252 DISEASES OF CULTIVATED PLANTS 



antarctica, in Tierra del Fuego, Patagonia, and Hermite 

 Island, Cape Horn. 



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Fig, 72. Cyttaria gunnii. 1, fungus <>n living 



brand) of /'</;' us CunuiHghamii, somewhat reduced ; 

 2, section of a fungus ; 3, ascus and spores, 

 highly m 



All the species are edible, and closely resemble each other. 

 All are parasitic on the southern evergreen species of Fagus. 



PEZIZA (Dill.) 



Ascophore sessile, fleshy and brittle, externally waited or 

 scurfy, globose and closed when young, gradually expanding 

 until cup-shaped or almost plane; asci containing 8 spores in 

 a single row; spores hyaline, elongated, continuous. 



( I rowing on the ground or on manure, etc. Among the 



