Pezizae 

 septate, slightly thickened at the tips. Spores elliptical, even, 20-22.2 Peziza- 



XIO-I2.5/X. 



Ground in cellar. Maine. June. F. L. Harvey. 



The plant when fresh has the peculiar fungoid flavor suggestive of 

 that of chestnut blossoms. The species is apparently allied to P. 

 Petersii, from which it may be distinguished by its larger spores and 

 distinct but peculiar odor. The spores also are not binucleate, as in 

 that species. In drying, the hymenium is apt to become blackish. Peck, 

 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, Vol. 23, No. 10. 



A cluster 4 inches across, in general appearance resembling P. re- 

 panda, was found by the writer at Mt. Gretna, Pa., June, 1898, grow- 

 ing from between the staves of an empty flour barrel which was exposed 

 to the weather. The margin instead of being revolute, turned inward 

 (involute) until it touched the short stem. The cluster was eaten and 

 had the flavor of P. repanda. In June, 1899, several pounds grew on 

 and around the same barrel. Professor Peck recognized it as P. odorata. 



P. COCCi'nea Jacq. scarlet or crimson. Geopyxis coccinea Mass. 

 (Plate CXXXVI, fig. 2, p. 508.) Scattered or in groups of 2-3 speci- 

 mens, stipitate; at first closed, then expanding and becoming shallowly 

 cup-shaped, margin entire, .8-1.6 in. across; disk clear and deep car- 

 mine, externally whitish or pinkish, delicately tomentose, due to the 

 presence of wavy, usually aseptate, hyaline, cylindrical hyphae, $6[t, 

 thick. Stem .4-. 8 in. long, 1.2-2 in. thick, whitish and tomentose. 

 Spores i-seriate, elliptic-oblong, ends obtuse, hyaline, wall rather thick 

 and forming a hyaline border, straight, 25-30x8-9^; paraphyses very 

 slender, hardly thickened at the tips. 



On rotten branches lying on the ground. Spring. 



Readily distinguished among the large, stipitate Pezizae by the deep 

 rose-red or carmine disk and the whitish, tomentose exterior. The 

 stem varies considerably in length ; when the fungus springs from the 

 underside of a branch the stem is often elongated and curved. The 

 base of the stem is attached to the branch by a mass of whitish, tomen- 

 tose mycelium. Massee. 



New York. Half-buried sticks. April and May. Peck, 23d Rep. ; 

 New Jersey, E. B. Sterling; Mt. Gretna, Pa., New Jersey. On sticks 

 on ground. Spring. Mcllvaine. 



This brilliant fungus is one of the beauties of the woods. Though 



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