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PEZIZACE^. 



RHIZINA Fr. 

 H. inflata (Schaef.) Qu61. 



On sandstone rock in sandy loam. Blackish-brown, spreading, 

 2 to 9 cm. X I to 3 cm., convex, loosely attached to the soil by 

 strong rootlets from all parts of the underside, margin strongly 

 rolled inward. Asci 375? to 415 x 12.5 ix, spores hyaline, apicu- 

 late, large 40 x 10 //.. Keeney's Creek, Nov. 3, 1893 {Nuttall, 1224). 



GEOPYXIS Pers. 

 G. nebulosa Cooke. 



On dead wet wood at low and high altitudes, Aug. 10, 1893 

 {Nuttall, II 77). 



G. carbonaria A. & S. 



On ground upon which logs had been burned the previous 

 autumn, April 18, 1893 {Nuttall, 908). 



PEZIZA Dill. 

 P. aurantia Pers. 



On Wet and freshly crushed sandstone ballast, and on filling of 

 sandstone cut on railroad. Spores curiously rough and apiculate 

 at both ends. Nov. 3, 1893 {Nuttall, 1225). 



P. badia Pers. 



On ground, Short Creek, April 18, 1893 {Nuttall, 922). 



OTIDEA Pers. 

 O. onotica ochracea Fr. 



On ground and on rotten Tsiiga Canadensis, July 14, 1893. 

 Asci 175 X 10 ij. total length, spores 11 to 13 x 7. 5 //, nuclei 2. 

 {Nuttall, 1098). 



HUMARIA Fr. 

 H. echinosperma Peck. 



In soil of ditch, July 20, 1894 {Nuttall, 1630). 



SARCOSCYPHA Fr. 

 S. coccinea J acq. 



On sticks, on ground in damp shady place, March 20, 1893 

 {Nuttall, 852). 



S. floccosa Schw. 



On a stick in a laurel thicket, alt. 2,000 ft., July 12, 1893 

 {Nuttall, III 2). 



LACHNEA Fr. 

 L. scuTELLATA, Linn. 



On rotting log Fagus atropunicea and under bark of wet log 

 Quercus alba, Monongalia Co., near Morgantown {Millspaugh). 

 On rotten wood in old drift of mine, and on bare sandy ground 

 among pebbles. Short Creek, May 11-17, 1893 {Nuttall, 936). 



