Explanation of Plates 345 



Plate 58 



Wolfina aurantiopsis. Photographs of several apothecia, about natural 

 size, with one split to show the thick consistency of the apothecial tissue. Left, 

 drawing of an ascus with spores and two paraphyses. Right, portion of a hair 

 from the outside of the apothecium. Above, portions of the asci with the 

 opercula attached. 



Plate 59 



Urnula Geaster. Habitat groups, furnished by G. W. Goldsmith from 

 material collected in Texas, the upper one showing spore discharge. 



Plate 60 



Urniila Geaster. Photographs of several apothecia at different stages of 

 development, somewhat reduced, with drawings of portions of asci and spores, 

 and the much swollen paraphyses, from material collected in Texas by G. VV. 

 Goldsmith. 



Plate 61 



Peziza domiciliana. IMiotographs of two apothecia on burlap bag, col- 

 lected by B. O. Dodge and F. J. Seaver in the cellar of the conservatory at 

 The New York Botanical Garden. The lower apothecium shows the stem- 

 like structure in the younger plants, about natural size. 



Plate 62 



Peziza pseiidoclypeata. Photographs of several apothecia on rotten wood, 

 collected by M. B. Walters at Cleveland, Ohio, about natural size, with portion 

 of an ascus with spores, a typical paraphysis, and the tip of an ascus with the 

 operculum attached. Below, one spore much enlarged. 



Plate 63 



Peziza Waltersii. Three apothecia, about natural size, on rotten wood, 

 collected in Cleveland, Ohio, by M. B. Walters. Left, drawings of an ascus 

 with spores and one paraphysis. Below, tip of an ascus showing operculum. 

 Upper right, three spores much enlarged. 



Plate 64 



Sarcosphaera ammophila. Photographs of several apothecia, from material 

 collected in Florida by Erdman West. Below, two apothecia with diagram 

 showing the submerged character and the stem-like columns of sand which are 

 held together by the mycelium of the fungus. Above, drawing of a portion 

 of an ascus and a paraphysis. Also, tip of an ascus with operculum, and one 

 spore much enlarged. 



Plate 65 



Morchella esciilenta. Reproduction of a photograph of two fruiting bodies, 

 colored by Miss Fleda Grififith from material collected in Elmsford, New York, 

 by the author. 



