CRYPTOGAMIA, FUNGI. Pezizay Stemless, 345 
One to 4 inches over. .Smooth above; granulated under. | 
neath. Botrons , 7 
On a willow tree. 7 a 3 : ‘ : . : Feb. 
Var. 3. Dark olive aboye; blackish brown underneath, 
From 2 to 4 inches over; much curled in; brittle, cracking at | 
the edge. It throws out asmoke like powder. On exposed 
gravelly soil, and under fir trees ‘at Heathfield.  _June—Sept: 
P, Thin, brittle, brown, large, concave, irregular, the cochlea'ta., 
sides tearing and curling in. ih eppare we 
Peziza, turbinata, cochleata. Linn. y 
Bull, 154~Sowerby 5—Balt. 99-Fl. daz. 1077. °-Fasq. misc. 
ii. 17. 1-Batsch 157-Scheff. 274. 155. 150. 
- » Sitting, hemispherical, or ear-shaped, or spoon-shaped, dark 
blackish brown above, white underneath, branching ‘veins shoot- 
ing from the centre. Jacguin.—From 1 to 2 inches over, or 
more; semi-transparent, the form extremely variable, the edge 
cooped in, cracking, tearing and then curling inwards. Varies 
in colour from a dirty straw to brown, and sometimes purplish. 
_ Mr. Bolton considers it as an Helvella, because it emits its — 
seéds in form of smoke or powder when irritated, but the 
Pezizas possess, the same property. The real difference between | 
them is, that in the Helvella the seeds are ejected from the un- 
der, in the Peziza-from the upper surface, as is well pointed out 
by .M. Buttrarp.—P. cerea, 44. Bull. and Helvella visicu- 
losa. Bolt. 175, seem only varieties of this. Mr. Woopwarp. 
I have found it with a stem about. 1-10th of an inch in 
length; these plants were from } to 2°inches over. 
Woods, on the ground, or on decayed branches of trees. [On 
a dunghill near Bath. Mr. Sracxnov.z.—Rookery, Edgbaston, 
on the ground; and on rotten wood.]_ - __ Sept. Oct.—July. 
isk Concave, brown, pale at the edge. Bor. 109. __—fus’ca. 
MEU ee oe 4 Bake Ogee . . 
Adhering by its whole outer surface, except the edge which 
is turned up; thin and of a pale olive colour; from jto near 7 
inch over. Boiron. : ie 
In several places about Halifax,'on old dry dunghills. 
is Olive brown; flat, dotted ; border turned in, smooth. stercora Tia, 
Vaill, 13. 14—Bull. 376, 1-Sowerby 18. : 
» | © Scarcelyradine' broad. = = 7 ned 
On horse and cowdung, and rh wey: soil. [On the bark 
of a tree. Mr, Knarp.—About Bungay, common. Mr. Woop. 
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