HELOTIUM. 163 
absent; asci clavate; sporidia 8, fusiform, straight, or 
curved, 11 x 2:5u; paraphyses filiform. 
Peziza phyllophila—Desm., “Crypt. Fr.” Helotiwm 
phyllophilwum—Karst., “ Symb.,” p. 239. Pezicula phyllo- 
phila—Karst., “Myco. Fenn.,” p. 167. Helotiwm albo- 
punctum—Bucknall, “ Fung. Bristol,” No. 805. Phialea 
phyllophila—Gill., “ Champ.,” p. 105. 
Exs.—Desm., “Crypt. Fr.,” ed. i. 1159. 
On dead leaves of Acer, Fagus, etc. Autumn and 
winter. : 
Cup about 1} lines broad; gregarious or scattered. 
Nearly obconical in outline at first, the cup at length 
expands, and the disc is slightly concave, and at length 
often convex. 
Name—giArov, a leaf, pirdoc, loving; from its 
habitat. 
Leigh Downs, Bristol! (Mr. C. Bucknall). 
20. Helotiwm epiphyllwm. Fries. 
Cup subsessile, convexo-plane, marginate, pallid- 
ochraceous, smooth, firm; stem very short or absent; 
asci cylindraceo-clavate; sporidia 8, fusiform or oblong- 
elliptic, straight or bent, 3 to 4-guttulate, 12—15 x 4; 
parapbyses filiform, slender. 
Helotium epiphyllwm—Fries, “Summa Veg. Scan.,” 
p. 356; Berk., “Outl,” p. 372; Gill, “Champ.,” p. 155, 
ci. Peziza epiphylla—Pers., “Tent. Disp. Meth.,” p. 72; 
“Syn. Fung.” p. 669; A. and 8. p. 339; Fries, “Sys. 
Myoo.,” li. p. 187; Karst., “ Pez. et Ascob.,” p. 85; “Mon. 
Pez,” p. 143; Nyl, “Pez. Fenn.,” p. 46; Fekl., “Symb. 
Myco.,” p. 316. 
Exs.—F kl, No. 1145; Karst., “Fung. Fenn.,” 722 ; 
Roumg., “ Fung. Gal.,” 1264. 
On dead leaves. 
Cup about 4 to 14 lines broad. 
Name—ézi, upon, ¢éAAov, a leaf; from its habitat. 
Forres, N.B.! (Rev. Dr. Keith). Cawdor, N.B. ! (Rev. 
J. Stevenson). Leigh Woods, near Bristol! (Mr. Cedric 
Bucknall). 
