1862.] CHAPTERS ON l^UNGl. 195 



able article of foocl^ though it is not much known in this country. 

 It is easily recognized by its honeycombed pileus^ and agreeable 

 (though faint) sraell. 



Peziza. 



Cup-shaped ; cup more or less concave, soon expanded ; the 

 disc naked, Asci fixed, accompanied by paraphyses. 



Of this genus many more than 100 sjiecies are described by 

 Fries, in his ' Systema Mycologicum/ and many more have been 

 added since. 



Peziza coccinea, Jacq. Carmine Peziza. Cup infundibuli- 

 form, externally whitish and tomentose as well as the stem ; disc 

 carmine. — Grev. Sc. Crypt. Fl. t. 171. 



On rotten sticks, lying on the ground or buried in the soil^ in 

 woods. Spring. Not uncommon. 



Cup one inch or more broad, deep carmine (or rather of a co- 

 lour between crimson and scarlet) within. Stem half to one inch 

 high, but frequently the plant is sessile. Asci long. Sporidia 

 elliptic. 



A large and handsome species, rather rare. It often appears 

 to grow out of the ground, but on examination it will be found 

 attached to some rotten branch buried in the soil. It is a lovely 

 object, when its deep red cups are seen in some dark sequestered 

 spot, contrasting cliarmingly with the black soil or moss-grown 

 stump on which it grows. 



Peziza aeruginosa, Pers. Verdigris Peziza. Verdigris- 

 green ; cup turbinate, at length expanded, and more or less 

 flexuous ; stem short. — Grev. Sc. Crypt. Fl. t. 241. 



On rotten branches, stumps, etc. Not uncommon. 



A curious species, which possesses the remarkable property of 

 staining the wood on which it grows of a deep verdigris-green, 

 for a considerable* depth. The cups, Avhich are not often deve- 

 loped, are pale externally and sometimes wrinkled. 



Suborder 2. Tuberacei. 



Hypogseous. Hymenium mostly convolute and forming veins, 

 in which the asci are irregularly distributed . 



The plants of this Suborder grow more or less completely 

 below the surface of the soil, and the asci and sporidia are en- 

 closed within their substance, which is often compact and solid. 



