LACHNELLA., 257 
fusiform, 5—9 x 2—8u; paraphyses filiform. (Plate 
VIII. fig. 47.) aes 
Pezza Pteridis—A. and §S., “Consp.,” p. 338, t. 12, 
fig. 7; Pers., “ Myco. Eur.,” p. 300; Nyl., “Pez. Fenn.,” 
p. 59. Trichopeziza pulveracea—Fckl., “Symb. Myco.,” 
p- 297 ; Sacc., “Myco. Ven. Sp.,” p. 163. Mollisia Pteridis 
—Gill., “Champ.,” p. 121. 
Exs.—Desm., “Crypt. Fr.,” ed. i. 1419, ed. ii. 919; 
Rabh., “Fung. Eur.,” 424; Cooke, “Fung. Brit.,” i. 657, 
ii. 387; Phil. “Elv. Brit.” 33; Rehm, “Asco.,” 411; 
Rabh., “ Fung. Eur.,” 1817. 
On dead stems of Pteris aquilina. . 
Cups 200 to 500u broad, nearly globose, roughish 
and blackish brown to the naked eye. 
Name— Pieris, a genus of ferns. 
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88. Lachnella papillaris. (Bull.) 
Cups gregarious, sessile, hemispherical, then expanded, 
externally between villose and hairy, entirely milk-white ; 
margin granulated ; asci cylindraceo-clavate ; sporidia 8, 
oblong or oblong-fusiform, 10—14 x 38y. 
Peziza papillaris—Bull., t. 467, f. 1; Sow., t. 177; 
Fries, “Sys. Myco.,” ii. p. 102; “Eng. Flo.” p. 197; 
Cooke, “ Handbk.,” 2051; Karst., “Pez. et Ascob.,” p. 21; 
and “Mon. Pez.” p. 188. Helotwum papillare—Karst., 
“Myco. Fenn,” p. 160. Lachnea papillaris—Gill., 
“Champ.,” p. 80. 
On dead wood. 
Cups nearly } of a line broad. 
Gregarious, crowded, not adnate, waxy, rather firm ; 
margin entire, denticulated; when dry closed, granuli- 
form, persistent, so slightly tinged with yellow that it 
can scarcely be called straw-coloured (Fries). 
The hairs are septate, faintly brown, with crystal 
granules at the summits. 
Name—Papilla, the nipple; appearing covered with 
papillee. 
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