ELVELLACEI. 683 



/. 5. Holms, ii. t. 18. Heclw. t. 3,f. B. Humaria scuteUata. Fcld. 



Sym.Myc. p. 321. 



On stumps, &c. [United States.] 



Sporidia (-0008 in.) -02 m.m. long, by ('0005 in.) '0127 m.m. wide. Cups 3 

 lines broad. 



Sporidia ellipsoid, •018--024 X •010--014 m.m.— .V?/L 

 Sporidia ellipsoid, •017-"024 X •010--014 m.m— Karst. 



2026. Feziza coerulea. Bolt. " Blue Peziza." 



Soon becoming plane, cileated, externally blackish, hairs pal- 

 lid ; disc coerulean blue. — F?\ S.M. ii. p. 86. Eng. Fl. Y.p. 193. 

 Bolt. 1. 108,/. 2. 



On trunks of firs. Oct. Near Halifax. 

 About 2 lines broad. 



2027. Feziza livida. Sch. " Livid Peziza." 



Hemispherical, becoming plane, internally livid-glaucous, ex- 

 ternally dingy, clothed with long strigose hairs. — Fr. S.2I. u. p. 

 86. Batsch. f. 154. Ann. N.H. no. 558. Fl. Dan. L 1915, /. 3. 

 Humaria livida. Fchl. Sym. Myc.p.322. 



On fir chips. Lockerbie. 



A beautiful species witb the habit of P. scuteUata^ but with a livid disc?, 

 and more convex. — B. cf* Br. 



2028. Feziza stercorea. Pers. " Red dung Peziza." 



Gregarious, concave, dingy-red, beset near the margin, -with 

 nearly straight brown hairs, ciliated. — Fr. S.M. ii. p. 87. Enff. 

 Fl. Y.p. 19-4. Bay. Syn. t. 24,/. 3. F. equina. Fl. Dan. t. 779,/ 

 S. Sow. t. 662. Hedw.t.S,f.A. P. scuteUata. Bolt. 1. 108, f. 1. 

 Bull. t. 438,/ 2. Humaria stercorea'. Fchl. Sym. Myc. p.321. 



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



Paraphyses simple, not capitate as in P. granulata, which frequently ac- 

 companies it ; setae jointed, yellowish, or greenish in decay, 1-2 lines broad. 

 —Eng. Fl. 



Sporidia eUipsoid, •016--022 X -OOQ-'Ol m.Ta..—Nyl. Karst. 



2029. Feziza theleboloides. A. S,^ S. "Hop Peziza." 



Spherical, then tub-shaped, whitish, mouth concave, dingy- 

 vellowish, externally hispid, with pallid hairs ; asci linear ; spo- 

 ridia elliptic— i^r. S.M.n.p. 88. A. ^ S. t. 12, f. 4. Ann. N.H. 

 no. 1065, 1. 16, f. 17. 



On spent hops. [Mid. Carolina.] 



