286 BRITISH DISCOMYCETES. 
Boudiera areolata—Cooke and Phil., “ Grevillea,” vi. 
. 76. 
On moist ground on the margin of a lake. May. 
Receptacles about 1 to 1} line broad. 
Name—Areola, little beds in a garden; from the 
depressions on the sporidia. 
Llyn Gwernon, North Wales ! 
Gxenus II—Ascopotus. Pers. 
Sessile, disc plane or convex, papillate from the pro- 
jecting asci; sporidia 8, elliptic, coloured, free in the 
ascus. (Plate 1X. fig. 54.) 
Name—ackéc, leather bag, wine-skin, and PédAoc, a 
projection; from the projecting asci. 
Distinguished from Boudiera by the elliptic sporidia, 
and from Saccobolus by the sporidia being free in the 
ascus, 4.¢. not inclosed in a common membrane. 
ARRANGEMENT OF THE SPECIES. 
A. Exterior of the cup smooth Ste -» species 1-4 
B. Exterior of cup furfuraceous or granulated ,, 5-9 
c. Exterior of cup pilose .. . oe » 10,11 
Key To THE SPECIEs, 
Exterior smooth as ws sie a ae il 
Exterior rough ane or ae a sa 12 
Exterior pilose, pale ochre .. . brunneus. 
Exterior clothed with hyaline hairs, yellowish- 
green .. oe oe es .. oe +. tmmersus. 
urbinate ; exterior yellowish-green ax ~» denudatus. 
Subcylindrical ; exterior yellowish-green, shining.. zrugineus. 
1. 4 Flattish ; exterior dull purple ; margin laciniate ..  vinosus. 
Oblong-globose, then pyriform; exterior white, - 
orange, or vinous-brown ts as ».  glaber. 
Globose or hemispherical; exterior pale yellowish- 
green:on pigeon-dung.. aA a +. viridulus. 
Flattish ; exterior umber-brown: on charcoal .. —_atro-fuscus. 
Globose to hemispherical ; exterior greenish-yellow : 
2.4__on cow-dung — its sis eG Ss -. furfuraceus. 
Flattened ; exterior dark, dingy, yellowish-green : on 
clay ground .. 3 viridis. 
Globose, then flattened : exterior greenish-yellow : 
\ on grouse-dung... oe oe a 2+ erenulatus. 
