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short, at length obliterated; asci cylindraceo-clavate ; 
sporidia 8, fusiform, 6 X 2u. : : 
Helotium conigenum (Pers.)—Berk., “ Outl.,” p. 372 ; 
Cooke, “Handbk.,” No, 21385; Karst., “Myco. Fenn.,” p. 
126; Fekl, “Symb. Myco.,” p. 316; Gill., “Champ.,” p. 
159. Peziza conmgena—Pers., “Syn. Fung.,” p. 634; 
Fries, “Sys. Myco.,” ii. p. 189; “Eng. Flo.,” v. p. 205; 
Nyl.,, “Pez. Fenn.,” p. 49; Karst., “Pez. et Ascob.,” p. 36 ; 
“Mon. Pez.,” p. 152. 
On cones of Scotch fir in damp spots. Autumn. 
Cup } to 4 a line broad; gregarious; stem often 
reduced to a mere point. Nylander and Karsten give 
the size of sporidia as 7-—8 x 3°5yu. 
Name—Conwus, a ccne, gignere, to bear ; on cones. 
Near Shrewsbury! Buttington, Montgomeryshire ! 
(c) Sporidia cylindrical. 
(a) On wood. 
30. Helotium scoparium. Cooke. 
Cup sessile, convex, becoming greyish in drying, 
dise rather paler; asci clavate; sporidia 8, cylindrical, 
obtuse, straight or curved, biguttulate, at length pseudo- 
septate, 20—25 x 54; paraphyses filiform, granular. 
Helotiwm scoparvwm—Cooke, “ Grevillea,” iv. p. 112. 
On dead twigs of broom, 
Cup % a line broad; scattered or subgregarious; 
asci 100u long, 29u broad. 
Name—Scoparius, brown; on broom. 
Dupplin Castle, Perth (Dr. M. C. Cooke). 
(d) Sporidia doubtful. 
31. Helotiwm punctiforme. (Grev.) 
Cup shortly stipitate or sessile, punctiform, globose 
becoming expanded, at length convex, fleshy, glabrous, 
yellow ; margin crenulate. ; 
Peziza punctiformis—Grev., “Se. Crypt. Flo,” ¢ 
63. Helotium punctatum—Fries, “Summa Veg. Sean.,” 
