440 DESCRIPTION OF PLATES, 
Puate III. 
Fig. 11.—a, Peziza acetabulum, nat. size; b, a section of the same ; 
c, an ascus with a paraphysis; d, three sporidia. cand d x 400 times. 
Fig. 12.—a, Peziza cupularis, nat. size; b, a section of the same; 
c, an ascus with a paraphysis; d, three sporidia. c¢ and d@ x 400 times. 
Fig. 18.—a, u, Peziza pleurota, nat. size; b, section of the same ; 
c, an ascus and a paraphysis; d, four sporidia. c¢ and d x 400 times. 
Fig. 14.—a, Peziza aurantia, nat.size; b, section of the same; ¢, an 
ascus with a paraphysis; @, sporidia. ¢ and d x 400 times. 
Fig. 15.4, a, a, Peziza trachycarpa, nat. size; }, a section; ¢, an 
ascus and a paraphysis; @, four sporidia. ¢ and d x 400 times. 
Puate IV. 
Fig. 16.—a, Peziza succosa, two cups, nat. size; 6, a section of a 
cup; ¢, an ascus with two paraphyses; d, tour sporidia, the two lower 
more mature. candd x 400 times. ; 
Fig. 17.-- a, a, Peziza radula, nat. size; 6, a section of a cup; ¢, an 
ascus with a paraphysis; d, four sporidia. ¢ and d x 400 times. 
Fig. 18.—2, a, a, Peziza lividula, nat. size; b, a section of a cup; 
c, an ascus with a paraphysis; d, three sporidia. cand d x 400 times. 
Fig. 19.—a, Pezizu Crouani, nat.size; b, a cup magnified 5 times; 
e, a section of the same; d, an ascus with a paraphysis; e, four 
sporidia. d and e x 400 times. 
Fig. 20.—a, Peziza rutilans, two cups, nat. size; b, a section of a 
cup; ¢, an ascus with a paraphysis; d, four sporidia. ¢ and d x 400 
times. 
Fig. 21.—a, Peziza corallina, a group the nat. size; b, b, two cups 
slightly magnified ; c, a section of a cup also slightly magnified; d, an 
ascus with a paraphysis; e, two sporidia. d and e x 400 times. 
Puate V. 
Fig. 22.—a, Peziza omphalodes, a grovp the nat. size; b, a group 
slightly magnified; c,a cup more highly magnified; d, a section of 
the latter, both showing the white mycelium from which they spring ; 
e, an ascus with paraphyses; jf, four sporidia. e and f x 400 times. 
Fig. 23.—a, a, Psilopezia, nat. size; b, a section of the upper one; 
¢, ascus with a paraphysis; d, seven sporidia. cand d x 400 times. 
Fig. 24.—a, Hymenoscypha sclerotiorum, a group the nat. size, with 
the sclerotia from which they arise; 6, a section of one; c, an ascus 
with a paraphysis; d, five sporidia. cand d x 400 times, 
