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Figure 428. Peziza coccinea. One-third natural size. 



Peziza odorata. Pk. 



The Odorous Peziza. Edibee. 



Gregarious in its habits. Cup yellowish, sessile, translucent, becoming dull 

 brown when old, brittle when fresh, flesh moist and watery ; the frame of the cup 

 is separable into two layers ; the outer one is rough, while the inner one is smooth. 

 The disk is yellowish-brown. The asci are cylindrical, opening by a lid. On 

 ground in cellars, about barns and outbuildings. A very beautiful cluster grew 

 upon a water-bucket in my stable. The cups were quite large, two and a half to 

 three inches across. Its odor is distinctive.- It is very similar to Peziza Petersii 

 from which it is distinguished by its larger spores and peculiar odor. Found in 

 May and June. 



Peziza Stevensoni. 



This plant is sessile or nearly so, growing on the ground in dense clusters. 

 The specimens in Figure 429 grew in Dr. Chas. Miesse's cellar, in Chillicothe. 

 They grow quite large at times ; are ovate, externally grayish-white, covered with 



