CRATERIUM l e u c o c e p h a l u a i .
White-headed Craterium.
c l a s s a n d O r d e r CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI, N a t . O r d . GASTROMYCI,
Link, Grev.
GEN ERIC CHARACTER.
Peridium oblongum, stipitatum, operculatum, intus massa cellulosa, sporulifera,
fioccosa instructum.
Peridium oblong, stipitate, operculate, containing a cellulose, filamentous
sporuliferous mass.
S P E C IF IC CHARACTER.
C r a t e r iu m leucocephalum ; gregarium; peridio cyathifornii, rufescente, oper-
culo tenuissimo, evanescente; fioccis sporulisque albidis; stipite concolore.
C. gregarious ; peridium cyathiform, reddish, the lid very thin and evanescent
; filaments and sporules whitish ; stipes similar in colour to the peridium.
C r a t e r iu m leucocephalum, Bitm. in Sturm’s Beidschl. FI, (fiung.) t. 11.—
Grays Nat. Arr. v. 1. p. 579.
A rcyria leucocephala, Hqffm. FI. Germ. 2. t. 6. f. 1— P e rs . Syn. Fung, p, 183.
—Alb. et Schwein. Conspect. Fung. p. 100.—Hook. FI. Scot. 2. p. 13.
S tem o n iti s leucocephala, Gmel, Syst. Nat. Linn. 2 . p. 1467.
C y a t h u s cinereus, Purt. Midi. FI. v. 3. p. 309. t. 35.
T richia cinerea, Trent, in Roth, Cai. Bot. 1. p. 227.
H a s. On dead leaves, sticks, straws, &c. in moist woods, not unfrequeiit.
October to February. Woods at Foxhall, Messrs W a u c h and G r e v i l l e .
Pentland Hills. Woods at Balmuto.— In England, I believe it has only
been found by Mr P u e t o n in Oversley and Ragley woods.
Gregarious, minute, stipitate, cyathiform, reddish-brown, about 1 line high.
Stipes of the same colour as the peridium, dilated below, and passing into
a thin subjacent membrane. Peridium thin and rather fragile. Oper~
culum very delicate and fugacious. Interior filled with a cellulose dry
mass of whitish filaments and sporules. Filaments forming a number of
little woolly tufts.
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Tliis little plant will probably not prove rare in Great Britain,
when mycology shall be more studied. Where it occurs,
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