CYATHUS CRUCJBULUM.
Crucible-like Cyathus.
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C l a s s a n d O r d e r CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI, lAnn N a t . O r d . G A S T BOM YC I,
Link. Grev FUNGI, Jtiss. &c.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Receptaculum ( Peridium ? ) cyathiforme, primo epiphragmaie clausum, dein
apertum. Sporulis in corpusculis lenticularis fundo receptaculi.
Receptacle (Peridium?) cup-shaped, while young closed by a membrane,
afterwards open. Sporules contained in lenticular bodies lying at the
bottom of the receptacle.
S PE C IF IC c h a r a c t e r .
Cyathus crucibulum ; subcylindricus vel campanulatus, demum lignosus, exlus
ochraceus subtomentosus, inlus Icevis.
C. subcylindrical or campanulate, at length woody, ochrey-yellow, externally
subtomentose, smooth within.
Cyathus c rucibulum, Pers. Syn, Fung. p. 2S8.—Alb. et Schw. p. 139-—
Hooh. Fl. Scot. Pt. 2. p. 18.— Grev. Fl. Fdin. ined.
C y a th u s crucibuliformis, Hoffm. Peg. Crypt. 2 . p. 29. t. 8. f. 1.— Gray’s
Nat. Arr. v. 1. p. 587-
C y a th u s lævis, F>e Cand. Fl. Franç. ed. 3. v, 2. p. 269— Fjusd. Syn, p. 56.
N id u l a r i a lævis. Bull. t. 488. £ 2.—Holmsh. Fung. Dan. 2. No. I.— With.
Bot. Arr. ed. 6. v. 4. p. 427-—Sibthorpe, Fl. Oxon. No. 1112.—Relh, Fl.
Cant. ed. 3. p. 560.—Sow. Fng. Fung. t. 30 Purt. Midi. Fl. v. 3. p. 266.
t. 17 . f 2.
P eziza crucibuliformis, Schaff. Fung. 2. t. 179-— Scop. Fl. Cam. 2. No. 1630.
—Liglitf. Fl. Scot. v. 2 . p. 10 4 9 .
P e z iz a lævis. Hud. Fl. Angl. 2 , p. 634.
P e z iz a pyxis, Batsch. Fleuch. Fung. fasc. 1 . p. I 29.
P eziza lentifera, OEd. Fl. Dan. t. 105.
P eziza sessilis, campaiiulata, &c. Gled. Meth. Fung. p. 138. t. 4.
CvATHOiDES lu teum crucibuliforme, Mich. Gen. PL t. 102. £ 3.
F u n g u s seminlfer, minor, &c. Raii, Syn. p. 20. t. 1. f. 2. b. c.
H a d . On rotten wood, sticks, straws, &c. The whole year. Scotland, Lighif.
Foxhall, Captain W auch. Lockerbie, Sir W illiam J ardine. Abundant
near Edinburgh.—Combewood, near Kingston, Sow. Norwich, Mr
P itchford. Near Coleshill, Rev. W. Bree.
Gregarious, more or less yellow. Receptacle or peridium, very smooth within,
and not striated ; without, subtomentose, especially at the base ; in
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