78 BRITISH DISCOMYCETES. 
At first appearing as a small white furfuraceous ball, 
seated on a white mycelium, } of an inch broad; when 
old becoming irregular, 12 inches broad, margin split 
and jagged. 
Name—Tectus, the roof; from its habitat. 
Dwelling-house, Shrewsbury! Union Workhouse, 
Shrewsbury ! Herefordshire County Asylum ! (Dr. Chap- 
man). Edinburgh, on timber in a house that had been 
burnt down (Dr. M.C. Cooke). Botanical Gardens, Edin- 
burgh; and Epping (Dr. M. C. Cooke). Marlborough 
(Dr. M, C. Cooke). 
48, Peziza ampliata, Pers. 
Cup sessile, fleshy, fragile, thin, expanding directly 
from the base, nearly cinnamon, externally pallid, nearly 
smooth; asci cylindrical; sporidia 8, elliptic, smooth, 
18 x 194; paraphyses linear, slightly thickened upwards. 
Peziza ampliata—Pers., “Icon. et Deser.,” p. 31, t. 3, 
f. 4; Fries, “Sys. Myco.,” ii. 76; Cooke, “Mycogr.,” 
fig. 384. Alewria ampliata—GilL, “ Champ.,” p. 47. 
On rotting wood and bark of oak, poplar, ete. 
Autumn and winter. 
Cup 4 an inch to 1 inch or more broad. 
Name—Amoplio, to enlarge ; widened out. 
Near Hereford! Guildford! (Mr. Thomas Howse). 
Cawdor Castle, N.B.!| Hanham Woods, near Bristol ; 
Kew Gardens (Dr. M. C. Cooke). 
49. Pezizamellea. Cooke and Plow. 
Cup solitary, sessile, hemispherical, glabrous, be- 
coming applanate, ochraceous ; margin incurved; hyme- 
nium honey-coloured ; asci cylindrical ; sporidia 8, elliptic, 
smooth, 20 x 1lu; paraphyses slightly clavate at the 
apices. 
Peziza mellea—Cooke and Plow., “ Grevillea,” v. 119; 
Cooke, “ Mycogr.,” fig. 383. 
On decaying ash. 
Cup about 6 lines broad; the margin of the cups 
