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to which this species is allied; the tufts contain from 
two to four cups, proceeding from a common stem, or 
sometimes single. It is an elegant species dedicated to 
the Countess of Kinnoull, on whose estate it was dis- 
covered (Dr. Cooke, l. «). 
Name—After the Countess of Kinnoull. 
Dupplin Castle, Perth (Dr. M. C. Cooke). 
17. Lachnella subtilissima. (Cooke.) 
Cups gregarious or scattered, stipitate, at first 
globose, then hemispherical, at length expanded, waxy ; 
externally white, villose; hymenium orange-yellow; 
margin entire; stem short, variable in size, enlarging 
upwards into the cup; asci cylindrical or subclavate ; 
sporidia 8, fusiform, uniseriate, 10—12 x 2u. 
Peziza subtilissima—Cooke in “ Grevillea,” iii. p. 121, 
fig. 167. Peziza calycina—Nyl., “ Pez. Fenn.,” p. 24 (in 
part); Karst., “Pez. et Ascob.,” p. 16; “Mon. Pez.,” 182. 
Helotiwm calycinum—Karst., “Myco, Fenn.,” p. 154. 
Exs.—Fries, “Sel. Suec.,” 360; Phil, “Elv. Brit.,” 
No. 114. 
On bark of firs. 
This was long confounded with P. calycina (Schum.), 
till distinguished by Dr. Cooke (vide l. c.). 
Name—Subtilis, delicate ; very delicate. 
Scotland (Dr. Greville). Shrewsbury ! 
18. Lachnella luzulina. Phil. 
Cups gregarious or scattered, shortly stipitate, at 
first turbinate, then hemispherical, at length nearly 
plane; externally white, pubescent; hymenium pale 
yellow ; margin entire ; asci clavate; sporidia 8, fusiform, 
straight or slightly curved, biseriate, 13 x 34; para- 
physes filiform. 
Peziza luzwlina—Phil. in “Grevillea,” iv. p. 121. 
Exs.—Phil., “ Elv. Brit.,” 71. 
On dead Luzula sylvatica, at the base, between the 
leaves. Winter. 
