156 BRITISH DISCOMYCETES. 
clavate; sporidia 8, oblong or fusiform, 3-guttulate, 
6—12 x 2—4u; paraphyses scarce. 
Peziza alnella—Nyl, “Pez. Fenn.,” p. 45; Karst., 
“Mon. Pez,” p. 140.  Helotvwm alniellum—Karst., 
“Myco. Fenn.,” p. 129. Helotium Grenseri—Auersw. in 
Rabh., “Fung. Eur.,” ed. ii. No. 1122; “Scott. Nat.,” v1. 124, 
Exs.—Rabh., “ Fung. Eur.,” ed. ii, No. 1122. 
On catkins of Alnus glutinosus. ; , 
Cup 3 to 3a line broad, sessile or subsessile, pallid- 
white or yellowish. , 
Name—Alnus, the generic name of the alder-tree. 
Forres, N.B.! (Dr. Keith). Scarborough! (Mr. Massee). 
(6) Sporidia oblong-elliptic. 
(a) On wood. 
5. Helotiwm fibuliforme. (Bolt.) 
Cup stipitate, convex, yellow, fleshy, rather firm; 
dark brown beneath, as well as the short, thick, sub- 
villose stem; asci cylindraceo-clavate; sporidia oblong 
or fusiform, 2-guttulate, 9—12 x 2—4u. 
Helvella fibulsformis—Bolt., t. 176. Peziza fibuli- 
formis—Fries, “Sys. Myco.,” ii. p. 155; “Eng. Flo.,” v. 
p. 207. Helotiwm fibuliforme—Berk., “Outl.,” p. 871; 
Cooke, “ Handbk.,” No. 2126; Gill, “Champ.,” p. 158. 
On sticks of elm in water; also on ash in like 
situations. 
Cup 14 to 3 lines broad, about 24 lines high. 
It consists of a little hard pileus, smooth, slippery, 
and of a yellow-ochre colour on the upper side. It is 
supported by a round stem, a line in length; of a solid 
and firm consistence ; and, together with the under side of 
the pileus, is of a dusky black (Bolt., l. c.). 
Name—/ibula, a button, forma, shape. 
Bell Bank, near Bingley (Bolton). Bettws-y-Coed ! 
6. Helotiwm flavum. (Klotzsch.) 
Gregarious, stipitate; cup at first subpyriform, then 
expanded; hymenium bright yellow ; externally pallid; 
