LACHNELLA. 243 
ing stem; hymenium bright orange; asci cylindraceo- 
clavate; sporidia 8, fusiform, 11 x 2°54; paraphyses 
filiform. 
Peziza pygmea—Fries, “Sys. Myco.,” ii. p. 79; B. 
and Br., “Ann. Nat. Hist.,” 1066, t. 5, f 18, No. 1160%*, 
t. 4, f£ 22; “Linn, Trans.,” xxv. p. 432, t. 55, figs. 7-18 ; 
Cooke, “ Handbk.,” 2014. Helotiwm pygmeum—Karst., 
“Symb. Myco.,” p. 214; “Myco. Fenn.,” p. 153. Lachnea 
pygmea—Gill., “ Champ.,” p. 71. 
Eixs.—Rabh., “ Fung. Eur.,” nov. ed. No. 1120. 
On dead twigs of Ulex, buried in the sand. November. 
Cups 3 to 6 lines broad. The stem varies in length 
according to the depth at which the twig is buried. 
Sporidia uniseriate, linear-oblong, ‘0005 to ‘0006 inch long; 
about a } of an inch high when full grown, stipitate, the 
stem branching out or dividing into several heads, which 
form cups. Ihe cups are often proliferous, producing 
smaller cups on their surface, of a bright apricot colour, 
but whitish towards the margin (B. and Br.). 
The tomentum disappears when dry. 
Name—Pygmeus, dwarfish ; from the size. 
Joyden’s Wood, Dartford (Mr. C. E. Broome). Ascot 
(Rev. G. Sawyer). Blackdown Hills, near Taunton, and 
Wimbledon (Mr. C. E. Broome). 
16. Lachnella comitesse. (Cooke.) 
Cups czspitose, or single and gregarious, stipitate, at 
first clavate, then expanded and cupulate, pale yellow, 
tomentose; hymenium bright golden-yellow; common 
stem branching below ; asci cylindraceo-clavate; sporidia 
8, fusiform, straight or curved, 6—7°5 x 2°54; paraphyses 
filiform. 
Peziza comitesse—Cooke, “ Grevillea,” iv. p. 111. 
Exs.—Cooke, “ Fung. Brit.,” ii. m. 371. 
On fallen tree. Autumn. 
Cups 4 to 14 lines broad ; stems united at the base, 
rather stout, expanding upwards into the cup, variable 
in length ; flesh soft. 
The branching stem resembles that of Peziza p-;gmeea, 
