194 FUNGI. [Peziza. 



108. / 2. Pers Myc, Eur, 1. p. 257. Fr. Syst. Myc. v. 2. 

 p, 86. 



On putrid wood, in moist places under fir-trees : very rare. Burk's 

 Hall near Halifax. Oct. Bolton. — About 2 lines broad. 



32. P. stercorea, Pers. {dull-scarlet dung Peziza) ; gregarious 

 concave dingy scarlet beset near the margin with brown hairs, 

 orifice ciliated. Pers. Myc. Eur. 1. p. 246. Fr. Syst. 3Iyc, 

 V. 2. p. 87. ~P. scufellata, Bolt. t. 108. /. 1. Grev. Fl. Ed. 

 p. 420 (in part). Johnst. FL Bene, (in part). — P. ciliata, Bull, 

 t. 438./. 2.— P. equina, Soiv. t. 352. 



On cow-dung, &c., extremely common. — ParapJujses simple, not 

 capitate as in P. granulata^ which frequently accompanies it. Sttcs 

 jointed. Yellowish or greenish in decay ; 1 — 2 lines broad. 



33. P. albo-spadicea, Grev. (ivhite and brown Peziza) ; " ses- 

 sile gregarious globose at length quite plane, external surface 

 and margin strigosewith reddish-brown hairs, by menium white." 

 Grev. Fl. Ed. p. 420. 



"On the bare soil, in moist woods, autumn. Foxhall near Edin- 

 burgh, 3Iessrs. Wauch (§' Greville. — A fine species, about 2 lines broad 

 globose when young, gradually becoming plane. Hymeniura white, 

 smooth, with a slight tinge of grey in moist weather. Externally cov- 

 ered with reddish brown hairs, which form also a border to the hy- 

 menium." Grev. I. c. Nearly allied apparently to P. livida, Fr. (P. 

 scutellata, BatscJi. Cant. \.f. 154.) 



34. P. erecta, Sow. (cylindrical Peziza) ; sessile densely gre- 

 garious subcylindrical varying from deep-red to yellow more 

 or less pubescent and ciliated. Sow. t. 369./. 10, 11. Fr. 

 Syst. Myc. v. 2. p. 69. — P. variabilis, Pers. Myc. Eur. v. 1. 

 p. 248. 



*' On very wet moss in damp places. — Cap 2 lines high, oblong and 

 upright, but sometimes short and clumsy, often spreading ; sometimes 

 destitute of hairs, sometimes ciliated, sometimes furnished with both 

 hairs and ciliae ; varying from deep red to greenish yellow and pale 

 yellow." Sow. I. c. This species is placed by Fries in the series 

 Aleuria and subgenus Hmnaria ; but its affinity seems to be much 

 nearer to the species of the present subgenus, if indeed it be not a 

 form of P. theleboloides, A. & S. The smooth state on moss may 

 possibly be P. axillaris. UnfortuiTately no specimens appear to 

 have been preserved. 



Subgenus 6. Dasyscypha (from haavc, villous, and ax-jcpog, 

 a cup). Cup ivaxy, dry, villous. Crust none. 



S5. P. virginea, Batsch, (virgin-tvhite Peziza^ ; stipitate 

 pure white, cup hemispherical clothed externally with thick-set 

 patent hairs. Batsch. El. p. 125. Bolmsk. 2. t. 14. Fr. Syst. 

 Myc. V. 2. p. 90. Grev. FL Ed. p. 421. — P. nivea, Sow. t. 65. 

 With. v. 4. p. 302. Purt. v. 2 S^ 3. n. 1029.—P. lacteay BidL 

 t. 376./ 3. 



In the hollow of rotten stumps, sticks, mast leaves, &c. Abundant 



