SCODELLINA 185 



Spores remaining permanently smooth. 



Spores 7-8 X 12-14 n, containing two oil-drops. 1. S. leporina. 



Spores 12-13 X 20-24 ju, containing one large oil- 

 drop. 2. 5. auricula. 

 Spores becoming minutely rough. 3. 5. grandis. 



1. Scodellina leporina (Batsch) S. F. Gray, Nat. Arrang. Brit. 

 PI. 1: 668. 1821. 



Peziza leporina Batsch, Elench. Fung. 117. 1783. 



Peziza ouotica Pers. Syn. Fung. 637. 1801. 



Scodellina onotica S. F. Gray, Nat. Arrang. Brit. PI. 1 : 668. 1821. 



Peziza onotica ochracea Fries, Syst. Myc. 2: 48. 1822. 



Otidea onotica Fuckel, Symb. Myc. 329. 1869. 



Otidea leporina Fuckel, Symb. Myc. 329. 1869. 



Peziza unicisa Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 26: 81. 1874. 



Aleuria leporina Gill. Champ. Fr. Discom. 40. 1879. 



Aleuria onotica Gill. Champ. Fr. Discom. 40. 1879. 



Otidea ochracea Seaver, Bull. Lab. Nat. Hist. State Univ. Iowa 5: 45. 1904. 



Apothecia gregarious or scattered, strongly elongated on one 

 side and split on the opposite side to the base, externally rather 

 bright-yellow to yellowish-brown, often becoming dull with age 

 or when dry, reaching a height of 4-5 cm. and about half as 

 broad; hymenium similar in color to the outside of the apo- 

 thecium; asci cylindric or subcylindric, reaching a length of 

 200 /x and a diameter of 10-12 /x; spores 1-seriate, narrow- 

 ellipsoid, each containing two small oil-drops, 7-8 X 12-14 m; 

 paraphyses slender, usually strongly curved or hooked at their 

 apices. 



On soil in woods. 



Type locality: Europe. 



Distribution: New York to Washington and California; 

 also in Europe. 



Illustrations: Schaeff. Fung. Bavar. pi. 156 (in part); 

 Sow. Engl. Fungi pi. 79; Bres. Fungi Trid. pi. 182; Cooke, 

 Mycographia pi. 53, f. 210 and pi. 54, f. 211; Fl. Dan. pi. 1077, 

 f. 2; Gonnerm. & Rab. Myc. Eu. 3: pi. 2, f. 4; Nees, Syst. 

 Pilze pi. 37, f. 278; Rab. Krypt.-Fl. 1'^: 1022, /. 1-4; Bull. Lab. 

 Nat. Hist. State Univ. Iowa 5: pi. 10. 



2. Scodellina auricula (Schaeff.) Seaver, comb. nov. 



Elvela auricula Schaeff. Fung. Bavar. Ind. 103. 1774. 

 Peziza auricula Cooke, Mycographia 124. 1876. 

 Aleuria auricula Gill. Champ. Fr. Discom. 40. 1879. 

 Otidea auricula Rehm, Hedwigia 22: 34. 1883. 



