Peziza ."] 
VIII. FUNGI. 
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8. P, Colensoi, Berk, in FI. N. Z. ii. 200. t. 105./. 5. Cup | in. 
diameter, pale tan-colour, funnel-shaped, with a short thick stipes, fixed by 
an orbicular disk, base plicate, minutely downy above and on the margin, 
not ciliate. Hymenium even. Asci nearly equal. Sporidia oblong, elliptic, 
or subfusiform ; nucleus contracted into 2-4 masses, but not septate. 
Northern Island : on dead sticks, Colenso. 
9. P. chrysotricha, Berk, in FI. N. Z. ii. 201. t. 105. /. 7. Cups 
in. diameter, golden-yellow, sessile, at first globose then subhemispherical, 
edge sometimes membranous, clothed with short matted hairs, somewhat 
pulverulent. Hymenium closed when dry, seated on a stratum of large un- 
equal cells. Asci cylindric, rather large. Sporidia cymbiform, narrowed at 
either end. 
Northern Island : on dead twigs, Colenso. 
§ 3. Phialea. — Waxy or membranous, guile glabrous. Cup at first closed. 
10. P. montisecola, Berk, in FI. N. Z. ii. 201. Cups minute, black, 
soon expanding; margin narrow, sometimes flexuous. Asci large, clavate, 
shorter than the long paraphyses. Sporidia subcymbiform ; nucleus 2-partite. 
Northern Island: on decaying Montia, Colenso. 
61. PATELLABJA, Fries. 
Flat, discoid, small, tough Fungi. Eeceptacle saucer- dr cup-shaped, 
open, never closed. Hymenium rather powdery. Asci connate, without 
paraphyses. 
A small genus, closely allied to Peziza. The species are chiefly temperate. 
1. P. nigro-cinnabarina, Schweinitz ; — Berk, in FI. N. Z. ii. 201. 
Hymenium vermilion-coloured. 
Northern Island: on dead branches, Colenso. (N. America.) 
2. P. atrata. Fries; — Berk, in FI. N. Z. ii. 201. Cups flattened, 
black. 
Northern Island : on dead bark, Colenso. (Europe.) 
62. CENANGIUM, Fries. 
Form of Peziza , but firm, tough and coriaceous. Eeceptacle or cup closed, 
opening late. Hymenium smooth, persistent. 
A small European genus. 
1. C. Colensoi, Berk, in FI. N. Z. ii. 201. Scattered, oblong, at first 
covered with the cuticle, then expanding, and orbicular, brown. Hymenium 
pale, pinkish. Asci oblong. Sporidia elliptic, hyaline, in. long. 
Northern Island : on dead leaves, Colenso. 
63. HYSTERIUM, Tode. 
Minute, tumid, elliptic or elongate Fungi. Perithecia bursting by a simple 
longitudinal fissure, hence 2-lipped ; borders entire. Asci elongate. 
