ON CUBi.N FUXGI. 305 



1 inch high, |-| inch thick, at first fibrillose, at length dark; 

 pores ^V- 



187. P. (Mesopus) discoideus, B. Sf C, (379.) Carnosus; pileoor- 

 biculari laevi glabro, margine tenui; stipite crasso hispidulo; puris 

 mediis subangulatis demum sinuosis, dlssepimentis tenuibus elougatis 

 dentatis; contextu albo. 



On dead wood. Pileus 5 inches across, very slightly, if at all, 

 depressed ; stem 2 inches high, | inch thick ; spores white, very 

 abundant. The whole plant, when dry, has an umber tint. 



188. P. (Mesopus) craterellus, B, 8f C. (377, 37S.) Carnosus, 

 subpellucidus ; pileo tenui umbilicato glabro rufo; stipite sursum in- 

 erassato pulverulento ; poris parvis angulatis acie subintegris decurren- 

 tibus, dissepimentis demum elongatis; hymenio albo luteove. 



On rotten wood. July. Pileus 2-3 inches across ; stem 1-1 1 

 inch long, ^^ inch thick ; pores j-L-. Allied to P. conJluenSj but 

 distinctly mesopod. 



189. P. (Mesopus) tuba, B. ^- C. (385.) Pileo cupulseformi glabro; 

 stipite graciU sursum incrassato striato ; poris parvis, dissepimentis 

 tenuibus demum elongatis. 



On sticks in open grounds. January. TVTiite. Pileus | inch 

 across, sometimes radiato-rugose, sometimes even ; stem 1| inch 

 high, 1-2 lines thick, dilated into the pileus ; pores yj^. Tlie 

 form is exactly that of Peziza. 



190. P. (Mesopus) scabriceps, B. 4* ^' (380.) Pileo camoso irre- 

 gulari scabroso umbrino, margine iuvoluto ; stipite brevi scabro ; 

 poris parvis irregularxbus palUdls. 



On decayed wood. Pileus 2 inches across, the pubescence so 

 disposed as to present the appearance of minute spurious pores 

 on the pileus ; stem | inch high, | thick ; pores y^J 5 dissepi- 

 ments thin, toothed. 



191. P. (Mesopus) hydniceps, B. 8f C (354, 356.) Carnosus, ver- 

 sus marginem processibus brevibus cylindraceis vel subpyramidatis 

 hydneideis exasperate ; poris brevibus. 



On dead wood. Pileus 1| inch across, sometimes cupshaped 

 with a central stem, sometimes broken up into flabelliform lobes ; 

 stem 1 inch long. 



192. P. (Mesopus) focicola, B. Sf C. (386, 387.)— P- connatus. 



Schwein. 



have 



June, September, Differs from P. perennis i 



^4 inch or more across. Hah. United States, as far nor 

 Ohio. 



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