6G6 ELVELLACEI. 



1965. Pezizaxnaczopus. Pei^s. " Long- stemmed Peziza." 



Cup liemisjDlierical, hirto-verrucose, cinereous ; disc mouse- 

 coloured.; stem very long, attenuated ; sporidia ellipsoid. — F'r. 

 SJI. ii. i>. 57. Buxb. iv. t. 20, f. 2. Eng. Fl. v.;?. 189. Bull. t. 

 457, f. 2, t. 1U6. Sow. t. 38. Schaf. t. 1G6. Bolt. t. 96. Pers. Obs. 

 ii. t.l,f. 2. Fl. Dan. t. 1200,/. 2. Holms, ii. t. 10. Fchl. exs. no. 

 1234. Grev.t. 70. Macro2wdiamacropus,Fckl. Sym.Myc.p.ddl. 

 Cooke exs. no. 289. 



On tlie ground in woods. Common. [United States.] 



Varying greatly in the degree of pubescence, occasionally the border of 

 the piieus is reflexed, and there is then no small degree of resemblance to 

 Mdvello. elastica. — Eng Fl. 



Sporidia •022--027 X •011-'014 m.m. Nyl Sporidia ellipsoid •02.-027 X 

 •on --014 m.m. (-OOOr-'OOOQ X -00035 in.) paraphyses filiform, thickened at 

 the apex. Ko.rst. 



1966. Peziza tuberosa. Bull. " Tuberous Peziza." 



Thin, cup infundibuliform, bright brown, turning pale ; stem 

 elongated, springing from an irregular black tuber (sclerotium). 

 —F^r. S.M. ii. p. 58. Hediv. t.lOJ.B. Berk.exs.no.lbS. Bull, 

 t. 485./. 2, 3. /Sow. t. 6, 3. Rabh. exs. no. 1522. Gonn. ^ Babh. iii. 

 t.l.f.l. Fckl. exs. no. 1235. Huss. ii. 1. 10. Mong. 4' iV". exs. 397. 

 Fng. Fl. Y.p. 189. iSclerotinia tuberosa, Fckl.Sym. Mycp. 331. 



On the ground in woods. Spring. [Mid. Carolina.] 



Stem running deep into the earth, 1-3 in. high, attached to a Sclerotium. 

 Sporidia oblong- ellipsoid, simple, -OOS-'OlG X 'OOS-'OOQ m.m. ('OOOS-'OOOe 

 X •00019--0003O in.)—Karst. 



1967. Peziza xapulum. Bull. " Wine-cup Peziza." 



Thin, yellowish-brown, cup infundibuliform, nearly smooth ; 

 stem twisted, root elongated, fibrillose. — Fr. S.M.ii.i^. 59. Bull. 

 i.485,/.3. Nees.f.'^Ol. Holms.u.t.9. Fng. FLy.]). 189. 



On the ground. Rare. [Low. Carolina.] 



Observed only by Dickson. 



Sect. 2. Cochleatce — subsessile, pruinose, obhque, or twisted. 



1968. Peziza venosa. P. " Yeined Peziza." 



Sessile, somewhat twisted, dark umber, white beneath, rugose 

 with costate Teins. — Fr. S.M. ii.p. 46. Jacq. Mis.t. 17,/. 1. Berk. 

 Outl. t. 22, f. 6. Grev. 1. 156. Huss. ii. t. 7. P. reticulata, Eng. 

 Fl. Y.p. 187. 



On the ground in spring. Esculent? 

 Many inches broad. Odour strong, like that of nitric acid. 



