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contenls into a single large one, from which the ascogenous hyphiB 

 then arise. 



Family 5. Pezizace^. — ^The apothecia of this family are saucer- 

 or cup-shaped, sessile or stalked, arising from a mycelium which is 

 found in the substratum. The peridium and hypothecium consists 

 of rounded cells and they are of fleshy, or leathery consistency. The 

 asci, which are usually eight-spored, are separated by distinct para- 

 physes. The spores are usually hyaline. Lachnea and Peziza are 

 the most important genera. Lachnea scutellata (Fig. 58) has a 

 scarlet to vermilion-red cup, whose margin is beset with a fringe of 



Fig. 59. — Saucer-shaped fruit-bodies oi Peziza re panda. (Photo by W. H. Walmsley). 



large brown bristles. It grows on wet sticks and logs in damp, or wet 

 places, especially at the water's edge. L. hemisphcerica has a cup i to 4 

 cm. wide with a bluish-white to gray disk and with brownish outside 

 bristles which fringe the margin of the apothecium. It grows on much- 

 decayed wood. Peziza aurantia, which is found in the fall in woods, 

 and is edible, has a bright orange cup i to 5 cm. wide, powdery outside. 

 At first, it is cup-shaped, then saucer-shaped and irregular. It is 

 stemless, or nearly so. The spores are clear, elliptic and strongly 

 netted. A woodland form, P. coccinea, is scarlet in color and suggests 

 a wine glass in its stalked apothecium. P. badia grows on the 

 ground in grassland and woodland, and is also edible. It has a 



