276 BRITISH DISCOMYCETES. 
margined, much resembling L. rufo-olivacea (A. and §.) ; 
substance firm. 
Name—Fraxinus, an ash, colo, to inhabit. 
Northamptonshire! (Rev. M. J. Berkeley). © 
B. SPORIDIA OBLONG. 
73. Lachnella siparia. (B. and Br.) 
Cups, erumpent, subsessile, at first globose, then 
cyathiform ; externally furfuraceous, ochraceous; hyme- 
nium becoming brownish; asci limear-clavate; sporidia 
8, linear-oblong, straight or curved, polari-nucleate, 
10—12 x 2—3y; parapbyses filiform, slender. 
Peziza siparia—B. and Br., “ Ann. Nat. Hist.,” No. 
772; Cooke, “ Handbk.,” No. 2079. 
On decorticated elm-branches. October. 
Cups 1 to 1} lines broad. “ Accompanied by a floccose 
stratum, which is, however, possibly not constant. Cup 
at first subglobose, then cyathiform, scarcely stipitate, 
but fixed by a broad base, with the margin free; exter- 
nally ochraceous, furfuraceous ; hymenium ochraceous, at 
lengtb brownish; sporidia linear-oblong, 00045 inch 
long, curved, often with a nucleus at either extremity ” 
(B. and Br.). 
Name—Siparium, a veil; from the furfuraceous veil. 
Elmhurst! (Rev. M. J. Berkeley). 
Genus X.—Tapesia. Fries, 
Cups waxy or subcoriaceous, subsessile, crowded into 
a crust, or seated on a subtomentose subiculum (Fries, 
“Sys. Myco.,” i. p. 105). (Plate VIII. fig. 50.) 
Name—rarne, a carpet; seated on a carpet. 
ARRANGEMENT OF THE SPECIES. 
a. Cups externally villose or tomentose. 
(a) Sporidia fusiform or oblong. 
(a) Sporidia simple. . ee +» species 14 
(4) Sporidia septate ee 
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