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  BULLETIN 
  N. 
  T. 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  bodies 
  much 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  asci, 
  but 
  nearly 
  as 
  broad. 
  They 
  are 
  

   often 
  tilled 
  with 
  large, 
  unequal, 
  crowded 
  nuclei, 
  and 
  appear 
  more 
  

   like 
  undeveloped 
  asci 
  than 
  like 
  ordinary 
  paraphyses. 
  The 
  interior 
  

   surface 
  of 
  the 
  stem 
  is 
  scurfy 
  like 
  the 
  exterior. 
  

  

  Peziza 
  orbicularis. 
  

  

  Plate 
  2, 
  figs. 
  4-6. 
  

  

  Receptacle 
  8 
  to 
  12 
  lines 
  broad, 
  sessile, 
  appressed 
  to 
  the 
  matrix, 
  

   nearly 
  plane, 
  orbicular 
  or 
  sometimes 
  irregular, 
  externally 
  whitish 
  

   or 
  subolivaceous 
  and 
  slightly 
  gelatinous 
  when 
  moist, 
  the 
  disk 
  reddish- 
  

   brown 
  or 
  chestnut-colored 
  ; 
  asci 
  cylindrical 
  ; 
  spores 
  uniseriate, 
  ellip- 
  

   tical, 
  .0009 
  to 
  .0011 
  in. 
  long, 
  .00045 
  to 
  .0005 
  in. 
  broad 
  ; 
  paraphyses 
  

   filiform, 
  thickened 
  at 
  the 
  tips, 
  brownish. 
  

  

  Wet, 
  much 
  decayed 
  wood. 
  Brewerton 
  and 
  Guilderland. 
  Sep- 
  

   tember 
  and 
  October. 
  

  

  The 
  spores 
  usually 
  contain 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  large 
  nuclei. 
  The 
  contrast 
  

   between 
  the 
  dark 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  disk 
  and 
  the 
  light 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  exter- 
  

   nal 
  surface 
  is 
  quite 
  noticeable. 
  The 
  flattened 
  orbicular 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  

   receptacle 
  when 
  growing 
  on 
  smooth 
  surfaces 
  suggests 
  the 
  specific 
  

   name. 
  In 
  the 
  Thirty-second 
  Report 
  both 
  this 
  and 
  the 
  next 
  species 
  

   were 
  referred 
  to 
  the 
  genus 
  Bulgaria 
  under 
  the 
  respective 
  names 
  

   B. 
  bicolor 
  and 
  B. 
  deligata, 
  but 
  upon 
  further 
  observation 
  their 
  affini- 
  

   ties 
  appear 
  to 
  me 
  to 
  bring 
  them 
  in 
  the 
  genus 
  Peziza, 
  subgenus 
  Dis- 
  

   cina, 
  in 
  consequence 
  of 
  which 
  I 
  am 
  obliged 
  to 
  change 
  the 
  names. 
  

  

  Peziza 
  leucobasis. 
  

  

  Plate 
  2, 
  figs. 
  1-3. 
  

  

  Receptacles 
  1 
  to 
  3 
  lines 
  broad, 
  scattered 
  or 
  crowded, 
  plane 
  or 
  con- 
  

   vex, 
  sessile, 
  scarcely 
  margined, 
  purplish-black 
  when 
  moist, 
  black 
  and 
  

   more 
  or 
  less 
  angular 
  when 
  dry, 
  surrounded 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  by 
  dense 
  

   whitish 
  filaments 
  ; 
  asci 
  cylindrical, 
  .01 
  to 
  .012 
  in. 
  long, 
  .0009 
  to 
  .001 
  

   broad 
  ; 
  spores 
  uniseriate, 
  elliptical, 
  even, 
  binucleate, 
  subhyaline, 
  .001 
  

   to 
  .0013 
  in. 
  long, 
  .0006 
  to 
  .0007 
  'broad 
  ; 
  paraphyses 
  numerous, 
  fili- 
  

   form, 
  septate, 
  colored, 
  slightly 
  thickened 
  above. 
  

  

  Wet, 
  decaying 
  hemlock 
  wood. 
  Catskill 
  mountains. 
  July. 
  

  

  The 
  numerous 
  white 
  filaments 
  that 
  appear 
  to 
  bind 
  the 
  receptacles 
  

   to 
  the 
  matrix, 
  constitute 
  a 
  marked 
  feature 
  in 
  this 
  species 
  and 
  suggest 
  

   the 
  specific 
  name. 
  

  

  Peziza 
  longipila. 
  

  

  Plate 
  2, 
  figs. 
  15-19. 
  

  

  Receptacle 
  small, 
  .014 
  to 
  .02 
  in. 
  broad, 
  narrowed 
  below 
  into 
  a 
  

   short 
  stem, 
  densely 
  clothed 
  with 
  long, 
  rigid, 
  erect, 
  septate, 
  tawny- 
  

  

  