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NOTES ON THE DISCOMYCETES. 
collected by me uniformly measure 20 to 22 mik. long and 12— 
14 mik. broad) show at each pole short but broad protoplasmic 
granules, which, as a rule in living specimens, are easily re- 
cognised, the parapliases are occasionally branched from the base, 
somewhat thickened above. P. ancilis, Rhem. “ Ascomyc.” 402, 
which Cooke regards as a form of P. venosa , is habitually similar. 
Saccardo describes it as a new species (“Michilia” i, p. 544), 
which he calls P. Rehmiana , and I must confess I cannot possibly 
regard this form as belonging to P. venosa. Persoon himself 
quotes (“ Synop.,” p. 638, not p. 618 as given in “ Myco. Europ.,” 
and Fries’ System) the figure of Wulffen in “ Jacquin Miscel- 
lanea ii., p. 112, Tab. xvii., Fig. 1, or rather he describes the 
figured specimen there as he had evidently never seen the species 
itself. This specimen, however, is altogether sessile, while Rhem's 
ancilis has an undoubted, sometimes stout stem. Neither is 
Rehm’s species P. reticulata , the sporidia and paraphyses are 
altogether different. I regard it as a distinct species altogether 
different. As regards the example of P. venosa given by Cooke under 
No. 228, it corresponds rather to the figure of Wulffen. I cannot 
decide this as my specimen in Cooke’s “ Fung Brit.” i, p. 557 is 
destitute of asci and sporidia. Passing on finally to P. ancilis , 
Pers., neither can I agree with Cooke in his interpretation of this 
species. Persoon’s description, in fact, is very good of this species. 
Now Rhizina helvetica, Fuckel (“ Symb. Myco. Nacht.” ii, p. 66) 
is identical with this, of which I lately received living specimens 
from Morthier, the discoverer of the species, which convince me 
that this is exactly the Rhizina helvetica of Fuckel. How Fuckel 
alighted on the notion of referring this fungus to Rhizina is unin- 
telligible to me. His description agrees exactly with Morthier’s 
specimens. 
2. Rabenhorst publishes, under No. 2,315, in “ Fung. Europe,” 
a new Oinbrophila, 0. Kriegeriana , which I gathered this spring 
rather frequently near Zurich. I remark on this species as follows : 
— In the first place, Rabenhorst’s statements with regard to the size 
of the asci and sporidia require correction by the aid of completely 
matured specimens, as in living specimens the asci are 130-150 
mik. long, 10*5-12 mik. broad; the sporidia 14-17 mik. long, 5-7 
broad. Much as these descriptions differ from those of Raben- 
horst, still my fungus belongs to the aforesaid species, as all the 
other points agree, particularly the extremely characteristic cloth- 
ing of hairs on the outside of the cupula. The hairs stand 
parallel, are jointed, and the membrane is peculiarly striped or 
wrinkled obliquely ; moreover, it is in the highest degree probable 
to me that this Oinbrophila Kriegeriana is no other than Peziza 
elatina, Ab. and Schw. (“ Conspect,” p. 330, Tab. ii, Fig. 3.) True, 
the clear green colour of the last-named species is more intense 
than I have seen in Oinbrophila. Meanwhile, the colour designated 
“ olivacea ” in the conspectus is rendered almost too intense a green; 
as, for example, in P. nifo-olivacea , which I have not found so 
intense a green as is represented. The description of Peziza 
