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Bursting through the cuticle ; crowded ; margin undulated, 

 externally pale-umber, hymenium dirty- white. 



A highly curious species, of which unfortunately the specimens 

 are not in very good condition. 



* Peziza (Saxcoscyphae) floccosa. Schwein. — On earth. New 

 York, Sartwell. No. 3-165. Ohio. 



tSporidia fusiform ; flocci articulated. 



* Peziza (Saxcoscyphae) occidentalis. Schwein. — On the ground. 

 New York, iSartwell. No. 345^. Ohio. Alabama, Peters. No.606'J. 



Sporidia -0006 long. In P. coccinea the sporidia are -001- 

 •0013, sometimes emarginate at either end; sometimes the inner 

 membrane only is emarginate. 



720. Peziza (Saxcoscyphae) Stygia. B. <£• C— Pusilla nigra ; cu- 

 pula tui'hinata extus hispidula ; disco plano-concavo olivaceo-nigro ; 

 stipite longe radicato fibris floccosis strigoso ; paraphysibus linear- 

 ibus apice curvatis ; sporidiis globosis Isevibus. 



Sides of moist banks amongst moss. Car. Inf. No. 2971. 

 Cup i inch wide, | high, top-shaped, black externally, somewhat 

 hispid ; disc plano-concave, olive-black ; stem deeply rooting, 

 strigose, with floccose fibres ; paraphyses linear, curved above ; 

 sporidia globose, even. Allied to P. rhizojms. 



721. Peziza (Saxcoscyphae) alphitodes. B. — Cupula hemispherica 

 stipiteque elongato hispidulis pallidis ; margine undulato ; spori- 

 diis subfusiformibus. 



On bark amongst moss. Boston, Murray. No. 6230. 

 Cup hemispherical, slightly hispid, as well as the elongated 

 stem ; margin waved ; sporidia subfusiform, -OOOi long. 



722. Peziza (Saxcoscyphae) pusio. B. Sf C. — Cupula hemispherica 

 in stipitem crassum costato-venosum glabrescentem decurrente ; 

 extus albida, intus aurantia. 



Rooting into the soil, the particles of which it binds together. 

 Texas, C. Wright. No. 3145. From 1 to 1-^line across, hemis- 

 pherical, dirty-white externally, running down into the ribbed 

 stem ; hymenium orange. Closely allied to the last. 



723. Peziza (Saxcoscyphae) semitosta. B. tfc C. — Umbrina extus 

 velutino-hispidula intus spadicea; cupula hemispherica in stipitem 

 rngoso-costatum decurrente ; margine inflexo ; sporidiis subfusi- 

 formibus granulatis. 



On the ground. Pennsylvania, Michener. No. 3936. Cup 1^ 

 inch across, hemispherical, umber, finely velvety, rugose behind ; 

 stem ribbed ; sporidia subfusiform, "00117 long. 



724. Peziza (Saxcoscyphae) pubida. B. & C. — Cupulis congestis 

 hemisphericis, margine inflexo extus stipiteque brevi velutinis ; 

 paraphysibus brunneis ; sporidiis fusiformibus granulatis. 



On the groimd. Alabama, Peters. No, 6075. Cups | inch 

 across, crowded, hemispherical, with an inflexed margin, velvety 



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