PEZIZA. 7 
« Ann. Sc. Nat.,” 1836, ili, 244; B. and Br., “Ann. Nat. 
Hist.,” No. 1157, t. 4, £ 18; Cooke, “ Handbk.,” No. 2006 ; 
“Mycogr.,” fig. 78. Alewria brunneo-atra— Gill, 
“ Champ.,” p. 53, ¢ i. 
Exs.—Desm., “ Crypt. Fr.,” i. 826, ii. 26. 
On the ground. Spring. 
Name—Brunneus, deep brown, and ater, black. 
Leigh Woods, near Bristol! (Mr. C. E. Broome and 
Mr. Spencer Perceval). ~ 
B. SPORIDIA ELLIPTIC, SMOOTH. 
46. Peziza purpurascens. Pers. 
Cup sessile, campanulate, then expanded, conically 
attenuated to the base, livid-purple, glabrous; asci 
cylindrical ;-sporidia 8, elongate-elliptic, biguttulate, 
smooth, 20—22 x 7-5u; paraphyses filiform, thickened 
upwards. 
Peziza purpurascens—Pers., “Myco. Eur.,” p. 242, t. 12, 
f. 10; Fries, “Sys. Myco.,” ii. 65; Gonn. and Rabh., 
“Myco. Eur.” t. 3, f. 3; Cooke, “Grevillea,” v. p. 60; 
“Mycogr.,” fig. 276. Aleuria purpurascens — Gill, 
“ Champ.,” p. 48, ¢. 1. 
Exs.—Cooke, “Fung. Brit.,” ii. 543. 
On the ground. Autumn. j 
Cup 4 to 1 inch broad. The sporidia are fusiform. 
Name— Purpuracens, inclining to purple. 
Shrewsbury ! King’s Lynn ! (Mr. C. B. Plowright). 
47. Peziza tectoria. Cooke. 
Cup sessile or substipitate, globose, afterwards ex- 
panded, applanate; hymenium plane,subumbilicate, pallid- 
ochraceous ; externally whitish, furfuraceous, becoming 
smooth; asci cylindrical; sporidia 8, elliptic, smooth, 
18—20 x 9—10u; paraphyses filiform. . 
Peziza tectoria—Cooke in “ Grevillea,” iii. p. 119; 
“Mycogr.,” fig. 268; Phil, “Trans. Woolhope Club,” 
1876, p. 224, with figure. 
On damp plaster walls. Summer and autumn. 
