporidia elliptic; para- 
9, J__ Physes clavate ous nae ne as .. enidiiformis, 
"’\Hymenium purplish-blue; sporidia elliptic; para- : 
physes slender, subclavate oe aig .. violacea. 
Hymenium varying from yellowish to purple; 
sporidia elliptic ; paraphyses stout, clavate .. undata. 
(Hymenium pale ochraceous; paraphyses linear .. tectoria. 
Hymenium pale ochraceous ; paraphyses clavate .. viridaria. 
Hymenium ochraceous; paraphyses subclavate; grow- 
ing on wood.. oe ae é% oe »- mellea, 
3. {Hymenium cinnamon; paraphyses linear .. -. ampliata. 
Hymenium blackish-brown; paraphyses clavate, not 
branched... aes a ane oe -. sepiatia. 
Hymenium blackish-brown ; paraphyses pyriform 
{ and branched os oe “a ea .» sterigmatizans. 
A. SPORIDIA ELLIPTIC, ASPERATE, 
44, Peziza lividula. Phil. 
Cup obconical, becoming expanded, at length appla- 
nate, fleshy, glabrous, livid-purple or fuliginous; margin 
entire; hymenium convex, undulating; asci cylindrical ; 
sporidia 8, elliptic, asperate, 18—20 x 10u; paraphyses 
septate, clavate at the apices. (Plate IV. fig. 18.) 
Peziza lwidula—Phil. in Cooke’s “ Mycogr.,” fig. 277. 
On the ground in damp spots. Autumn. 
Name—Lividus, lead-colour ; somewhat lead-colour. 
Near Shrewsbury ! 
45. Peziza brunneo-atra. Desm. 
Cup sessile, solitary, largish, nearl lane, entire 
fleshy, fragile, smooth, brown-black ; zeae cylindrical : 
sporidia 8, ovate, subhyaline, minutely asperate, 20 x 10u ; 
paraphyses clavate at the apices. ; 
Peziza brumneo-atra—Desm., “Crypt. Fr,” i. 826; 
