CUP FUNGI 



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Peziza vesiculosa Bubble Cup 



Cup 2-7 cm. ^vide, disk light bro\\"n or yt-llow-brown, more or less wrinkled, 

 outside yellowish or brownish, with coarse granules, forming scales or bubliles, 

 margin incurved, cup-shaped, more or less irregular, stemless ; s p o res clear, ellip- 

 tic, 18-20 X 12/i. The name refers to the bubbled cup. 



Clustered, on the ground in woodland or grassland ; edible. 



Peziza badia Bay Cup 



Cup 1-4 cm. wide, disk dark brown, outside paler brown, powdery, margin 

 slightly toothed or entire, incurved, cup-shaped or somewhat flattened and irregular; 

 stemless or with a small stem-like base; spores clear, elliptic, 14-18 X 8-9/^.. The 

 name refers to the color of the disk. 



(Jn the ground in woodland and grassland ; edible. 



LACIJXE.V 



Key to the Species 



1 . ( 'up red, -with brown bristles at the margin ; on wood 



2. Cup grav, the outside hairy; on the ground 



Z. sciitcUata 



L. hcniisphat'rica 



Lachnea scutellata Red Disk 



Cup 2-11) mm. wide, scarlet to \-erimlii)n-red, margin «ith long brown bristles 

 forming a fringe, saucer-like or tlat, stemless; s]iores clear, elliptic, more or less 

 netted, 16-24 >•' lO-14/i. 'i'lie name refers to the disk-like form. 



Common on wet sticks and logs in clamp or «'ct ])laces, especially at tlie water's 

 edge : too small to be im- 

 portant. 



Lachnea hemisphaerica 

 Gray Cup 



C u \) 1-4 cm. wide, ibsk 

 bluish-white to gray, outside 

 brownisli with bristles whi(di 

 are somewhat more prominent 

 at the margin, cup-shaped or 

 saucer-like ; s p ores clear, el- 

 liptic, rough, 18-25 >' 10-14^,. 

 The name refers to the form. 



Common on moist 

 "round or on mucli-decaved 



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wood ; not tested. 



Figure 121. L.\chnea HEMrspHAEuicA 



