TAPESIA. 281 
bicolor—Curr., “Linn. Trans.,” xxiv. 491, t. 51, f. 15, 
16; Cooke, “Handbk.,” 2175. Lachnew aurelia, Gill, 
“Champ.,” p. 91, ¢ i. (exel. sporidia). 
Exs—Mong. and Nest., No. 783; Rav., v. No. 41; 
Lib., “Crypt. Ard.” No. 127; Fekl, “F. Rh,” 1191; 
Cooke, “ Fung. Brit.,” 568; Phil, “ Elv. Brit,” 29 ; Roumg., 
“Fung. Gal.,” 448. 
On the ground beneath decaying oak-leaves, mast, 
etc. Spring. 
Cups 1 to 2 lines broad, woolly ; subiculum radiating. 
A most beautiful species (Berk. in “Eng. Flo.”). The ends 
of the sporidia are often furnished with a short cilium. 
Name—Avwreus, golden. ( 
Foxhall, near Edinburgh (Capt. Wauch). Near 
Ludlow ! Minsterley, Salop! Whitfield, near Hereford ! 
B. CUPS EXTERNALLY NAKED. 
(a) Sporidia fusiform or oblong. 
(a) Sporidia simple. 
7. Tapesia sanguinea. (Pers.) 
Cups sessile, concave, smooth, becoming blackish ; base 
surrounded by a short blood-red tomentum ; asci clavate, 
obtuse; sporidia 8, ovoid-oblong or oblong-ellipsoide, 
simple, hyaline, 6—10 x 2—8u; paraphyses filiform, 
thickened at the apex, fuscescent. 
Peziza sanguinea—Pers., “Tent. Disp. Meth.,” p. 34; 
and “Myco. Eur.,” p. 273; Fries, “Sys. Myco.,” ii. p. 110; 
Nees, f. 271; Berk., “Mag. Zool. and Bot.” No. 11; 
Cooke, “Handbk.,” No. 2076; Nyl., “Pez. Fenn.,” p. 51. 
Tapesia sanguinea—Fckl., “Symb. Myco.,” p. 808; Pat., 
p. 87, £91. Patellaria sanguinea—Karst., “Myco. Fenn.,” 
p- 232. Phialea sanguinea—Gill, “Champ.,” p. 112. 
Exs.—Rabh., “ Herb. Myco.,” ed. ii. 642; and “ Fung. 
Eur.,” nov. ed., 226; Karst., “Fung. Fenn.,” 148; Fekl, 
“F. Rh,” 1187. 
On wood, fir, ete. November. 
Cups 200 to 400u broad (Ny1.); sporidia 8 x 3u. (Fekl.). 
