BELONIDIUM. 151 
parenchyma composed of subglobose cells below the 
margin, and oblong cells near and at the margin, which 
are umber-brown. 
Name—Lacelsus, high, tall; from its very large 
sporidia. 
Grantown, N.B.! (Rev. Dr. Keith). 
5. Belonidiwm ventosum. (Karst.) 
Cups gregarious, from subspherical-applanate be- 
coming convex, at first totally cinereous, then cinereous- 
black ; hymenium pallid-ochraceous, or becoming totally 
cinereous-black ; margin elevated, very slightly fiexuose, 
obtuse ; asci eylindraceo- -clavate or subcylindrical ; 
sporidia 8, elongate-fusiform, often curved; 2 to 4-guttu- 
late, or spuriously and slenderly 3-septate, 10—20 x 2 
—3:5u; paraphyses filiform. 
Peziza ventosa—Karst., “Mon. Pez,” p. 157; Phil. 
and Plow., “ Grevillea,” viii. p. 103; Steven., « Myco. 
Scot.,” p. 326. Mollisea ventosa—Karst., . Myoo. Fenn.,” 
>. 188. 
' Exs.—Karst., “Fung. Fenn.,” 733; Phil. “ Elv. Brit.,” 
173. 
On willow. Spring. 
Cup { to 1 line broad. 
Name—Ventosus, inconstant ; from its inconstant 
colour. 
Forres, N.B.! (Rev. Dr. Keith). Near Shrewsbury ! 
(c) Sporidia filiform. 
6. Belonidium pullwm. Phil. and Keith. 
Scattered, sessile, at first hemispherical, then ex- 
panded, nearly plane; externally brown; hymenium 
watery cinereous; asci cylindraceo-clavate; sporidia 
fusiform, 4 to 6-guttulate, becoming 3-septate, 25— 
30 x 3—5u; paraphyses linear, slender. 
sou pullwm—Phil. and Keith in “ Grevillea,” 
p. 75. 
On Poa and Typha. Autumn. 
Cup 3 a line broad. The colour varies from pale 
