CUP FUNGI 



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Figure 118. Sclkrotixia tuberosa 



the ribs often uniting, running some distance up the cup ; spores clear, ellipsoid. 

 12-15 X 9-10/i. The name refers to the occurrence. 



On the ground in woods, the stem often buried : 

 said to be edible. 



SCLEROTINIA 

 Sclerotinia tuberosa 



Cup 1-2 cm. wide, tan or yellow-brown, smooth. 

 cup-shaped or funnel-shaped, then plane ; stems aris- 

 ing from a black mass or sclerotium, 1-3 cm. wide. 

 2-5 cm. by 1-2 mm., brown, smooth, flexuous ; s p o r e s 

 clear, elliptic, 11-15 X 5-6;U,. The name refers to the 

 black sclerotium from which the cups spring. 



Usually in dense clusters on the ground in moist 

 woods ; not tested. 



MACROrODIA 



Macropodia macropus 



Cup 1-3 cm. wide, disk even, grayish-brown to 

 brown, outside somewhat lighter, scurfy with small ir- 

 regular masses, cup-shaped, then more or less ex- 

 panded, but the margin erect, rarely if ever drooping ; 

 stem 2-5 cm. tall, gray to grayish brown, cylindric 

 or somewhat broader above, scurfv. even, elastic, solid ; 



Figure 119. 

 Macropodia macropus 



