CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI. 1051 



This is Ihap'd like a funnel, or the horn of 



plenty, commonly about three inches high, the 



. mouth one or two inches wide, the margin 



: folded back, and frequently lobed or finuated. 



The outfide is of a blackifh color, with a tinge 



-- .' of blue or violet, and mark'd with fwelling 



' •: veins. The infide is fufcous, and covered 



•with numerous, fmall, dark-brown warts or 



dots, in which are lodged minute, oval, or 



' ■ ■ fphsrical feeds. 



The fubflance of this Fungus is membranaceous 

 ; ' » and leathern. 



They grow either fingle, or feveral from the fame 

 bafe. 



fQchkataS. P. turbinata cochleata. Sp. pi. 1651. Vaill. 

 Paris, t. i\. f. 8. Schoeffer. fung. t. 150, 155, 

 - 156, et 274. omms opt. et fortaffe var. t, 

 .--: / 280. 



.'';-' Wreathed or cockled Peziza. Anglis. * 



In woods, upon the ground, and about the roots 

 of trees. X. XI. 

 ■ • The fubflance of this is femipellucid and cartila- 



ginous, but yet eafily broken and friable. The 

 e-- color brown, fometimes yeilowifh- brown, ex- 



c ^•-: ■ ternally covered with a fine white, bloom-like 



"-',',;' powder. The height one or two inches. The 



'•. -'■- Ihape extremely various. 



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