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Leighton). Audley End, Essex (Leefe). Perth (Dr. M. C. 

 Cooke). Weybridge (Mr. F. Currey). Little Plumstead 

 and Cassey, Norfolk (Mr. Trimmer). Coed Coch (Rev. 

 M. J. Berkeley). Sufton Court, Herefordshire ! Lilleshall, 

 Salop ! Downton Castle, Salop ! Mol-y-Golfa, Mont- 

 gomeryshire ! King's Lynn (Mr. C. B. Plowright). 



13. Peziza leporina. Batsch. 



Substipitate, elongated on one side, ear-shaped, sub- 

 ferruginous, externally farinose, pale ochraceous or sub- 

 ferruginous ; base more or less stem-like ; asci cylindrical ; 

 sporidia 8, elliptic, smooth, 1 to 2-guttulate, 12 — 14 X 7 — 

 8ju ; paraphyses filiform, curved at the summit. 



Peziza leporina — Batsch, "EL," p. 117; Pers, " Syn. 

 Fung.," p. 637; Fries, " Sys. Myco," ii. 47; Nees, " Sys," 

 f. 278 ; Berk., " Outl," 363; Cooke, "Handbk," No. 1973; 

 Weberb., t. 1, f. 7 ; Gonn. and Rabh., t. 2, f. 4 ; Weinm., 

 p. 414; Cooke, " Mycogr.," f. 211. Peziza auricula — 

 Schseff., "Icon.," t. 156 (in part); "Flo. Dan.," t. 1077, 

 f. 2. Peziza cochleata — Holms., " Ot.," ii. t. 6. Otidea 

 leporina — Fckl., " Symb. Myco.," 329. Aleuria leporina 

 — Gill., " Champ.," p. 40. 



Exs.— Fckl, "F. Rh," 1233; Rehm, "Asco.," 251, 

 653; Phil, " Elv. Brit," No. 11; Roumg., " Fung. Gal," 

 9251; Cooke, "Fung. Brit," ed. ii. 542. 



On the ground amongst leaves, in woods. August 

 to October. 



Cup 1 to 3 inches high, 1 to 3 inches broad, gregarious, 

 often ceespitose ; margin involute, divided to the base on 

 one side ; disc even or rarely wrinkled, a shade darker 

 than the exterior ; paraphyses slender, hardly thickened 

 at the summits, but almost invariably crooked. 



This fine species grows as large as P. onotica at times, 

 but is not so brightly coloured, being throughout of a 

 sober pale tan-colour, resembling common wash-leather 

 used for cleaning plate. 



Name — Lepus, a hare ; from the colour or likeness to 

 the ear of a hare. 



Milton, East Bergholt, Coed Coch (Rev. M. J. Berkeley). 



