PEZIZA. 9 



"Fung.," t. 99. Plicaria badiaYckl, " Symb. Myco.," 

 327; Sacc., "Myco. Ven. Sp.," p. 167. Aleuria badia 

 Gill, " Champ./' p. 43, c. i. 



Exs. Rabh, "Herb. Myco." i. 337; Karst., "Fung. 

 Fenn.," 141 ; Cooke, " Fung. Brit./ 3 ii. 366 ; Phil, " Elv. 

 Brit./' 9; Winter, "Fungi Eur.," 2208; Ellis, "N. A. 

 Fungi," 981 ; Roumg, "Fung. Gal," 1958 ; Cooke, " Fung. 

 Brit," ed. ii. 366. 



On the ground in grassy, shady places, and on burnt 

 ground. Summer and autumn. 



Cup 1 to 2 inches broad; base fleshy, often projected 

 into a short stem immersed in the ground, slightly 

 villous and lacunose ; the colour varies according to the 

 degree of moisture and age ; the hymenium is dark 

 umber-brown, externally a little lighter and minutely 

 granular ; the sporidia, when mature, are slightly rough 

 on the surface. 



Name Badius, chestnut-brown. 



About Halifax (Bolton). St. Faith's, Norfolk (Rev. 

 K. Trimmer). Coed Coch ; Aboyne ; Milton, Northamp- 

 tonshire ; Bowood ; Hafod-dunas (Rev. M. J. Berkeley). 

 Perth ; Dinmore, near Hereford ; Hampstead (Dr. M. C. 

 Cooke). Tittleworth, Sussex ! Malvern ! (Mr. Spencer 

 Perceval). Weybridge (Mr. F. Currey). Aberystwith ! 

 Trefrew ! Norton Camp, near Craven Arms ! Bomere, 

 near Shrewsbury ! Carlisle (Dr. Carlyle). 



B. SPORIDIA ELLIPTIC, SMOOTH. 



20. Peziza leuculenta. Cooke. 



Cup sessile, fleshy, pleasant orange-colour, concave ; 

 externally fibrillose, paler ; asci cylindrical ; sporidia 8, 

 elliptic, obtuse, biguttulate, smooth, 25 x 12^; para- 

 physes clavate at the summits, filled with orange 

 granules. 



Peziza leuculenta Cooke in Herb. ; " Mycogr.," fig. 208. 

 Peziza luteonitens Cooke in " Grevillea," iii. fig. 122. 



Exs. Roumg., " Fung. Gal./' 2770. 



On the ground. 



