1052 CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI. 



It grows I'effile, and generally in clufters, com- 



■ monly of a concave or funnel-fhap'd form, the 

 lateral edges a little coil'd inwardly and per- 

 pendicularly, and the margin ere£l and finu- 

 ated. 



Sometimes it is Ihaped like a faucer, a fpoon, or 

 an ear ; but is always, fo far as we have feen, 

 deditute of veins, and fmooth on both fides. 

 The feeds are fpha^rical. 



It has been obferv'd to be endu'd with an inter- 

 ' , nal elaftic motion, impowering it to projedl, 



when rubbed or irritated by the finger, to the 

 height of fome inches, a fubtle powder like 

 fmoke. It is probable that others of this genus 

 are poffelTed, at certain feafons, of the fame 

 quality. .. 



cyathoides P- cyathiformis, margine obtufo eredlo. Sp. pi. 

 y^ 1651. (Sterb. fung. p. 241, 242. C. D. iab. 26. 



in medio ad dextratn. Schccffer. fung. tab. 148. 

 bon.) 

 Smooth fcarlet Peziza. Anglis. 

 It is found upon rotten fticks, and fometimes 

 upon the ground, on ditch- banks in Ihady 

 places. III. and X. XI. 

 '\ •-.. . It grows feffile, and is concave like a faucer, 

 fmooth on both fides, the outfide orange- co- 

 lor'd, and fometimes whitifh, the infide bright- 

 fcarlet or carm.ine. 



It 



