Pezizae 



Peziza. small it attracts the eye by its deep carmine in striking contrast with the 

 somber carpeting. It is frequent when in season. A half pint of it 

 may be gathered from a few acres. Its substance is tenacious, taste pleas- 

 ant. Mr. Massee mentions that it is abundant in some of the woods 

 near Scarboro, England, and is regularly collected and sold along with 

 moss for decorative purposes. Exquisite effects may be produced by 

 arranging the brightly colored fungi among moss and leaves. "Fairy 

 Cups," they are called. Rosy must be the lips that do not pale beside 

 them. 



P. calyci'na Schum. resembling a bud. Ascophores cespitose, 

 gregarious or scattered, narrowed into a short, stout, stem-like base, 

 rather fleshy, 1-3 mm. broad; disk orange-yellow, externally white 

 and villose, hairs rather wavy, cylindrical, obtuse, colorless, minutely 

 rough, 1 00-15 0x4- 5 p.; asci subcylindrical, apex obtuse, 8-spored. 

 Spores i-seriate or inclined to be 2-seriate above, hyaline, elliptic-fusi- 

 form, continuous, 18-25x6-8/4; paraphyses slender, hyaline, cylin- 

 drical. 



On bark of larch and Scotch fir. Massee. 



North Carolina, Curtis; Massachusetts, Frost; New York. Gum 

 spots on spruce, bark of pines, Peck, 22d Rep. 



Esculent. Cooke. 



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