HYMENOSCYPHA. 187 
cylindraceo-clavate ; sporidia 8, fusiform or clavate, 
straight or curved, 2 to 3-guttulate or pseudo-septate, 
18—25 x 464; paraphyses filiform. 
Peziza scutula—Pers., “Myco. Eur.,” p. 284; Fries, 
“Sys. Myco.,” ii, p. 123; Kickx., “Flo. Flan.,” i. 485; 
Nees, f. 282. Helotewm scutula—Karst., “Symb.,” p. 238 ; 
“Myco. Fenn.,” 110; “Scott. Nat.” vi. 125. Phialea 
scutula—Gill. “Champ.,” p. 108. Helotiwm virgultorum 
—Pat., p. 38, f. 94. 
Exs.—Karst., “Fung. Fenn.,” 739; Sacc., “Myco. Ven.,” 
No, 728. 
On dead herbaceous stems, Spirea Ulmaria, ete. 
Cup 3 to 14 lines broad ; stem 4 to 24 lines long. This 
species has a group of near allies which can be regarded 
only as varieties. 
Name—Scutum, a shield; from its resemblance when 
fully expanded to a little shield. 
Forres, N.B.! (Rev. J. Keith). Falmouth! (Mr. E. M. 
Holmes). Persley Den, near Aberdeen! (Professor 
Trail). 
Var. fucata. Phil. in “ Elv. Brit.,” No. 120. 
Cup subhemispherical; margin incurved ; dise brown- 
ish yellow; externally whitish, stained irregularly with 
dirty yellow. 
On dead stems of Polygonum lying in water. 
Ellesmere, Salop ! 
Var. Lysimachie. Phil. in “ Elv. Brit.,” No. 120a. 
On dead stems of Lysimachia vulgaris. 
Shrewsbury ! 
Var. Mentha. Phil. 
Cup plane or convex; dise bright yellow; stem 
slender ; sporidia 14—2 x 3—5y; 2 to 3 guttule, often 
pseudo-uniseptate. 
Helotium Menthe in “ Elv. Brit.,” No. 188. 
On decaying stems of Mentha. 
