84 BRITISH DISCOMYCETES. 
(Paraphyses clavate, branched ; exterior of cup dark 
brown as oe ihe ae aie ..  lechethina. 
11, JParaphyses linear, not branched: exterior of cup 
*) pale ochre .. a a tee ws 
Paraphyses linear, not branched; exterior of cup 
| orange-yellow ace a ae a .. glumarum. 
Margin of cup dentate; paraphyses clavate, brown hepatica. 
12. {Margin of cup granular ; paraphyses linear +. cervaria, 
Margin of cup glabrous 5 a5 af mee | 
(Paraphyses much branched; cells of cup very small misture. 
Paraphyses not branched, clavate, dirty yellow .. Oocardié. 
Paraphyses not branched, clavate, brown .. +. depressa. 
semi-immersa. 
13. 
Paraphyses absent ; cells of cup very large.. -» bovina. 
Paraphyses linear, curved; cups hemispherical, 
14 scattered .. a3 ar ae ae -. corallina. 
* ) Paraphyses linear, curved ; cupsturbinate, crowded Rowmegueré. 
Paraphyses clavate .. Bs as es .- 15 
Externally slightly granulose as a +. cagbonigena, 
15. (Externally tomentose af oe oe «. fusispora. 
Pubescent towards the margin as oe -- ollaris. 
A. SPORIDIA GLOBOSE. 
(a) Epispore reticulate. 
58. Peziza Crowani. Cooke. 
Cup scarlet, fleshy, glabrous, urceolate, becoming 
hemispherical ; hymenium applanate; margin membra- 
naceous, reflexed, whitish ; asci cylindrical; sporidia 8, 
globose, reticulated, 16—18u; paraphyses filiform, simple 
or ira thickened towards the apices. (Plate IV. 
fig. 19. 
Peziza Crowani—Oooke in “Grevillea,” iii. fig. 61; 
“ Mycogr.,” fig. 17. Peziza Polytrichi—Karst., “Mveo. 
Fenn.,” p. 62; Nyl, “Pez. Fenn,” p. 22. Ascobolus 
Crowani—Cooke, “Jour. Bot.,” 1864, f. 3; B. and Br,, 
“Ann. Nat. Hist.” No. 1085, t. 16, f. 26; Cooke, 
“Handbk.,” No. 2198. Lamprospora miniata—De Not., 
“Disc,” p. 84. Ascobolus miniatus—Crouan, “ Amn. 
Se. Nat.,” 1858, x. p. 197, t. 18, f. 44-47 (non Preuss) ; 
Currey “Linn. Trans.,” xxiv. p. 495, t. 51, fig. 19. 
Crouant miniata—Fckl., “Symb. Myco.,” p- 320; Pat., 
p. 39,f. 96. Alewria Crowani—Gill., “ Champ.,” p. 50, ¢.i. 
Exs.—Oooke, “ Fung. Brit.,” 285, ii. 192; Fekl., “¥F. 
Rh.,” 1853; Rabh., « Fung. Eur.,” 658 and 1624, 
