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27. Helotium Humuli. (Lasch.) 
Cup very shortly stipitate or sessile, convex, 
becoming slightly concave, lutescent, firm; asci cylin- 
draceo-clavate ; sporidia 8, fusiform, slender, 2 to 
3-guttulate, becoming uniseptate, straight or slightly 
curved, 16—20 x 4. 
Peziza Hwmuli—Lasch. in Rabh., “Herb. Myco.,” ed. 
li, 221, and ed. i. 630. Helotiwm Humuli—Karst., 
“ Myco. Fenn.,” p. 112. Peziza Humilis—Desm., “ Ann. 
Se. Nat.,” 1847, notice 84. 
Exs.—Roumg,, “ Fung. Gal.,” 1859. 
On dead stems of Humulus Lupulus. 
Cup 1 line broad, scattered, mostly sessile, thick, 
waxy, glabrous, at first globose, then the disc becomes 
slightly depressed, almost marginate. The colour is at 
tirst white; it then changes to pale yellow or pale 
brown. 
Name—Humutus, the hop; on hops. 
Llanymynach ! 
28. Helotiwm badiwm (nov. sp.). 
Gregarious, erumpent, sessile, at first turbinate and 
slightly concave, at length plane; hymenium bay-brown, 
margin distinct and somewhat lighter; externally the 
same colour, glabrous; asci broadly clavate, rather 
abruptly narrowed at the base; sporidia 8, oblong- 
fusiform or subclavate, 3 to 5-guttulate, 20 x 54; para- 
physes filiform, slender. 
On dead twigs (willow ?) 
Cup 4 to 1 line broad; margin entire and even. It 
has a general likeness to H. ferruginewm, but differs 
altogether in the fruit. 
Botanic Garden, Oxford ! 1822 (Mr. Baxter). 
(8B) On cones. 
29. Helotium conigenum. (Pers.) 
Cup shortly stipitate or sessile, plane, at length 
convex, pale yellow or pallid, glabrous; stem thick, 
