438 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



On 4 ,he ground in damp places. 



Authentic specimen from Phillips examined. 



Peziza succosa. Berk., Ann. Nat. Hist., n. ~156, 

 vol. vi. p. 358, t. x., fig. 5 (1841) ; Cooke, Mycogr., fig. 243 ; 

 Phil., Brit. Disc., p. 70. 



Usually solitary, sessile, hemispherical with the margin 

 incurved at first, then cup-shaped, 1J 2| cm. across ; disc 

 pale yellowish-brown, externally paler and minutely scurfy ; 

 excipulum composed of stout, somewhat nodulose, inter- 

 woven hyphae. asci cylindrical, 8-spored ; spores obliqueiy 

 1-seriate, hyaline, continuous, elliptical, verruculose, 19 

 21 x 1112 fji; paraphyses septate, becoming gradually 

 clavate towards the tip; a yellow liquid exudes when 

 broken. 



Galactinia succosa, Sacc., Syll., viii. n. 397. 



Type specimen examined. 



On the ground in woods. 



Cup 1 inch in diameter, hemispherical or subglobose, 

 with the margin incurved ; within of a pale waxy brown, 

 without paler and mealy. The flesh when broken pours out 

 a yellow juice. (Berk.) 



Cup 1 inch broad, subglobose, then hemispherical, some- 

 times cochleate, but generally entire, when moist trans- 

 parent, pale brown ; exterior mealy or pruinose, dirty white ; 

 the juice is limpid and nearly colourless when it issues from 

 the wound, but soon changes to yellow. (Phil.) 



Peziza pustulata. Pers., Syn., p. 646; Phil., Brit. 

 Disc., p. 72 ; Cke., Mycogr., fig. 298 ; Sacc., Syll., n. 303. 



Scattered or gregarious, sessile, globose at first, then 

 hemispherical, expanded at length, but the margin usually 

 remaining more or less incurved, and often plicate, entire or 

 slightly irregular, 2-4 cm. across, fleshy ; disc pallid or dull 

 brown; externally dull brown below, becoming whitish and 

 scurfy towards the margin ; excipulum parenchymatous, 

 cells almost uniform in size, 12 16 p. diameter; asci cylin- 

 drical, apex somewhat truncate, deep blue with iodine, 

 8-spored ; spores obliquely 1-seriate, elliptical, hyaline, 

 continuous, verruculose, often guttulate, 19-21 x 9-10' 5 /x; 

 paraphyses septate, clavate, apex usually brown. 



On the ground, charcoal beds, &c. 



