18. C. nudum, Fr. ; waxy, at length rigid, agglutinate,
flesh-coloured, then pallid; circumference determinate, smooth;
hymenium sprinkled with fugacious, dirty-white meal.
On twigs, in woods. Not uncommon.
1 9. C. confluens, Fr.; waxy, membranaceous, agglutinate ;
circumference radiating; hymenium naked, hyaline, then
brightly coloured, somewhat shining.
On twigs of ash, etc. Not uncommon. Wothorpe, Northamptonshire,
with the last. Often slight papillose.
20. C. polygonium, P.; determinate, adnate, grumoso-
cartilaginous, hard, flesh-coloured ; circumference of the same
colour ; hymenium continuous, red, coated with meal.
On poplar-branches, growing in little, round, detached
patches, from the ostiola of SphwriiB. Not uncommon.
2 1 . C. comedens, Fr.; effused, exposed by the splitting of
the cuticle of the matrix, thin, innate, flesh-coloured, at length
pallid ; hymenium even, smooth.
On branches of various trees. Extremely common. Hymenium
variable in colour, sometimes white.
22. C. Samlbuci, P. ; effused, subinnate, variously incrusting,
white, continuous when growing, cracked or collapsing
when dry.'— Grev. t. 242.
On elder-stumps. Extremely common. Very difficult to
separate from C. calceum by a strict definition.
23. C. Aurora, B. and Br. ; very thin, effused, agglutinate,
rose-coloured, turning pallid; circumference indetermi-
nate.
On dead leaves of Carices. Batheaston. Resembles Athelia
Typhai and A. epiphylla, P. The latter is, 1 believe, only a
state of C. arachnoideum, and has been found by Mr. Leighton
at Shrewsbury.
40. CYPHELLA, Fr.
Submembranaceous, cup-shaped, elongated behind and frequently
pendulous. Hymenium distinctly inferior, completely
confluent with the pileus.
1. C. griseo-pallida, F r .; submembranaceous, globose, then
campanulate, sessile, pallid-grey, floccose externally; hymenium
even, smooth.
On dead Carex paniculata. Spye Park, Wiltshire, C. E. B.
2. C. muscigena, F r .; memhranaceous, soft, nearly sessile,
dimidiate, flattened, white, externally minutely silky; hymenium
rugulose.—Myc. Eur. t. 7. f . 6.
On mosses. Not common. Hanham, near Bristol, C. E. B.
Looks at first sight like a little Cantharellus.
3. C. galeata, F r .; memhranaceous, soft, nearly sessile,
cup-shaped, then dimidiate, helmet-shaped, even, dirty-white;
margin quite entire; hymenium at length somewhat rufous,
rugulose.
On mosses. Not uncommon. Differs from the last in its
dingy hue and búllate pileus.
4. C. oohrolenea, B. and Br.; membranaceous, cup-shaped,
villous and ochroleucous above; margin at length split; hymenium
even, pale ochre, brighter than the pileus.
On decayed bramble-twigs. Batheaston, C. E. B.
5. C. muscicola, F r .; membranaceous, nearly sessile, persistently
cup-shaped, cinereous, dirty-white, turning pale, fibrilloso
striate externally; margin slightly downy, uneven,
to rn ; hymenium even.
On mosses. Apethorpe, Northamptonshire, etc.
6. C. lacera, Fr.; membranaceous, cup-shaped, pendulous,
then multifid; vertex stretched out, stem-shaped; striate above