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(d) Sporidia elongate-fusiform or filiform. 
(a) Paraphyses acerose. 
33. Lachnella diminuta. (Rob.) 
Cups scattered or crowded, shortly stipitate, at first 
globose, then expanded and hemispherical, whitish, 
tomentose; hymenium concave, yellowish or orange ; 
asci_ clavate-cylindrical ; sporidia 8, oblong-elliptic, 
12 X 2u; paraphyses filiform. 
Peziza diminuta—Rob. in Desm. “ Ann. Se. Nat.,” 
1847, viii. p. 185; “ Grevillea,” ili, p. 184, t. 41, f. 183. 
Lachnea diminuta—GillL, “Champ.,” p. 71. 
Exs.—Desm., 1538 (in part); Cooke, “Fung. Brit.,” 
287. : 
On dry culms of Juncus. 
Cups about 500u broad; stem very short; hairs of 
the exterior long and slender. 
In Desmaziere’s published specimens LZ. apala (B. 
and Br.) appears in some copies, and this species in 
others, but the sporidia are so different that no mistake 
can be made between them when examined. 
Name—Diminutus, diminished ; from its small size. 
Dr. M. C. Cooke, without locality. 
34, Lachnella apala. (B. and Br.) 
Cups scattered or crowded, stipitate or sessile, at first, 
with the stem, obconical, then expanded, at length plane, 
furfuraceo-villose, fawn-coloured ; hymenium plane, 
darker ; asci clavate-cylindrical ; sporidia 8, fuso-filiform, 
straight, 15—30 x 34; paraphyses acerose, filled with 
granules, exceeding the asci. 
Peziza apala—B. and Br., “Ann. Nat. Hist, No. 
561; Cooke, “ Handbk.,” No. 2060. 
Exs.—Rabh., “Fung. Eur.” No. 25; Cooke, “ Fung. 
Brit.,” ed. ii. No. 374; Phil. “ Elv. Brit.,” 27; Winter 
“Fungi Eur.,” 2517. 
On dead rushes. Spring and summer. 
Cups about 500u broad. 
Hairs rather stout, asperate, non-septate, colourless, 
