PEZIZA. CI 



coehleata— Fckl, "Symb. Myco.," 329; Sacc, " Myco 

 Yen. Sp," p. 107. 



Exs.— Fckl., "F. Rh," 1232. 



On the ground. Summer and autumn. 



Cup 1 to 2 inches broad, sometimes larger, often 

 densely caaspitose, hence irregular and much contorted. 



Name — Cochlea, the shell of a snail. 



King's Cliffe, Laxton, Aboyne, Milton, Lea, Coed 

 Coch (Rev. M. J. Berkeley). Llanrwst, North Wales ! 

 Altringham Park, Shrewsbury ! 



23. Peziza alutacea. Pers. 



Cup subsessile, contorted, pallid-fuliginous ; asci 

 cylindrical ; sporidia 8, elliptic, minutely asperate, 

 12 — 14 X 6 — 7/x; paraphyses linear, sparse. 



Peziza alutacea — Pers., " Syn. Fung.," p. 638 ; Cooke, 

 "Mycogr.," f. 214. Peziza coehleata j3. alutacea — Fries, 

 "Sys. Myco./' ii. 50; Weinm., "Hym." p. 416. Aluria 

 alutacea — Gill., " Champ.," p. 42. 



Exs.— Fckl., " F. Rh.," 1229. 



On the ground in woods. Autumn. 



Cup 2 inches or more broad, resembling P. coehleata, 

 from which the rough sporidia distinguish it. 



Name — Aluta, tanned leather; tan-coloured. 



Milton, 1842, and Coed Coch, 1877; near Hereford, 

 1878. 



24. Peziza grandis. Pers. 



Caespitose or solitary, sessile, flexuous ; externally 

 olivaceous-umber, with a lacunose albo-tomentose base ; 

 hymenium ochery yellow ; asci cylindrical ; sporidia 8, 

 elliptic, narrower at the ends, biguttulate, 16 X 7/i ; 

 paraphyses linear, straight or curved at the apices. 



Peziza grandis — Pers., " Obs.," i. p. 27 ; Pers., " Syn. 

 Fung.," p. 636. Peziza abietina, var. c. — Fries, " Sys. 

 Myco.," ii. 47. Peziza grandis — Boud. in Cooke, "Mycogr," 

 tig. 376 ; Pat., p. 209,' f. 480 (?). Aleuria grandis— Gill.. 

 " Champ.," p. 42 (?). 



On the ground in pine woods. 



