Peziza 225 



8-10 cm. ; hymenium concave, plane or occasionally convex, even 

 or undulated; asci cylindric or subcylindric, reaching a length 

 of 200 m and a diameter of 12 15 /x; spores 1-seriate, ellipsoid, 

 hyaline, becoming sculptured, 8 X 16-18 /x; spore-sculpturing 

 consisting of very minute warts or papillae; paraphyses slender, 

 septate, strongly enlarged above. 



On damp soil in woods. 



Type locality: France. 



Distribution: Wisconsin; also in Europe. 



Illustrations: Cooke, Mycographia pJ. 106, f. 379; Boud. 

 Ic. Myc. pi. 280. 



7. Peziza melaleuca (Rres.) Seaver, comb. nov. 



Discina melaleuca Bres. Fungi Trid. 2: 74. 1898. 



?Heteroplegma caeruleum Clements, Bull. Torrey Club 30: 92. 1903. 



?Peziza caerulea Sacc. & D. Sacc. in Sacc. Syll. Fung. 18: 20. 1906. 



Apothecia gregarious, soon becoming expanded, finally often 

 repand or with the extreme margin slightly elevated, the center 

 usually depressed or umbilicate, externally white or whitish, 

 reaching a diameter of 2-4 cm., narrowed below into a stem- 

 like base; hymenium concave, becoming plane or slightly convex, 

 brownish-black, when dry entirely black; asci cylindric or sub- 

 cylindric, reaching a length of 360^400 m and a diameter of 

 16-18 m; spores 1-seriate, ellipsoid, containing 1-3 (usually 2) 

 oil-drops, 8-9 X 17-21 fx, becoming sculptured; spore-sculpturing 

 consisting of papillae or minute warts; paraphyses rather stout, 

 enlarged above where they reach a diameter of 6-8 ^l. 



On the ground in coniferous woods. 



Type locality: Europe. 



Distribution: Colorado; also in Europe. 



Illustration: Bres. Fungi Trid. pi. 186. 



Exsiccati: Clements, Crypt. Form. Colo. 124? (as Plicaria 

 Fuckelii caerulescens) . 



8. Peziza melaleucoides Seaver, sp. nov. 



Apothecia sessile or short-stipitate, reaching a diameter of 

 10 cm., cup-shaped, becoming somewhat repand, usually whitish 

 near the base, brownish above or occasionally with a lavender 

 tint; stem when present lacunose, very short; hymenium concave, 

 often umbilicate, becoming dark-brown or tinted with olive; 

 asci cylindric or subcylindric, reaching a length of 250 m and a 

 diameter of 12-15 /x; spores 1-seriate, ellipsoid, each containing 



