314 CRYPTO G AMI A. FUNGI. Nidularia. 
Sowerby 29— Bull. 40. A.—Bolt 102. 2.— {Burt. 17.1. E Schaeff. 178— 
FL Dan. 780. 1— Mich. 102, Cyathoides, 2—Gled. 4. Peziza f. 1 and 2— 
Vaill. 11.4. and 5— Hojfm. Crypt, ii. 8.3. 
Very woolly on the outside, beautifully striated within. Full half an inch 
high, regularly conical, brown. 
(Scored Nidularia. jV. striata. Sowerby. Bull. Purt. Peziza hirsuta. 
Schaeff. P. striata. Lightf. Bolt. Huds. Cyathus striatus. Pers. Hook. 
E.) P. lentifera. (3. Linn. Woods, fields, and decayed wood. Earsham 
Wood, near Bungay, Suffolk. Mr. Woodward. Sept.—May. 
Nid. ljeVis. Conical but distended; dirty yellow; smooth: capsules 
smooth. 
( Grev. Scot. Crypt. 34. E.)— Sowerhy 30— Bull. 40. B. C. C. and 488. 2— 
(Part. 17.2. E.)— Schaeff. 179. 181— Mich. 102, Cyathoides , 3— Gled. 4. 
Peziza f. 4— FI. Dan. 105 —Ray 1, 2, b; and c, one of the seed-like sub¬ 
stances — Hoffm. Crypt, ii. 8. 1. 
Perfectly smooth both within and without; shaped like a crucible. All 
these species are at first closed by a cover, formed of the outer coat of the 
plant, which tears and disappears as the growth advances, showing the 
young progeny which fall out, and fix themselves by their radicle, form¬ 
ing new plants. Mr. Woodward. 
(According to Dr. Greville, the lenticular bodies, wh^n mature, disclose 
numerous sporules, nourished by mean of the little stem-like cord which 
attaches the former to the side of the receptacle. This cord possesses a 
strong hygrometric property, and is so elastic that if examined in a moist 
state, it admits of being drawn out to many times its usual length. On 
the under side of the lenticular bodv is a small cavity, which receives an 
incrassated portion of the cord, differing in this respect from the other 
known species: truly a most curious structure, and beautifully illustrated 
in the Scot. Crypt= E.) 
(Smooth Nidularia. N. Icevis. Bull. Sowerby. Purt. Peziza cruci - 
huliformis. Schaeff. P. Icevis. Lightf. Huds. Belli. Cyathus crucihulum. 
Pers. Hook. Grev. E.) On decayed wood. Sept.—May. 
Nid. denta'ta. Turban-shaped; pale buff; with five teeth at the 
edge. 
Smaller than a hemp seed. Colour pale buff: rather woolly : segments or 
teeth at the edge broad, spear-shaped, regular. Membrane tough, whitish. 
Seeds, or capsules reddish brown. 
(Toothed Nidularia. E.) Several growing together on decayed twigs 
near the grate at Edgbaston Pool. Sept. 
Nid. minu'ta. Stem purplish, cup yellowish, bell-shaped, containing 
globular capsules. 
Hoffm. 2. 2—( Sowerby 239. E.) 
Minute, shining, shaped like a wine-glass, about a line high. Capsules 
about the size of poppy seeds. These burst with a jerk, splitting into 
several segments, and discharging a white woolly substance. Hoffman. 
(Minute Nidularia. Cyathus minutus. Hoffm. Sowerby. Purt. E.) Tri - 
chia minuta. Relhan, who detected it growing upon moss. (On dead 
branches of the common bramble. Purt. E.) Sept. 
