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229. Peziza venosa. 



Range extended to Nebraska (L. B. Walker), Colorado (P. F. 

 Shope), California (H. W. Harkness), and doubtfully to Florida 

 (E. West). 



230. Peziza domiciliana (Plate 61). 



Range extended to Winnipeg, Manitoba (J. J. Neilson & 

 G. R. Bisby), Quebec (Myc. Foray), Washington (J. B. Flett), 

 Vermont (C. W. Dodge), Utah (A. O. Garrett) and Tennessee 

 (L. R. Hesler). 



Add under illustrations: Mycologia 8: pi. 188. 



Add the note: It is difficult to identify with certainty many 

 of the large fleshy cup-fungi, since in many cases the species are 

 based on variations in form and color which are entirely ob- 

 literated in dried or preserved specimens. This has necessarily 

 given rise to much confusion of names. 



This was impressed on the writer in looking over the descrip- 

 tion of Peziza carnea by Bessie B. Kanouse (Papers Mich. Acad. 

 Sci. 22: 121. 1936.), since the description and illustrations 

 agree exactly with what the writer has described as Peziza 

 domiciliana. Which determination is correct, or whether the 

 two are identical, it is difficult to state. All we can do is to 

 present the facts and let the reader decide for himself. Perhaps 

 it would not be out of place to quote here a previous discussion 

 of this species (Mycologia 8: 195. 1916), as follows. 



''Peziza domiciliana was originally described by Cooke from 

 specimens found growing on the walls, ceilings, and floors of a 

 house which had been partly destroyed by fire. The specific 

 name is a very appropriate one, since, from our own observations, 

 the species usually occurs about the cellars of houses and in 

 caves." 



The species was first encountered by the writer in Iowa, 

 where it was found growing in the basement of one of the college 

 buildings at Iowa Wesleyan University. There it grew on piles 

 of damp coal-dust which had been left over from the winter's 

 supply. The plants were described and illustrated in Iowa 

 Discomycetes under the name of Peziza repanda Pers. 



The species was next found in the basement of the Museum 

 Building of The New York Botanical Garden where the ground 

 was kept moist by the drip from an ice-box. The plants grew 



