BELONIDIUM. 149 
Peziza vexata—Karst., “Mon. Pez,” p. 189; “Myco. 
Fenn.,” p. 163. Phialea culmicola—Gill., “Champ.,” 103. 
Exs,—Rabh., “ Fung. Eur.,” ed. ii. 519 and 221; Karst., 
“Fung. Fenn,” 545; Phil, “Hlv. Brit,” 116; Desm., 
“Crypt. Fr.,” 282, ed. ii. No. 28. 
On dead culms of Graminie. 
Cup about 500u broad. The margin is usually 
fimbriated, the cup fibroso-striate, the texture waxy. 
Name—Culmus, corn-straw, colo, to inhabit. 
Forres, N.B.! (Rev. Dr. Keith). Lynn! (Mr. C. B. 
Plowright). Shelton Rough, near Shrewsbury ! 
2. Belondiwm minutissinmwm. (Batsch.) 
Cup at first clavate or obovate, then cupulate, pallid- 
white, glabrous; stem very short, attenuated at the base ; 
asci clavate; sporidia 8, oblong or oblong-fusiform, 
curved, 4-septate, constricted at the septa, 30 x 6u; 
paraphyses filiform. - 
Peziza minutissima—Batsch, f. 143; B. and Br., “Ann. 
Nat. Hist.,” No. 1071, t. 15, f. 21; Cooke, “ Handbk.,” 
No. 2095. BP. Helminthosporii—Blox. in Herb. Kew. 
On Helminthosporia. Wintcr. 
Very minute. 
“ Pallid; cups clavate, substipitate ; margin incurved : 
sporidia 0014 inch (40u) long, quadriseptate. Interest- 
ing from the marked character afforded by the sporidia ” 
(B. and Br., 0. ¢.). 
Name—Minutus, minute ; very minute. 
Twycross! (Rev. A. Bloxam). Batheaston, near Bath 
(Mr. C. E. Broome). 
B. SESSILE. 
(a) Sporidia elliptic or oblong. 
3. Belonidium lacustre. (Fries.) 
Sessile, applanate, orbicular, soft, waxy, plano-convex, 
dingy blackish ; asci clavate; sporidia 8, elliptic or 
oblong-elliptic, at length 1 to 3-septate; paraphyses 
filiform. 
