PEZIZA. 6] 
cochleata—Fckl, “Symb. Myco.,” 329; Sace, “Myco. 
Ven. Sp.,” p. 107. 
Exs.—F ck, “ F. Rh.,” 1232. 
On the ground. Summer and autumn. 
Cup 1 to 2 inches broad, sometimes larger, often 
densely czespitose, hence irregular and much contorted. 
Name—Cochlea, the shell of a snail. 
King’s Cliffe, Laxton, Aboyne, Milton, Lea, Coed 
Coch (Rev. M. J. Berkeley). Llanrwst, North Wales! 
Altringham Park, Shrewsbury ! 
23. Peziza alutacea. Pers. 
Cup subsessile, contorted, pallid-fuliginous; asci 
cylindrical; sporidia 8, elliptic, minutely asperate, 
12—14 x 6—7n; paraphyses linear, sparse. 
Peziza alutacea—Pers., “Syn. Fung.,” p. 638; Cooke, 
“ Mycogr.,” f. 214. Peziza cochleata (3. alutacea—Fries, 
“Sys. Myco.,” ii. 50; Weinm., “Hym.,” p. 416. <Aluria 
alutacea—Gill., “Champ.,” p. 42. 
Exs.—Fckl, “F. Rh.,” 1229. 
On the ground in woods. Autumn. 
Cup 2 inches or more broad, resembling P. cochleata, 
from which the rough sporidia distinguish it. 
Name—Aluta, tanned leather; tan-coloured. 
Milton, 1842, and Coed Coch, 1877; near Hereford, 
1878. 
24. Peziza grandis. Pers. 
Cespitose or solitary, sessile, flexuous; externally 
olivaceous-umber, with a lacunose albo-tomentose base ; 
hymenium ochery yellow; asci cylindrical; sporidia 8, 
elliptic, narrower at the ends, biguttulate, 16 x 7u; 
paraphyses linear, straight or curved at the apices. 
Peziza grandis—Pers., “Obs.,” i. p. 27; Pers., “Syn. 
Fung.,” p. 686. Peziza abietina, var. c.—Fries, “Sys. 
Myco.,” ii. 47. Peziza grandis—Boud. in Cooke, “Mycogr.,” 
fig. 376; Pat., p. 209, f. 480 (?). Aleuria grandis—Gill, 
“Champ.,” p. 42 (2). 
On the ground in pine woods. 
