HELOTIUM. 165 
Peziza imberbis—Bull, “ Champ.,” t. 467, £2; Fries, 
“Sys. Myco.,” ii p. 1386; D. C., “Flo. Fr.” ii p. 81; 
Cooke, “Handbk.,” No. 2094. Peziza nivea—Batsch, 
“EL,” p. 117, £59. Helotiwm imberbe—Berk., “ OutL.,” 
p. 18; Gill, “Champ.,” p. 162. 
Exs.—FcklL, No. 1148. 
On willow. 
Name—Imberbis, without a beard; without hairs, 
Mossburnford, 
B. SESSILE, 
(a) Sporidia oblong or oblong-elliptic. 
(a) On wood. 
24, Helotwwm claro-flavum. (Grev.) 
Cup very shortly stipitate or sessile, plane, clear 
yellow, glabrous ; margin raised, obtuse, sublobate; asci 
cylindrical; sporidia 8, oblong or oblong-elliptic, 
7—10 X 2—3y; paraphyses filiform, slender. (Plate V. 
fig. 31.) _ 
e Peziza claro-flava—Grev., “Flo. Edin,” p. 424; 
“Eng. Flo.,” v. p. 2038. Helotvwm claro-flavum (Grev)— 
Berk., “ Outl.,” p. 372; Cooke, “Handbk.,” No. 2150. 
On decayed wood and branches. Autumn. 
Cups very minute, the largest not 4 a line broad, 
always concave; whole plant very bright yellow; hyme- 
nium darker (Grev.). I find the cups more frequently 
lane. 
: Name—Clarus, clear, flavus, light yellow. 
Braid Hermitage, near Edinburgh (Dr. Greville). 
Wrekin, Salop ! 
25. Helotiwm pruinosum. Jerd. 
Cup sessile, plane, thick, firm, marginate or im- 
marginate, chalky white, pruinose; asci cylindraceo- 
clavate; sporidia 8, oblong or oblong-elliptic, 3 to 
4-cutiulate, becoming 2-septate, 20—22 x 4u; paraphyses 
filiform, slender. 
