670 ELVELLACEI. 



1979. Peziza cerea. Sow. " Waxy Peziza." 



Large, infundibuliform, waved, yellowish, externally whitish, 

 as well as the villous, stem-like base. — Fr. S.M. ii. p. 52. Sow. 

 t.d. Eng.FI.y.p.lSS. Plicaria cerea. Fckl. Sym. Myc.p.^21 . 

 Gonn. ^ Eabh. iii. t. 2,/. 1. Fckl. exs. no. 1225. 



On tan beds, &c. Rare. 



Abundantly on leaves, &c., in a hothouse, at Uffington, Lincolnshire. 

 March. Very brittle. 



Sporidia ellipsoid, •017--018 X -OOZ-'OOg m.m. (-0006 X •00027--00035in.) — 

 Kyi. Karst. 



Sporidia ellipsoid, •008-"009 m.m. broad, and about twice as long. — 

 O. cL- R. 



1980. Peziza vesiculosa. Bull. " Bladdery Peziza." 



Large, entire, sessile, at first globose, somewhat top-shaped, 

 connivent ; then campanulate ; mouth subcrenate, pallid brown, 

 externally furfuraceous ; sporidia elliptic. — Fr. S.M, ii. p. 52. 

 BuU.t.A67,f.l. Mwh.t.S6,f.2. Sow.t.4.. Grev.t. 107. Bolt. 

 1. 175 ? Eng.Fl. v. p. 188. Pustularia vesiculosa. Fckl. Sym. 

 Myc.p. 329. 



On dung-hills, hot-beds, &c. Common. [Mid. Carolina.] 



The hymenium is generally separable from the substance of the cup. 

 Sporidia ('0009 in.) '022 m.m. long. 



Sporidia ellipsoid, •017--022 X -009-014 m.m. (•0006--0007 X •00035.-0004 

 in.—yyl.) 

 Sporidia ellipsoid •016--022 X 'OOg-'OOi m.m.— Karst. 

 Sporidia *011-'014 m.m. broad, and twice as long. — G. <i:R. 



1981. Pesiza macxocalys. Riess. "Violet Ground Peziza." 



At first buried, then half exposed ; cups subglobose, splitting 

 in a stellate manner, externally dirty blue, subtomentose, inter- 

 nally violet ; stem short ; asci cylindrical, truncate ; sporidia 

 elliptic, with one or two nuclei ; paraphyses branched, jointed. 

 — Fres.Beitr. p). 75,^. 9,/. 7. Smith Seem. Journ. 1869, />. 345, t. 

 98. Fckl. exs. no. 2196. Sarcosphcera macrocalyx. Fckl. Sym. 

 Myc.p.Z'2^. 



Under fir trees. March. 



" It is found underground, in forests of fir trees, singly or from two to five 

 together ; in its progressive development it rises about half out of the ground. 

 At first it is closed, but later it splits, star like, from the top downwards to 

 the middle of its cups, or sometimes even further down still into from 7 to 10 

 more or less pointed strips. The exterior is of a dirty pale blue, clothed 

 with a thin white transient fur, and at the base of the cup is a short stem. 

 In large specimens the cup is three inches high and broad, deeply cup- 

 shaped, with the rim at length bent outwards. The hymenium is at first 

 pale, and later a darker violet. Sporidia *025 m.m. \ong.~Freseiiiui,. 



