ELVELLACEI. 673 



Sporidia ellipsoid -OlS-'Ol? X OOe-'OOO m.m.— .Vv?. 



Sporidia ellipsoid '013-'017 X '006-009 m.m. COOOS-'OOOG X •00023.-00035 

 in. — Karst. 

 Sporidia 'Oil m.m. broad, and twice as long. - G.&R. 



1990. Peziza cupularis. L. " Scalloped Peziza." 



Sub-sessile, thin, globoso-campanulate, fawn coloured, or 

 pallid, externally farinose ; margin crenate. — Fr. S.M. ii.p. 62. 

 B. ^. Br. Ann. X.H. no. 308. Vaill. t. 11,/. 173. FcJd. exs. no. 

 1878. Bull. t. 696,/. 3. Fers. Ohs.ii.t. 4.,f.6,7. Eng.Fl.Y.p. 

 189. Gonn. ^- Rahh.'iu. t. 4,/. 1. Pustularia cupularis, FcJd. Sym. 

 Myc. p. 328. 



On the ground in gardens. [Low. & Mid. Carolina.] 



Sometimes yellowish. Stem \ in. high, |tli in. thick, sometimes obsolete. 

 Pi'eus pale buff, thin, transparent, scalloped at the edge, shaped like the 

 cup of an acorn, about 1 in. in diameter. — Withering. 



Sporidia ellipsoid, •014--02 X •01--012 m.m. (-OOOS-'OOO? X '0003 in.) — 

 Karst. 



Sporidia •01-*012 m.m. broad, and about twice as long.- G'. d;R. 



1991. Peziza saniosa. Schrad. "Brown-milky Peziza." 



Sessile, concave, milky, purplish-brown, externally pulveru- 

 lent, umber ; asci linear ; sporidia oval, with two nuclei. — Fr. 

 S.M. \\. p. 66. Schrad. Journ. 1199, p. 6\. Berk. Mag. Zool. ^ 

 Bot.no.S7,t.7,f.2. 



On ground overrun with ThelejyJwra sehacea. Autumn. King's 

 Cliffe. 



1992. Peziza argillacea. Sow. *' Clay Peziza." 



Sessile, yellowish, even, at first urceolate, at length cracked 

 and torn, rooting at the base, and hairy.— i^r. S.M. ii. p. 6)6. 

 Sow. t. 148. Eng. Fl.Y.p. 190. 



On modelling clay. 



Pileus 2 in. broad, held to the clay by very fine, attenuated, cobweb-like 

 fibres from the sides, as it were, to assist the little knobby x ooi.— Sowerhy . 

 Observed only by Sowerby. 



1993. Peziza cornubiensis. B. ^^ Br. " Downy-base Peziza." 



Middle sized, sessile, fixed by down ; margin alone free, some- 

 what flattened, minutely villous externally ; hymenium orange ; 

 asci sub-cylindrical ; sporidia oblong, rather rough. — Berlc. 

 Outl.p. 366. Ann. X.H. no. 767. 



On manured ground. Penzance. 



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