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SPECIES OF CYPHELLA. 
By M. C. Cooke. 
To the species of Cyphella must be added the following, not 
included by Saccardo : — 
Cyphella venustula ( Desm .), Peziza venustula, Desm. Ann. Sci. Nat. 
Ser. ii. PI. Crypt. 1058. Saco, Syll. vin., 1770. 
On Acer negundo. 
Cyphella syringae ( Wallr .), Peziza syringae, Wallr. Rabh. F. F. 32. 
Sacc. Syll. VIII., 1768. Peziza velutina, Desm. PI. Crypt. No. 17. 
On Syringa , etc. 
Cyphella Tiliae (. Pecle ), Peziza tiliae, PecJc. Sacc. Syll. vill., 1771. 
On Tilia. 
Cyphella inconspicua (B. C.). Peziza inconspicua, B. Sr C. Sacc. 
Syll. vin., 1788. 
Sporules elliptic, 8x5 p. 
Cyphella fumosa, CooJce. 
Gregaria, stipitata, fumosa et nigrescens. Cupula (1-1£ m.m. 
diam.) membranacea, cyathifornia, flexuosa, deorsum in stipitem 
brevem attenuata, extus intusque laevi ; sporis subglobosis (4 /x, 
diam.). 
On rotting leaves of Gladiolus. S. Carolina ( Ravenel , 3071.) 
Cyphella virgultorum, Cke. $ Rav. 
On vine twigs, Okra, etc. 
Cannot well be distinguished from C. capula. 
Cyphella discoidea, CooJce in Grev. 
Omitted from Saccardo Sylloge. New Zealand. 
Cyphella fuscospora, Currey in Serb. 
Sparsa, sessilis, minuta m.m.) extus alba, tomentosa, intus 
flavescens, margine connivente. Sporulis fuscis, subglobosis vel 
subellipticis, punctulatis vel granulato-echinulatis (8-10 p long). 
On bark. W eybridge. 
Cyphella Australiensis, CooJce. 
Gregarious, cup-shaped, sessile (1-1^ m.m. diam.), pallid, clad 
with closely pressed silky hairs; margin connivent, disc honey 
coloured. Sporules 4^5 x 3 /x. 
On bark. Melbourne ( Berggren , 378.) 
Cyphella texensis, Berk, Curt, in Serb. 
Cupulata, sessilis, pallida (1-lf m.m.), demum applanata, dis- 
coidea; extus pilis subrugosis ornata. Sporis ellipticis, majusculis. 
On Quercus. Texas ( Wright , 3779.) 
Cyphella fissilis ( Fr.), Berk, in Serb. Cantharellus fissilis, Fr. Syst. 
Myc. I., 324. 
On the authority of Rev. M. J. Berkeley this is a Cyphella, 
distinct from C. lacera. 
Cyphella arborum, Fries. 
There is a specimen from Leveille under this name in Herb. Kew, 
but we know not where he has described any species under that name. 
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