1052 CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI. 



It grows fefiile, and generally in cluRers, coai^ 

 monly of a concave or funnel-lliap'd form, the 

 lateral edges a little coil'd inwardly and per- 

 pendicularly, and the margin ered and finu- 

 ated. 



Sometimes it is fhaped like a faucer, a lljoon, or 

 an ear ; but is always, fo far as we have leen, 

 deftitute of veins, and fmooth on both fides. 

 The feeds are fph^rical. 



It has been obferv'd to be endu'd with an inter- 

 nal elaftic motion, impowering it to projed, 

 when rubbed or irritated by the finger, to the 

 height of fome inches, a fubtle powder like 

 fmoke. It is probable that others of this genus 

 are poficfTcd, at certain fealbns, of the fame 

 quality. ,':^ 



aa^hoides P* cyathiformis, margine obtufo ere6lo. Sp. ,pl. 

 j^ 1651. (Sterb. fang. ^.241, 242. C D. tab. 26. 



in medio ad dexiram. Schffffer. fung. tab. 148. 

 bov.) 

 Smooth fcarlet Peziza. Anglis. 

 Ic is found upon rotten fiicks, and fometimes 

 upon the ground, on ditch-banks in fhady 

 places. III. and X. XI. 

 It grows feilile, and is concave like a faucer, 

 fmooth on both fides, the outfide orange-co- 

 lor'd, and fometimes whitifn, the infide bright 

 fcarltt or carmine. 



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