HYMENOSCYPHA. 125 
At first hemispherical, then expanded and plane ; 
stem slender, attenuated downwards. 
Name—After Aspegren, a friend of Fries. 
Wier Coppice, near Shrewsbury ! 
17. Hymenoscypha serotina. (Pers.) 
Cup stipitate, plano-convex, rather thin, bright 
yellow; stem short, firm, thickish; asci cylindraceo- 
clavate; sporidia 8, oblong-elliptic or clavate, straight 
or slightly curved, 22—24 x 4. 
Helotium serotinum—Berk., “Outl.,” p. 372; Fekl, 
“Symb. Myco.,” p. 313; Cooke, “Handbk.,” No. 2132; 
Gill, “Champ.,” p. 156. Peziza serotina—Pers., “Syn. 
Fung.,” p. 661; Fries, “Sys. Myco.,” ii. p. 119; “Eng. 
Flo.,” v. p. 201. Helvella aurea—Bolt., t. 98. 
Exs.—F kL, 1157. 
On dead leaves and branches in water. Autumn. 
Cup about 1 to 2 lines broad; stem 14 to 2 lines 
long. Gregarious or crowded. 
Name—Serotinus, late; from its late appearance. 
Near Halifax (Bolton). 
C. SPORIDIA CYLINDRICAL. 
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18. Hymenoscypha bryophila. (Fries.) 
Cup stipitate, slender, at first concave, then convex, 
glabrous, flavescent; stem long, slender, flexuose, slightly 
pubescent ; asci clavate; sporidia cylindrical, curved, 
10 xX 2u; paraphyses filiform, enlarged upwards, septate. 
Peziza bryophila—Fries, “Sys. Myco.,” ii, p. 119. 
P. pyxidata— Flo. Dan.,” t.1017,f£1. Phialea bryophila 
—Gill., “Champ.,” p. 100. 
Amongst moss in mountain pastures. Autumn. 
Cup 1 to 1} lines broad, 23 to 5 lines high. Scattered, 
slender, nearly white, becoming yellowish. 
Name—Bryum, a genus of mosses, and ¢ioe, loving; 
from its habitat. 
Longmynd, Salop '’ 
