Report of the Botanist. 95 



Peziza fusca Pers. 



Rotten wood and dead branches in damp places. Ilelderberg 

 mountains and Greenbush. June. 



Peziza. rubricosa Fr. 



Ground. Higlilands. June. 



Peziza vinos a A. <& S. 



Rotten wood. Greenbush. June. 



Peziza mollisioides Schio. 



Base of Yaccinium corymbonum. Greenbush. October. 



Peziza Erinaceus Schw. 



Rotten maple trunk. Indian Lake, October. 



Peziza comata Schw. 



Fallen leaves in a swamp. Sandlake. August. 



Peziza hemisph.erica Wigg. 



Damp ground and rotten wood. Catskill mountains. July. 



Peziza ^ruginosa Fr. 



Rotten wood of deciduous trees. Buffalo. Clinton. Sandlake. 

 August. 



Peziza echinosperma n. s]). 



Cups slightly concave, sometimes irregular, orange, becoming 



paler, whitish externally, smooth, l'^-2" in diameter, spores globose, 



echinulate ; paraphyses slender, orange. 



Damp ground in pastures. West Albany. June. (Plate 3, 

 figs. 10-13.) 



Peziza rubra n. sp. 



Cup subglobose, at length hemispherical ; mouth narrow, often 



irregular ; spores broadly elliptical, without any nucleus ; plant 



smooth, red throughout, 2''-3" in diameter. 



Burnt ground. Top of the Highlands. June. (Plate 2, figs. 

 19-21.) 



Peziza cariosa 7i. sp. 



Closely gregarious ; cup sessile, thin, flattened, slightly concave, 

 smooth, black, dark brown with a reddish tinge when moist; mar- 

 gin distinct, flexuous or angular in large individuals ; spores, sim- 

 ple, oblong. 



