LACHNELLA. 239 
Very similar to LZ. brunneola; it is a much darker 
colour, and the hairs are stouter and more granular 
within. 
Name—Fagus, the beech, colo, to inhabit; from the 
habitat. 
Brockley Coombe, near Bristol! (Mr. C. Bucknall). 
10. Lachnella palearum. (Desm.) 
Cups scattered, stipitate, hemispherical, then ex- 
panded, pale fulvous, tomentose; hairs rather short, 
septate, fulvous, obtuse ; hymenium concave, pallid-white, 
margin ciliated ; stem rather long, enlarged upwards into 
the cup, base darker, firm; asci cylindraceo-clavate ; 
sporidia 8, oblong or oblong-fusiform, 10—13 x 2u; 
paraphyses acerose, exceeding the asci. 
Peziza palearum—Desm., “Ann. Sc. Nat.,” 1846; 
Karst., “ Mon. Pez.,” p. 195; Phil. “Grevillea,” iv. p. 121; 
Fekl., “Symb. Myco.,” p. 308. Peziza clandestina, p. 
patens—Fries, “Sys. Myco.,” ii. p. 94 (2); BB. patula— 
A. and &., p. 286 (2). Peziza Schweinitzvi—Auersw. in 
Rabh., “ Fung. Eur.,” nov. ed. No.1118. Lachnea patens 
—Karst., “Symb.,” p. 250. Lachnum patens—Karst., 
“Fung. Fenn.,” p. 179; Mich., vii. p. 380. Lachnea 
palearum—Gill., “ Champ.,” p. 67. 
Exs.—Desm., “Crypt. Fr.,” ed. i. 1417, ed. ii. 917; 
Rabh., “ Fung. Eur.,” nov. ed. 1118; Phil., “ Elv. Brit.,” 68 ; 
Rhem, “Asco.,” 156; Thum., “Fung. Aus.,” 828; and 
“Mycoth. Univ.,” 121; Fekl., “F. Rh.,” 1181; Roumg., 
“Fung. Gal.,” 540. 
On decayed culms of Psamma arenaria, and other 
grasses. 
Cups 300—400u broad, nearly the same high. The 
short, septate hairs cover the whole of the exterior, and 
often have a few granules of oxalate of lime on their 
apices. Asci 50u long, and 5 broad. 
Name—Palea, chaff; growing on chaff. 
North Wootton, Norfolk (Mr. C. B. Plowright). Man- 
gotsfield, near Bristol (Mr. C. Bucknall); Grantown, N.B. 
(Rev. Dr. Keith). Water Orton! (Mr. W. B. Grove). 
