PEZIZA. 99 
coming blackish; hymenium somewhat convex or plane, 
collapsing when dry ; asci cylindrical ; sporidia 8, broadly 
elliptic, smooth, 20—22 x 11—12y; paraphyses septate, 
apices clavate. 
Peziza Oocardii—* Grevillea,” iii. fig. 207; Cooke, 
“Mycogr.,” fig. 47. Peltidiwm Oocardiit—Kalch. in Rabh., 
“ Fung. Eur.,” 521; Karst., “Myco. Fenn.,” p. 84; “Scott, 
Nat.,” i. (new ser.) 861. 
Exs.—Rabh., “Fung. Eur.” 521; Karst. “Fung. 
Fenn.,” 636 (var.). 
Hy stones and (var. liguiaria—Karst.) on putrid pine- 
wood. 
Cup 14 to 24 lines broad. 
Name—From Oocardiwm, a genus of fresh-water 
alge, on one of the species of which it was found 
growing. 
Forres, N.B.! (Rev. Dr. Keith). 
87. Peziza hepatica. Batsch. 
Cups gregarious, sessile, concave, vinous-brown, ex- 
ternally granulated; margin triangular-dentate ; asci 
cylindrical ; sporidia 8, elliptic, smooth, 26—28 x 12u; 
paraphyses septate, apices slightly thickened. 
Peziza hepatica—Batsch, f. 138; B. and Br., “ Ann. 
Nat. Hist.,” 1069, t. 15, f. 19; Cooke, “ Handbk.,” 2104; 
“Mycogr.,” fig. 85; Pat, f 211, f 485 (2). <Aleuria 
hepatica, Gill, “Champ.,” p. 208. 
Exs.—Cooke, “Fung. Brit.” i. 567, ii, 191; Rabh., 
“Fung. Eur.,” 612; Phil, “ Ely. Brit.,” 81. 
On the ground and rabbit-dung. January to April. 
Cup 1 to 2 lines broad. 
When young subglobose and closed, then concave 
and flattened, 1 to 2 lines broad, of a watery consistence ; 
paraphyses septate, the joints more or less swollen or 
inflated ; asci linear ; sporidia elliptic, uniseriate, hyaline, 
even, ‘001 Xx -0005 in. (B. and Br.). 
Name—jrap, liver ; from its liver-colour. | 
Bowwood, Bathford Down, Wilts (Mr. C. E. Broome). 
Wrekin, Salop ! 
