ISO* FUNGI. [Peziza. 



15. P. argilldcea^ Sow. {modelling -clay Peziza) ; rather fleshy 

 sessile yellowish even, at first depresso-globose, at length split 

 and torn furnished at the base with rooting hairs. Sow. t. 148. 

 Fr, Syst. Myc. v. 2. p. 06. 



On common black modelling-clay. " Pileus 2 lines broad, held to 

 the clay by very fine attenuated cobweb-like fibres from the sides, as it 

 were to assist the little knobby root." Soiv. I. c. Nothing is said as to 

 the nature of its surface ; consequently its real affinities are doubtful. 



16. P. granuldta, Bull, {granulated dung Peziza); sessile 

 minute nearly plane orange red, externally rough with warty 

 grannies. Bull t. 438. /. 8. Fr. Syst, Myc. v. 2. p. 67 — 

 P.fulva, Huds. p. 63G. With. Ed. 2.— P. scutellata, var. 2. 

 With. V. A. p. 310. (in part). Purt. n. 1036. — Peziza lenticu- 

 laris, &c. Raii Syn.p. 18. 6. — Fungoides scutellaiaf 8^c. Vaill. 

 Par. t. 13./. 14. 



On dung of swine, cows, &c. Summer and autumn : everywhere. 

 — Gregarious, at first globose, at length flat ; orifice crenate, varying 

 somewhat in colour, but generally of a clear orange-red, externally granu- 

 lated from theprojection of the cellular tissue, furfuraceous. Asci clavate, 

 obtuse. Sporidia broadly elliptic ; the granular mass of the same shape, 

 with an evident pellucid border. Apophyses orange-red, their apices 

 capitate, like those of Octospora hirta, Hedio. Ad. v. 2. t. 3. B. 



Subgenus 3. Humaria (from humus, ground.) Veil thin, 

 confined principally to the margin^Jlocculose, fugacious. Sporidia 

 with a single sporidiolum. 



17. P. riitilansy Fr. {splendid Peziza) ; nearly sessile middle- 

 sized at first campanulate, then expanded, externally finely 

 pubescent pallid, disc orange-red. Fr. Syst. Myc. v. 2. p. 68. 

 —5. alpestris, minute tawny nearly naked. 



On the ground, amongst moss, ^. Highlands of Scotland. Klotzsch, 

 in Hook. Herb. — Cup ^ of an inch broad. The plant of Ray, to 

 which Fries refers, is most probably P. aurantia. 



18. P. melaloma, A. & S. {black-edged Peziza); sessile, 

 densely gregarious, at first concave then nearly plane dirty 

 orange, margin beset with most minute black hairs. Alb. S^- 

 Schiv. Cons. t. 2./. 5. Fr. Syst. Myc. v. 2. p. 68. 



On the ground in a fir plantation, Cambridge ; Rev. M. J. Berkeley. 

 — The usual habitat of this species is cliarcoal grounds : but my speci- 

 mens answer so exactly to the character, in all essential points, that I 

 do not hesitate to consider them the same. 



19. P. araneosa, Bull, {spider -iceb Peziza) ; cup expanded 

 repand orange-scarlet on both sides, clothed beneath with in- 

 tricate fibrillte, stem short firm. Bull. t. 280. Fr. Syst. Myc. 

 V. 2. p. 69. — /3. salicina ; tawny, margin swollen inflexed, 

 externally subfloccose. P. araneosa? Soiv. t. 369./ 5. 



Var. (i. in damp places on old stumps of willows. Sowerby. — Such 

 is the view of M. Fries from an inspection of the figure only ; the ori. 



