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Sarcoscypha coccinca (Jacq.) Sacc. Syl. V\m\y. 8: 154. 1889. 

 Peziza coccinea Jacq. Fl. Aus. 2: pi. 169. 1774. 



Apothecia fleshy, 2-5 cm. broad, stipitate, interior brilliant 

 scarlet, exterior pale or jjinkish and covercfl with hyaline, ap- 

 pressed. septate hairs, not apparent to the unaided eye. Para- 

 physes numerous, filled with colored granules. Asci operculate. 

 Spores uniseriate, oblong-elli])tic, smooth, 23-29 mic. long and 

 10 mic. wide, oil globules varying in number. 



Found on sticks partly buried in the soil or under leaves. 

 Probably rare. In early spring. 



Coll. Bruce Fink, April 11, 1908. 



Sarcoscypha occideiitalis (Schw.) Sacc. 8: 154. 1889. 



Peziza occidentalis Schw. Svn. X. Am. Fung. 171 Xo. 

 781. 1831. 



Apothecia fleshy, leathery when dry, 1-2 cm. broad, stipitate, 

 interior scarlet, exterior paler and covered with appressed, in- 

 conspicuous hairs. Stipe 5 mm. -2 cm. long, slender. Hyme- 

 nium ])ale brick-red, hypothecium and exciple pinkish. Para- 

 physes filiform, tapering slightly toward the base, filled with 

 reddish granules. Asci cylindrical. Spores uniseriate, oblong- 

 elliptic, smooth, 18-20 mic. long, and 10 mic. wide, granular, 

 usually containing 2 large oil globules when mature. 



( Growing on sticks or decayed logs in the woods. Common 

 all summer. 



Coll. Bruce Fink, June 15, 1907, July 23, 1907, Grace M. 

 Kalter, Freda AI. Bachman. ]\Iay 25. 1908, Freda M. Bachman, 

 August 5, 1908. 



Genus \'. Ciilorosplexium Fr. Sum. A'eg. Scand. 356. 1849. 

 Type species, Chlorosplenium schweinitzii Fr.rrrPeziza 

 chlora Schw. 

 Alycelium within the substratum, often colorerl. Apothecia 

 waxy, tough, sti])itate, cup-shaped or somewhat irregular, be- 

 coming expanded and often subflexuous and repand, green or 

 olivaceous, interior often paler than exterior; glabrous, caespi- 

 tose or in groups. Stipe short, thick. Paraphyses simple or 



