14i A CATALOGUE OP ESCULENT BRITISH FUNGI. 



(215.) PEZIZA MACROPUS ; The Long Stem Elf-cup. 



Habitat. On the ground in woods. In groups. 



Season. April and May, September and October. N'ot un- 

 common. 



Cuj). Half to one and a half inches across, dusky grey ; at 

 first hemispherical, then open, flat, perhaps unevenly depressed, 

 undulate ; exterior tomentose. Substance slight, elastic, "waxy. 



Stem. Two or three inches long, tapered downwards, flexuose, 



perhaps lacunose, soft. Odourless. Taste mild. 



Oh.t, It is commonly eaten by French rustics, but is almost flavourless. — 

 W. D. H. 



(216.) PEZIZA ONOTICA ; The Hare's-ear. 



Habitat. On the ground in woods. Solitary. 



Season. April and May, September and October. Rare. 



Cup. Two or three inches high, rosy or orange within, fawn 

 without and farinose; dimidiate, one side elongate, irregular, bent, 

 folded below, sub-stipitate, wrinkled in age. Base rugose, flexu- 

 ose, rooting. Odour feeble. Taste agreeable. 



Ohs. Very scarce here, but abroad considered almost a dainty. — W. D. H. 



(217.) PEZIZA VENOSA; The Scented Elf-cup. 



Habitat. On the ground in woods. In clusters. 



Season. March to May. Common. 



Cup. One to four inches across, dark velvety brown within, 



opaque white and farinose without ; irregular, twisted, oblique, 



spirally folded, or repand. Exterior rugose, venose, costate. 



Substance thin, tough. Scent like nitric acid. Taste mouldy. 



Obs. It is of fair quality, as it possesses some flavour of its own. — W. D. H. 



(218.) PEZIZA VESICULOSA ; The Bladder Elf-cup. 



Habitat. On hot-beds, dunghills, garden plots, etc. In small 

 groups. 



Season. March to May, September to November. Common. 



Cup. One to three inches across, dingy drab or brownish ; at 

 first spherical, mouth conti-acted, then more tui-binate or cyatlii- 

 form. Margin crenulate, sinuate, convolute. Exterior granulose, 



