CUP FUNGI 



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Peziza vesiculosa Bubble Cup 



Cup 2-7 cm. witlc, disk light brown or ycliow-brown, more or less wrinkled, 

 outside yellowish or brownish, with coarse granules, forming scales or bubbles, 

 margin incurved, cup-shaped, more or less irregular, slemless; spores clear, ellip- 

 tic, 18-20 X 12/x. The name refers to tlie bubbled cup. 



Clustered, on the ground in woodland or grassland ; edible. 



Peziza badia Bay Cup 



Cup 1-4 cm. wide, disk dark brown, outside paler Ijrown, powdery, margin 

 slightly toothed or entire, incurved, cup-shaped or somewdiat flattened and irregular; 

 stemless or with a small stem-like base; spores clear, elliptic, 14-18 X 8-9/t. The 

 name refers to the color of the disk. 



On the ground in woodland and grassland ; edible. 



LACHNEA 



Key to the Species 



Cup rcil, with brown bristles at the margin; on wood 

 Cup gray, the outside hairy; on the ground 



L. scutellata 



L. hcmlspJiacrica 



Lachnea scutellata Red Disk 



Cup 2-10 mm. wide, scarlet to vermilion-red, margin with long brown bristles 

 forming a fringe, saucer-like or Hat, stemless; spores clear, elliptic, more or less 

 netted, 16-24 X 10-14/x. The name refers to the disk-like form. 



Common on wet sticks and logs in damp or wet places, especially at the water's 

 edge ; too small to be im- 

 portant. 



Lachnea hemisphaerica 

 Gray Cup 



Cup 1-4 cm. wide, disk 

 bluish-white to gray, outside 

 brownish with bristles which 

 are somewdiat more prominent 

 at the margin, cup-shaped or 

 saucer-like ; s p o r e s clear, el- 

 liptic, rough, 18-25 X 10-14/v.. 

 The name refers to the form. 



Common on moist 

 ground or on much-decayed 

 wood ; not tested. 



Figure 121. Lachnea hemisphaerica 



