LACHNELLA. 245 
Name—Luzula, a genus of Juncacew; growing on 
Luzula. 
Conway, North Wales! 
19. Lachnella nivea. (Hedw.) 
Cups gregarious, stipitate, turbinate, waxy; externally 
white, villose-tomentose; hairs slender, hyaline, septate, 
obtuse; asci cylindrical; sporidia 8, fusiform or oblong- 
fusiform, biseriate, 8—10 X 2u; paraphyses filiform. 
Peziza nivea—Fries, “Sys. Myco.,” ii p. 90; “ Eng. 
Flo.,” v. p. 195; Cooke, “Handbk.,” 2033 (in part). 
Lachnea nivea—Gill, “Champ.,” p. 68, ci. Octospora 
_nivea—Hedw., t. 8, f. B. 
Exs.—Cooke, “Fung. Brit.” No. 559, and ed. ii. 
No. 546. 
On rotten wood. Autumn. 
Cups 4 to 4 aline broad. Externally like P. virginea, 
but distinguished by its filiform asci. 
Name—Wiveus, snowy ; snow-white. 
Attingham Park, near Shrewsbury! Forden, Mont- 
gomeryshire ! (Rev. J. E. Vize). 
20. Lachnella aspidiicola. (B. and Br.) 
White, rather buff when dry; stem very short; cups 
concave, subhemispherical; externally furfuraceous floc- 
cose; asci very short and slender; sporidia oblong, sub- 
clavate, 5—8 x 1—2yu; paraphyses filiform. 
Peziza aspidircola—B. and Br., “Ann. Nat. Hist.,” 
No. 771; Berk., “Outl.,” p. 369; Cooke, “ Handbk.,” 
2058. Mollisi aspidiicola—Gill., “Champ.,” p. 129. 
Exs.—Cooke, “Fung. Brit.,” 565, and ed. ii. No. 547; 
Phil, “Elv. Brit.” 26; Kunze, “Fung. Sel,” 596; Rehm, 
“ Asco.,’ 560; Rabh., “ Fung. Eur.,” 1516. 
On dead stems of Aspidiwm Filix-mas. November. 
Very minute, gregarious, white, rather buff when 
dry; stem extremely short, gradually passing into the 
subhemispherical cup, which is clothed externally with 
minute pellucid scales, mixed with a few obscure hyaline 
