CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI. 1053 



Ic varies much in fize and figure, being found 

 from a quarter of an inch to two inches in 

 diameter, fometimes almoft flat, other times 

 waved or fmuaced on the margins, and now- 

 and-then fupporced on a very ihort coriaceous 

 footftalk. 



The fubdance is waxen and friable. 



^Ye believe the kind mentioned by Ray, under 

 the name of Peziza hitea parva^ marginibtts 

 Uvibus. (R. Syncp. p. 18. n, i. and tah. 24, 

 fg. 4. cppofitepag. 479.) to be only a fmall yel- 

 low variety of that we have juft defcrib'd. 



p. plana, margine convexo pilofo. Sp. pi. 16^1, 

 (Michel, gen. p. 207. /. 86. f, i^. et fortafss 

 fig. 17. Rail fyncpf. pag. 18. n. 7. et tab. 24. 



. f. 2,' ^P^^ P^Z' 479- ^^^^' Vciill' Paris, tah. 

 I — 3./. 13, 14, ^c.bona. OedenDan. tab. 469. 

 n. 3. nomine falfo. Sch^ffer.fungi^ /. 284. opi.) 



Hairy-edged Peziza. Anglis. 



On rotten wood, and old cow-dung, in fpring 

 and autumn. 



It is circular and feflile, and either flat or fiightly 

 concave, about a quarter of an inch in diame- 

 ter, generally of a fcarlet color, the outfide 

 hairy, and the margin ciliated with brown or 

 black ered hairs, the ihfide fmooth. 



When young, the mouth of the plant is clos'd, 



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