92 - NEW SCOTCH PEZIZA. 



been replaced since it appears to have occurred on cow-dung. It is 

 curious that at the same time an interesting species alhed to P. 

 stercorea, on dung, was sent from the United States by Mr. W. R. 

 Gerard, which also is undescribed.* 



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* Pesiaa scuhalonta, C & Ger. — Scattered, sessile, rather fleshy. Cups hemi- 

 spherical, soon expanded (1 cm. broad), contracting when dry, externally strigose 

 with rather dense pale browu hairs ; disc concave, orange-red ; asci cylindrical ; 

 sporidia elliptic, smooth ( 018 X '009 m.m.) ; paraphyses septate, slightly 

 thickened upwards. 



On horse dung. Catskill Mountains. W.R.Gerard. 



Quite distinct from P. stercorea, to which it is allied, by the simple hairs and 

 much smaller sporidia, as well as some other features. Hairs about 2 m.m. long. 



