PEZIZA. 81 
Peziza cribrosa—Grev., “Flo. Edin.,” 423; Cooke, 
“ Mycogr.,” fig. 381. Helotiwm cribroswum—Berk., Cooke’s 
“ Handbk.,” i. 713. 
On the ground in sandy or gravelly places amongst 
short grass. Autumn. 
Large, $ to 1 inch broad, hemispherical, at length 
partly spreading, but always deeply concave, wholly 
black, but deeper within, somewhat rugose at the base 
externally ; margin entire, even (Grev., l. c.). 
Name—Cribrum, a sieve ; from the pitted hymenium. 
Balmuto, near Edinburgh (Dr.- Greville). Between 
Inverness and the west coast (Dr. Greville and Dr. 
Hooker in 1821). 
55. Peziza exidiiformis. B. and Br. 
Cups gregarious, orbicular, lurid purple; margin 
elevated, inflexed ; hymenium cribrose ; stem incrassated 
upwards; asci cylindrical; sporidia 8, broadly elliptic, 
biguttulate, smooth, 17 x 10u; paraphyses subclavate at 
the apices. 
Peziza exidiiformis—B, and Br., “Ann. Nat. Hist.,” 
No. 1480; “ Grevillea,” iii. 120; Cooke, “ Mycogr.,” fig. 60. 
On silver sand and rotten wood. March. 
Cup 2 lines or more wide; contracting very much 
when dry. 
Name—Lwidia, a genus of fungi, forma, form ; from 
its likeness to an Laidia. 
Cork (Mr. D. Saunders). Stannage Park, Radnor- 
shire (Mr. C. E. Broome). Glamis, N.B. (Rev. J. 
Stevenson). 
56. Peziza violacea. Pers. 
Cups gregarious, fleshy, glabrous, at first globose, 
then campanulate, purplish blue, orbicular, regular, with 
asthick stem-like base; margin spreading, entire, sub- 
repand; externally pallid, whitish at the base; asci 
cylindrical ; sporidia 8, elliptic, smooth, 12—14 x 7—9p; 
paraphyses slightly clavate at the apices. ; 
Peziza violacea—Pers., “Syn. Fung.,” p. 639 ; Fries, 
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