188 FUNGI. [Peziza.^ 



Fl. Ed. p. 4 1 8.— -P. cocci?iea, Soiv. t. 78. Purl, v. 2 S^- 3. n. 1030. 



— Ilelv, coccmea, Bolt. t. 100 P. coccinea, var. 2. With. v. 4. 



p. 303. 



About the stumps of felled oaks. Autumn and early winter. Com- 

 mon. — At first hemispherical, with a short stem ; margin almost invo- 

 lute ; at length split, curled and flexuous, of the clearest orange within. 

 Externally pale, mealy with minute sparkling granules. Sporidia 

 elliptic, T2V0 of an inch long, certainly containing two Sporidiola seated 

 at the foci of the ellipse. 



* 6. P. concitma, Pers. (elegant Peziza) ; csespitose large very 

 brittle externally lemon- coloured at length rugulose, pallid 

 flesh-colour within. Pers. Myc. Eur. 1. p. 221. Fr. S?/st. Myc, 



V. 2. p. 49 Helv. vesiculosa, Bolt. t. 175. 



Persoon's plant is said to grow among fallen leaves : Bolton states 

 nothing with respect to the locality of the species figured by him. 



7. P. cochledtay Bull, (ivhorled Peziza) ; sessile tufted large 

 twisted umber, externally pruinose. Bull. t. 134. Soio. t. 5. 

 With. V. 4. p. 308. Purt. v. 2 S)- 3. 7f. 1040. Fr. Syst. Myc, 

 V. 2. p. 50. — P. lunhrina, Pers. Syn. p. 6. 38. Grev. Fl. Ed. 

 p. 419. 



In woods, &c. Summer and autumn : sometimes in great abundance. 

 I have seen a large basketful offered for sale under the nameofiT/ore//*. 

 — A variety occurs smaller and of a pallid hue, but there is no account 

 of its having been found in this country. Hudson's P. cochleata 

 evidently includes many species. 



8. P. repdnda, Fr. {spreading Peziza) ; large inciso-repand 

 /dilute brown and slightly wrinkled within, externally mealy 

 dirty-white, the base often plicate rooting. Fr. Syst. Myc, 

 V. 2. p. 51. Grev. Sc. Crypt. FL t. 59. Fl. Ed. /r. 419. 



On the ground and upon rotten branches and sticks in beech woods : 

 rare. Foxhall near Edinburgh, Messrs. Wauch and Greville. — " Pileus 

 when splitting never convolute." Grev. L c. 



9. P. cerea, Sow. (wax-lihe Peziza) ; large infundlbuHform 

 repand yellowish, externally whitish as well as the villous stem- 

 like base. Soiv. t. 3. Fr. Syst. Myc. v. 2. p. 52. 



In hot houses and on dung-hills: not common. — Very brittle. 

 Purton's P. cerea, found on ground upon which tan had been laid, 

 appears, from his quoting Bull. t. 44, with two notes of admiration, to 

 be P. catinus. 



^ 10. P. vesiculosa, Bull, (bladder-lihe Peziza); large nearly 

 entire sessile, at first subglobose connivent, at length campann- 

 late somewhat crenate dirtv-brown, externally more or less 

 scurfy. Btdl. t. 457. Sow. t. 4. With. v. 4. p. 310. Purt, 

 V. 2 Sf 3. 71. 1038. Fr. Syst. Myc, v. 2. p. 52. Grev, Fl, Ed, 

 p. 419. Sc. Crypt. Fl. t. 107. 



On dung-hills, thatch, &c. Spring and autumn ; common. — The hy- 

 menium is generally separable from the substance of the cup. Sporidia 



