P E Z IZ A W a u c h i i .
Woolly P e z iza .
C l a s s a n d O r d e r CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI, Linn— N a t . O r d . GASTROMYCI,
Link, Grev.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Pikus stipitatus aut sessilis, plus minusve cupulifonnis vel complanatus, tubulis
ehngatis sporuliferis in pagina superiore.
Pileus stipitate or sessile, dilated upwards into a variable cup-shaped or
flattish receptacle, with tubular elongated sporuUferous cells in the up per
surface or disk.
SPECIFIC character.
P e z iz a Wauchii; sessilis, gregaria, ovato-ghbosa, aurea, strigosa, ore contraclo,
subicuh amph vilhso dilutiori.
P. sessile, gregarious, ovate-globose, golden.yellow,strigose, the mouth contracted,
with a subjacent, spreading, woolly web, of a paler colour.
H ab. On dead wood in damp places, near the ground, or on the ground itself.
Autumn. Foxhall, Captain Wauch.
Gregarious, 1-2 lines in diameter, o f a golden colour, ovate-globose, car-
nose, the mouth contracted, and the margin fringed with horizontal
bristle s; the external surface covered with rather rigid somewhat fasciculated
hairs, which, towards the base, become longer, and at length
pass into a fine woolly entangled mass of delicate filaments, of a yellow
colour, which surround the plants for a considerable space. Sporules
oval.
A very elegant species, and as new as it is elegant. It belongs
to tbe second Series ( L a c h n e a ) of F r i e s : Cereacece,
eoctuspiloscB vel villosce; and to tbe seventh Section, T a p e s i a ,
Cupula ceracea vel coriacea, crustce subtomentosce insidens.
Its situation will rank next to Peziza aurelia, ( P e r s . Myc.
Fur. p. 270.), a beautiful species discovered by Dr M o u g e o t .
I am bappy in being able to dedicate so cliarming a species
to my friend Captain W a u c h , to wbose love of science and