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MUSHROOMS, EDIBLE AND OTHERWISE 



fringed with long, strigose hairs. The inner surface of the cup represents the 

 spore-bearing portion. 



The inside and the rim of the cup are very beautiful, being variegated with 

 deep scarlet and white. Also called Sarcoscypha floccosa. 



The plant is found from June to September. 



Peziza occidentalis. 



This is another very showy plant, quite equal in attractiveness to P. floccosa 

 and P. coccinea. 



The cup is infundibuliform, the outside as well as the stem whitish, and 



Figure 436. Peziza occidentalis. Natural size. 



downy, the bowl or disk is reddish-orange. This is known by some authors as 

 Sarcoscypha occidentalis. It grows on rotten sticks upon the ground. May and 

 June. 



Pesiza nebulosa. Cooke. 



Nebulosa means cloudy or dark, from nebula, a cloud ; from its color. 



Ascophore stipitate, rather fleshy, closed at first, then cup-shaped, becoming 

 somewhat plane, the margin slightly incurved, externally pilose or downy, pale 

 gray or sometimes quite dark. 



Asci are cylindrical ; spores spindle-shaped, straight or bow-shaped, rough, 



