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thickly covered with hairs. 



In one specimen 

 junction with the Sclerotium 



observed, 



another well-known species which also grows 



tuberosa. Bull 



le resemblance, viz. JPeziza 

 generally grows to a larger 



c, and its stalk is usually much longer, but the two plants are 

 alike in shape and colour, that there misrht be some difficulty 



ni distinguishing small detached specimens 

 large specimens of the new Peziza ; 



detached 



oecause the habits of growth of the two Fungi are so dissimilar 



that they could never be confounded in their natural habitats. 



^eziza tuherosa grows on the groxmd, its cup just appearing above 



the surface, and its stalk with the tuberous extremity being buried 



sometimes to the depth of upwards of 2 inches in the earth. The 



other, having its nidus in the interior of rushes on the edge of a 



pool, grew almost, I may say quite, in the water. Another important 



iJaark of distinction is to be found in the spores, those of Peziza 



tuherosa being elliptical, whilst those of the m^-Feziza are 



^rrow, and more or less arcuate. In conclusion I may mention 



that there is another Sclerotium {Sclerotium sulcaftwt, Desm.), 



which grows in the interior of the stems of Carices, just as Scle- 



^ottum roseum 

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rushes. It has lately 



M. Durieu de Maisoimeuve 



urn under favourable circumstances becomes (like Sclerotium 



^oseim) 



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My friend Mr 



urn '' Feziza Curremn^ir and 



^e to adopt that name. 





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