136 BRITISH DISCOMYCETES. 
4-guttulate, 17—27 x 5—9u; paraphyses filiform, rather 
stout. 
Helotiwm laburni—B. and Br., “Ann. Nat. Hist.,” 
No. 1624; “ Grevillea,” v. p. 62. 
On decorticated branches of Cytisus laburnum, or 
beneath the cuticle, which it seems to throw off. 
Cups 3 to 3 aline broad, gregarious, fleshy, firm ; flesh 
yellowish-white. 
Name—Laburnum, a well-known tree. 
Menmuir, N.B.! (Rev. M. Anderson). 
34. Hymenoscypha calyculus. (Sow.) 
Cup stipitate, concave, margin elevated or expanded, 
yellowish-brown, fleshy, firm, smooth ; stem short, thick, 
attenuated downwards ; asci cylindraceo-clavate ; sporidia 
8, oblong or oblong-elliptic or clavate, straight or slightly 
curved, 15—18 x 3—5mu; paraphyses filiform, slender. 
Helotium calyculus—Berk., “ Outl.,” p. 372; Cooke, 
“ Handbk.,” No. 2142. Peziza calyculus—Fries, “Sys. 
Myco.,” ii. p. 129; “Eng. Flo.,” v. p. 202; Sow., t. 116; 
With., iv. p. 307; Purt., ii. and in. No. 1083. P. in- 
fundibulum—Grev., “Flo. Edin.,” p. 423; Fries, “Sys. 
Myco.,” ii. p. 180; B. and Br., “Ann. Nat. Hist.” No. 
961; Batsch, f. 147. Phialea calyculus—Gill, “Champ.,” 
p. 108. 
On decorticated wood and branches. 
Cup about 1 to 1} lines broad, and the same high. 
Bright clear brown, flesh firm; dise concave or plane ; 
stem short, enlarging upwards into the cup. This has 
probably been confused with H. serotinum and ferru- 
ginewm, but the sporidia differ. 
Name—xaAv£, the cup of a flower; from its shape. 
Near Shrewsbury ! Forres! (Rev. Dr. Keith). King’s 
Lynn! (Mr. C. B. Plowright). 
(b) On herbaceous stems. 
35. Hymenoscypha scutula. (Pers.) 
Cup hypocrateriform, becoming nearly plane, firm, 
glabrous, testaceous yellow; stem rather slender; asci 
