ioo An HISTORY of FUNGUS SES, 



CXX. HELVE LL A nonjlipitata, cyathiformis margine obtafo erecto. 

 cocrinta. Peziza cyathiformis margine obtufo ereSlo. Sp. PL 1651. 



Schaef. Fung. t. 148. Relban F/or. p. 465. No. 967. 



SCARLET HELVELLA. 



TAB. C. 



' I V HIS beautiful Helvella adheres to the ground by a central 

 A root, confifting of a fmall tuft of black fibres. 



_ The plant is about the thicknefs of a dreffed ftieep's fkin, 

 being of equal thicknefs in every part. The margin obtufe, 

 it is paler than the upper furface of the plant, and is waved 

 and finuated, in a wild and very pleafing manner. The upper 

 furface is of a bright and high orange colour, in fome young 

 plants approaching to a bright fcarlet. 



It varies greatly in fhape, fometime6 being fpread flat upon 

 the ground, fometimes the margin erected on one fide and de- 

 prefled on the other; fometimes feveral plants grow from the 

 fame point, and are rolled and crumpled one upon another; 

 generally the young plants are fmooth and entire on the mar- 

 gin, and fhaped like the cup of an acorn. It varies in fize, 

 from an inch to four inches in diameter. 



Grows on moift gravel which has been lately turned up, in 

 garden walks, by road fides, &c. about Halifax. It emits a 

 fmoke on being irritated, like the reft of its congeners. 



There is a crimfon Peziza, which has been confounded 

 with this plant, as will be ken in its proper place. 



