LACHNEA., 207 
Name— Cocos, the name of the cocoa-nut tree; grow- 
ing on cocoa-nut fibre. 
Epping (Mr. J. English). Edinburgh, Botanic Gardens 
Ce M. C. Cooke). Brandon, Norfolk! (Mr. C. B. Plow- 
right). 
B. SPORIDIA FUSIFORM. 
(a) Epispore asperate. 
7. Lachnea macropus. (Pers.) 
Cups hemispherical, then expanded, hirto-verrucose, 
cinereous; hymenium mouse-brown; stem very long, 
attenuated upwards, even or irregularly lacunose, cine- 
reous, nearly hairy; asci cylindrical; sporidia 8, fusi- 
form elliptic, becoming slightly asperate, 30 x 10—12y; 
paraphyses clavate at the apices. 
Peziza macropus—Pers., “ Obs.,” ii. p. 26, t. 1, f. 2; 
“Flo. Dan.,” t. 1200, f. 2; Fries, “Sys. Myco.,” ii. 57; 
“Eng. Flo,” v. p.189; Berk., “Outl,” 365; Cooke, 
“ Handbk.,” 1965 ; “ Mycogr.,” fig. 188 ; Grev., “Sc. Crypt. 
Flo.,” t. 70; “ Grevillea,” iii. t. 27, fig. 7; Sturm., 31, t. 
20, fig. e; Pat. p. 35, f. 34 (spor. not good). Peziza 
stipitata—Bull, “Champ.,” t. 192 and 457, f. 2; Sow., 
“Fung.,” t. 88. Peziza hispida—Scheeff,  Icon.,” t. 166 ; 
Bolt., t. 96. ,Peziza sublicia—Holms., “ Ot.,” ii, t. 10. 
Macropodia macropus—Fckl., “Symb. Myco.,” p. 331; 
Sace., “Myco. Ven. Sp.,” p. 168. Helvella macropus— 
Karst., “ Myco. Fenn.,” p. 37. Aleuria macropus—Gill, 
“Champ.,” p. 35, ¢ i. 
Exs.—Desm., “Crypt. Fr.” i, 427; Karst., “Fung. 
Fenn.,” 73; Fekl., “¥. Rh.,” 1234; Cooke, “Fung. Brit.,” 
i, 289; Phil, “Hlv. Brit,” 152; Rabh., “Fung. Eur.,” 
1413. 
On the ground in shady woods. Summer and 
autumn. 
Solitary, 1 to 3 inches high; cups 1 to 2 inches 
broad. The cups become expanded, and sometimes re- 
flexed; the exterior is cinereous, and clothed with little 
hairy or villous warts, the hairs consisting of oblong 
