Pezizae 



Peziza. This species is quite insipid and somewhat leathery, but Mr. Berke- 

 ley has seen it offered for sale under the name of Morell. Badham. 

 Esculent. Cordier, Cooke. 



P. lepori'lia Batsch. lepus, a hare. Cup 1-3 in. high, 1-3 in. 

 broad, gregarious, often cespitose; margin involute, divided to the base 

 on one side; disk even or rarely wrinkled, a shade darker than the ex- 

 terior; paraphyses slender, hardly thickened at the summits, but al- 

 most invariably crooked. This fine species grows as large as O. onotica 

 at times, but is not so brightly colored, being throughout of a sober 

 tan-color, resembling common wash leather used for cleaning plate. 

 Phillips. 



Asci cylindrical, 8-spored. Spores obliquely uniseriate, hyaline, 

 smooth, continuous, 1-2 guttulate, elliptical, 12-15x7-8^; paraphyses 

 filiform, septate, apex slightly swollen, and usually strongly curved. 



On the ground in woods, ^among leaves, etc. Massee. 



California, edible, H. and M. 



Esculent. Cordier. 



P. onotica Pers. Very variable in form, usually elongated on one 

 side and ear-shaped, but sometimes almost equal-sided and entire, 1-3 

 in. high, up to 2 in. wide, becoming narrowed to a more or less 

 wrinkled, short stem-like base; disk pale orange, usually with a rosy 

 tinge, externally pale tawny-orange. Asci elongated, narrowly cylin- 

 drical, 8-spored. Spores obliquely i-seriate, hyaline, smooth, colorless, 

 ends obtuse, i-2-guttulate, 14-1 5x8-9/1.; paraphyses straight, septate, 

 apex clavate. 



On the ground in woods, among leaves, etc. Massee. 



North Carolina, Curtis; Iowa, Fitzpatrick (LI. R. 4); New York, 

 Peck, Rep. 28. 



Esculent. Cordier. 



P. linici'sa Pk. implying one incision. Clip large, thin, split on 

 one side to the base, sessile or with a short stem, externally wrinkled, 

 minutely pulverulent under a lens, yellow, within pale-yellow slightly 

 tinged with pink. Spores elliptical, usually containing two nuclei, 12- 



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Ground in woods Croghan. September. 



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