252 DISEASES OF CULTIVATED PLANTS 



antarctica, in Tierra del Fuego, Patagonia, and Hermite 

 Island, Cape Horn. 





FlG. 72. Cyttaria gunnii. i, fungus on living 

 branch ofFagus Cunninghamii, somewhat reduced ; 

 2, section of a fungus ; 3, ascus and spores, 

 highly mag. 



All the species are edible, and closely resemble each other. 

 All are parasitic on the southern evergreen species of Fagtis. 



PEZIZA (DILL.) 



Ascophore sessile, fleshy and brittle, externally warted or 

 scurfy, globose and closed when young, gradually expanding 

 until cup-shaped or almost plane ; asci containing 8 spores in 

 a single row; spores hyaline, elongated, continuous. 



Growing on the ground or on manure, etc. Among the 



