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Peck: New Sprciges oF Funci 101 
Peziza convoluta 
Cups sessile, irregular, externally glabrous, wrinkled or vaguely 
reticulated, yellowish brown or tawny brown, the margin widely 
spreading, variously curved, deflexed, wavyjor contorted, the hy- 
menium convolutely folded, tawny brown; asci cylindric ; spores 
uniseriate, elliptic or oblong, 20-22 » long, 12-15 y broad. 
Sandy soil, California. W.R. Dudley. The abundant white 
mycelium binds together a ball of sand which adheres to the base 
of the specimens. The remarkable feature of this species is the 
irregularity of its cup with the convolutions of the hymenium. 
GEOLOGICAL HALt, Albany, N. Y. 
