﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  BOTANIST. 
  55 
  

  

  Peziza 
  longipes 
  C. 
  <& 
  P. 
  

  

  Petioles 
  of 
  fallen 
  leaves. 
  Memphis. 
  August. 
  

  

  Peziza 
  agrostina 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Cups 
  scattered, 
  small, 
  .02-.03' 
  broad 
  when 
  dry, 
  subsessile, 
  hemis- 
  

   pherical 
  or 
  subglobose, 
  externally 
  hairy, 
  of 
  a 
  dull 
  pinkish 
  hue, 
  the 
  

   hairs 
  of 
  the 
  margin 
  bent 
  inwards 
  when 
  moist, 
  usually 
  with 
  longer 
  

   subulate 
  whitish 
  points, 
  the 
  others 
  not 
  subulate, 
  often 
  rough 
  and 
  

   more 
  or 
  less 
  septate 
  ; 
  disk 
  pallid 
  or 
  cream-colored 
  ; 
  asci 
  cylindrical 
  ; 
  

   spores 
  subcylindrical, 
  .00025-.0003' 
  long 
  ; 
  paraphyses 
  broad, 
  longer 
  

   than 
  the 
  asci, 
  tapering 
  upwards 
  to 
  a 
  point. 
  

  

  Dead 
  stems 
  of 
  Calamagrostis 
  Canadensis. 
  West 
  Albany. 
  June. 
  

  

  The 
  peculiar 
  paraphyses 
  indicate 
  an 
  alliance 
  with 
  P. 
  apala, 
  P, 
  

   brunneola, 
  etc. 
  The 
  species 
  belongs 
  to 
  the 
  Dasyscyphce. 
  

  

  Peziza 
  subtilissima 
  Ck. 
  

  

  Dead 
  branches 
  of 
  pine. 
  West 
  Albany. 
  July. 
  

  

  Peziza 
  virginella 
  Ok. 
  

  

  Fallen 
  leaves! 
  Center. 
  May. 
  

  

  Peziza 
  Pinastri 
  C. 
  c& 
  P. 
  

  

  Dead 
  pine 
  leaves 
  adhering 
  to 
  cut 
  branches. 
  Center. 
  May. 
  

  

  Peziza 
  Thalictri 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Cups 
  abundant, 
  sessile, 
  bursting 
  through 
  the 
  epidermis, 
  small, 
  

   punctiform 
  when 
  dry, 
  externally 
  black, 
  the 
  margin 
  usually 
  whitish 
  

   or 
  cinereous 
  and 
  subfimbriate 
  ; 
  disk 
  cinereous; 
  asci 
  oblong 
  ; 
  spores 
  

   crowded, 
  elongated, 
  simple 
  or 
  multinucleate, 
  .001/-.0012' 
  long, 
  .0002' 
  

   broad. 
  

  

  Base 
  of 
  dead 
  stems 
  of 
  Thalictrum 
  cornuti. 
  Center. 
  May. 
  

  

  When 
  moist 
  the 
  cups 
  expand, 
  revealing 
  the 
  disk. 
  The 
  substance 
  

   is 
  then 
  so 
  much 
  swollen 
  that 
  the 
  black 
  exterior 
  breaks 
  up 
  into 
  small 
  

   scales, 
  giviug 
  a 
  scabrous 
  appearance 
  to 
  the 
  cups. 
  The 
  species 
  should 
  

   be 
  referred 
  to 
  the 
  section 
  Mollisia. 
  

  

  Helotium 
  saprophyllum 
  C. 
  <& 
  P. 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Minute, 
  stipitate, 
  ochraceous 
  ; 
  cups 
  plane 
  ; 
  stems 
  slender, 
  slightly 
  

  

  thickened 
  upwards, 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  or 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  diameter 
  of 
  the 
  cup 
  ; 
  

  

  asci 
  sublanceolate 
  ; 
  spores 
  lanceolate 
  or 
  somewhat 
  clavate, 
  biseriate, 
  

  

  one 
  to 
  two-nucleate, 
  .0008' 
  long, 
  .00025' 
  broad. 
  

  

  Fallen 
  leaves. 
  Lake 
  Pleasant. 
  August. 
  

  

  The 
  species 
  is 
  closely 
  related 
  to 
  H. 
  fastidiosum 
  but 
  is 
  smaller 
  

   throughout. 
  

  

  