ELYELLACEI, 677 



On burnt soil. [IVIid. & Up. Carolina.] 



Asci highly developed ; paraphyses containing globose, orange-coloured 

 granules. 



Sporidia ellipsoid, •011--015 X •007-'008ni.m.— ^ars^. 

 Sporidia ellipsoid, •Oll-'OIS X 'UOZ-.OOSd m.m.~G. d- R. 



2005. Peziza granulata. Bull. " Granulated Dung 



Feziza." 



Sessile, minute, nearly plane, orange-red, externally granu- 

 lated with papillae ; asci clavate, obtuse ; sporidia broadly ellip- 

 tic ; paraphyses orange-rod ; ^apices clavate. — Fr.S.M. ii. p. 67. 

 Ray, Syn. t. 24,/. 2. Vaill't. 15,/. 14. Fl. Dan. t. 655,/. 2. 

 Bull. t. 438,/. 3. Eng.Fl. y.p. 190. Desm. exs. no. 210. Asco- 

 holus granulatus. Fckl. Sym. Myc. p. 287. 



On cow dung. Common. [Mid. Carolina.] 



Gregarious, at first globose, at length flat ; orifice crenate, varying some- 

 what in colour, but generally of a clear orange-red, externally granulated 

 from the projection of the cellular tissue, furfuraceous. — Eng. Fl. 



Sporidia ellipsoid, •014--018 X -Our-'OOO m.m.—Nyl. 



Sporidia ellipsoid, •0U--018 X -Our-'OOO m.m. (•0005--OOOG X •00027--00035 

 iu.) — Karst. 



2006. Feziza brunneo-atra. Bam. "Brown Black 



Peziza." 



Sessile, solitary, nearly plane, entire, fleshy, fragile, smooth, 

 brown-black ; asci cylindrical ; sporidia ovate, subhyaline, mi- 

 nutely echinulate. — Ann. Sc. iVa^. (1836). vi./?. 244. Desm. exs. 

 no. 826, ii. no. 26. B. ^ Br. Ann. N.H. (1866J, no. 1157, t. 4,/. 18. 



On the ground. Leigh wood. 



Sporidia (-OOOr-'OOOQ in.) •017--022 m.m. long. 

 Many modern authors include this with Peziza hadia. 



2007. Peziza salxnonicolor. B.<i: Br. " Salmon-colour 



Peziza." 



Small, gregarious ; cups sub-hemispherical, salmon-colour ; 

 asci oblong ; sporidia biseriate, elliptic, enucleate. — B. ^' Br. 

 A}in. N.H. (1866), no. 1158, t. 4.,f. 19. 



On the side of a ditch. Oct. TToodnewton. 



Sporidia ("0008 in.), "02 m.m. long, sometimes ("OOOo in.) "0127 m.m. broad j 

 nearly allied to P. h(Bviastigma. 



2008. Feziza haeznastigma. Fr. "Blood-red Peziza." 



Sessile, convex, immarginate, smooth, pale blood-red ; spori- 

 dia oblong, or nearly globose. — Fr. S.M. ii.p. 74. Hedw. t. 5,/. B, 



