Bul(;aria 195 



Type species, Biircardia glohosa Schmidel. 



The genus Bulgaria was established by F'ries and based on an 

 operculate form as indicated above. However, at the same time 

 he inchided in the genus Peziza inquinans Pers. which is an 

 inoperculate species and according to present notions not con- 

 generic with the type of the genus. Unfortunately Saccardo in 

 his "Sylloge Fungorum" has treated Bulgaria inquinans first so 

 that it has come to be looked upon by collectors as the typical 

 Bulgaria, especially since it is much more commonly collected 

 than the authentic type. We are therefore using the genus 

 Bulgaria in the restricted, and morphologically correct sense for 

 the operculate forms. .Since the inoperculate species are not 

 treated in this work, Bulgaria inquinans (Pers.) Fries is left out 

 of consideration, but will be properly dealt with under the 

 Inoperculates when these are monographed. 



Apothecium strongly swollen below into a large globose 



base. 1. B. globosa. 



Apothecium not swollen into a globose base below the 

 hymenium. 

 Hymenium light-colored when fresh, with a reddish 



tinge. 2. B. rufa. 



Hymenium dark-colored, blackish. 3. B. melastoma. 



1. BulgariaglobosaFries,Syst.Myc.2:166. 1822. (Textfig. 2.) 



Biircardia globosa Sc\\m\dc\, Ic. PI. 261. 1797. 

 Peziza Biircardia Pers. Syn. Fung. 632. 1801. 

 Burckhardia globosa Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 2: 845. 1891. 

 Sarcosoma globosa Casp.; Rehm in Rab. Krypt.-Fl. I'': 498. 1896. 



Apothecia gregarious, at first nearly globose, ranging in size 

 from 1-5 cm. or rarely larger, at length ovoid with the hy- 

 menium appearing as a depression in the upper surface, becoming 

 expanded but usually much narrower than the gelatinous base 

 which remains strongly swollen and bulged out below the 

 hymenium, externally, brownish-black, the substance consisting 

 of a tough outer rind and a thick, gelatinous interior which 

 shrinks much in drying, giving the exterior a peculiar wrinkled 

 appearance, minutely brownish-tomentose; hymenium slightly 

 concave, darker than the outside of the apothecium; asci cylindric 

 or subcylindric above; spores 1-seriate, ellipsoid, about 10-12 

 X 23-26 ix\ paraphyses dark-brown adhering together in masses, 

 slender below, enlarged above. 



On the ground among mosses in fir woods. 



Type locality: Europe. 



