142 BRITISH DISCOMYCETES. 
On dead stems of Angelica and Pieris. 
Cup about } of a line broad; stem about the same 
long; scattered or gregarious. 
Name—Clava, a club; shaped like a club. 
Near Shrewsbury ! 
(c) On leaves. 
43, Hymenoscypha nitidula. (B. and Br.) 
Cup minute, subhemispherical, irregular; externally 
pale watery tan, minutely farinaceous, glistening, rather 
firm ; stem short, equal ; asci cylindraceo-clavate ; sporidia 
8, fusiform, 7—10 X 34; paraphyses very slenderly fili- 
form, 
Peziza nitidula—B. and Br., “Ann. Nat. Hist.,” No. 
570; Cooke, “ Handbk.,’ No. 2091. 
On dead leaves of Aira cespitosa. Winter. 
“Scattered; cup slightly concave, at first subhemi- 
spherical, then nearly plane, often irregular, covered 
with glistening mealy particles. Allied to the preceding 
(Peziza cacaliw), but distinguished by its uniformly 
mealy surface, irregular shape, and depressed, not clavate, 
cup” (B. and Br.). 
Name—Nitidus, shining ; somewhat shining. 
Batheaston, near Bath ! (Mr. C. E. Broome). 
44. Hymenoscypha electrina. Phil. and Plow. 
Cup subhemispherical, glabrous, shining, amber- 
colour, when moist subgelatinous; stem rather short, 
firm, darker at the base; asci narrowly clavate, pointed 
at the summit; sporidia 8, fusiform, 5 x 1. 
Peziza electrina—Phil. and Plow., “ Grevillea,” viii. 
p. 155; “Scott. Nat.,” i. (new ser.), 86. 
On pine leaves, intermixed with Dacrymyces suc- 
cineus, Fries, of which it is the ascigerous stage. 
Cup 100 to 500u broad, stem not quite as long as the 
breadth of. cup. 
Name—Flectrum, amber ; from the colour. 
Forres, N.B.! (Mr. C. B. Plowright). 
