Sarcosphaera 235 



Peziza roseolilacina Clements, Bot. Surv. Nebr. 5: 7. 1901. Described 

 as yellowish-ochraceous with a rose-lilac hymenium, reaching a diameter of 

 1.5 cm., cup-shaped, with staooth spores 10 X 17-18 m- On wet soil among 

 mosses, Keya Paha County, Nebraska. No specimens seen. 



Peziza caligans Cooke, Mycographia 149. 1877. The description sug- 

 gests a small specimen of Peziza badia. Its identity however is uncertain. 



Peziza irrorata Berk. & Curt.; Berk. Grevillea 3: 150. 1875. This 

 species is described as applanate, fuligineous, 2-3 cm. in diameter, with spores 

 12 X 18-20^1. On soil in Texas. No specimen seen. 



Peziza repandoides (Rehm) Sacc. & Trott. in Sacc. Syll. Fung. 22: 614. 

 1913; Plicaria repandoides Rehm, Ann. Myc. 3: 518. 1905. This appears 

 from the desciiption to be a small specimen of Peziza repanda. 



Peziza irregularis Berk. & Curt.; Berk. Jour. Linn. Soc. 10: 365. 1868. 

 This species is described as 6-8 cm. in diameter, with an orange hymenium 

 and spores 12 X 25 m- Both the size of the apothecia and the size and form 

 of the spores are strongly suggestive of a large Phillipsia which occurs in the 

 West Indies. The color of the Phillipsia is reddish-purple, however, rathei 

 than orange as described and illustrated by Cooke. No authentic specimen 

 has been seen. 



Peziza convoluta Peck, Bull. Torrey Club 30: 101. 1903. Apothecia 

 yellowish or tawny-brown with a wavy margin and a contorted hymenium, 

 the spores 12-15 X 20-22 fx. On sandy soil in California. No specimens 

 have been seen. 



39. SARCOSPHAERA Auersw. Hedwigia 8: 82. 1869. 



Apothecia gregarious or scattered, at first entirely immersed 

 in the substratum, the margin splitting Geaster-Wk^ at maturity; 

 asci 8-spored; spores smooth or nearly so, ellipsoid or sub- 

 ellipsoid, hyaline; paraphyses filiform. 



Type species, Peziza macrocalyx Reiss. 



1. Sarcosphaera coronaria (Jacq.) Schrot. Krypt.-Fl. Schles. 3'-: 

 49. 1893. 



Peziza coronaria Jacq. Misc. Austr. 1: 140. 1778. 



Peziza amplissima Fries, Summa \'eg. Scand. 349. 1849. 



Peziza Geasler Rab. Sitzber. Nat. Ges. Isis. 1867: 22. 1867. 



Sarcosphaera macrocalyx Auersw. Hedwigia 8: 82. 1869. 



?Peziza sicula Inzenga, Fung. Sic. 2: 39. 1869. 



P^'z/sa C//i5o?n' Ripart. Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 23: 309. 1876. 



Aleuria eximia Gill. Champ. Fr. Discom. 48. 1879. 



Pustularia gigantea Rehm, Ann. Myc. 3: 517. 1905. 



Peziza gigantea Sacc. & Trott. in Sacc. Syll. Fung. 22: 611. 1913. 



Apothecia occurring singly or two to five closely crowded 

 together, at first buried, later becoming partially exposed, sub- 

 globose or more or less irregularly contorted, splitting from the 

 top downward into 7-10 pointed rays, externally dirty-pallid and 



