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24. Hymenoscypha lutescens. (Hedw.) 
Cup stipitate, at first hemispherical, then hypocrateri- 
form, yellowish; hymenium brownish, margin paler; 
stem short or sometimes elongated, slender, flexuose, 
subcylindrical, pale; asci cylindraceo-clavate; sporidia 
8, oblong or oblong-elliptic, 12—15 x 44; paraphyses 
slender, filiform. 
Octospora lutescens—Hedw., “Mus. Frond.,” ii. t. 9, 
f.3. Peziza lutescens—A. and S., p. 334; “Flo. Dan.,” 
t. 1440, f. 1; Wahl. “Ups.,” p. 465; Fries, “Sys. Myco.,” 
ii. p. 120. Helotium lutescens—Berk., “Outl.,” p. 372; 
Cooke, “ Handbk.,” No. 2134. Phialea lutescens—Gill., 
“ Champ.,” 157. 
On dead twigs amongst moss, etc. 
Cup 4 to 1} lines broad, and as much high. Gre- 
garious. 
Name—Luteus, yellow ; yellowish. 
Bloxham in Herb. Kew! 
(b) On herbaceous stems. 
25. Hymenoscypha rhodoleuca. (Fries.) 
Cup plane, rosy-white, glabrous; stem nearly equal, 
slender, same colour; asci cylindraceo-clavate; sporidia 
8, oblong or oblong-elliptic, 10—14 x 44; paraphyses 
filiform. 
Peziza rhodoleuca—Fries, “Obs. Myco.,” ii. p. 306; 
“Sys. Myco.,” ii. p. 127; Karst., “Pez. et Asco.,” p. 31; 
and “Mon. Pez.,” p.139. Helotiwm rhodoleucum—Fries, 
“Summa Veg. Scan.,” p. 355; Karst. “Myco. Fenn.,” 
. 128. 
Exs.—Karst., “ Fung. Fenn.,” 152. 
On dead branches of Equisetum, in damp places. 
Spring. 
Cup 3 to 4 line broad; stem varying from } to } a 
line high. When young this plant is pyriform, but soon 
becomes expanded, and at length plane or convex. The 
colour is a beautiful rosy-white. 
Name—pddoy, a rose, Aewkde, white ; rose-white. 
Shelton Rough, near Shrewsbury ! 
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