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bodies much shorter than the asci, but nearly as broad. They are 

 often tilled with large, unequal, crowded nuclei, and appear more 

 like undeveloped asci thau like ordinary paraph} r ses. The interior 

 surface of the stem is scurfy like the exterior. 



Peziza orbicularis. 



Plate 2, figs. 4-6. 



Receptacle 8 to 12 lines broad, sessile, appressed to the matrix, 

 nearly plane, orbicular or sometimes irregular, externally whitish 

 or subolivaceous and slightly gelatinous when moist, the disk reddish- 

 brown or chestnut-colored ; asci cylindrical ; spores uniseriate, ellip- 

 tical, .0009 to .0011 in. long, .00045 to .0005 in. broad ; paraphyses 

 filiform, thickened at the tips, brownish. 



Wet, much decayed wood. Brewerton and Guilderland. Sep- 

 tember and October. 



The spores usually contain one or two large nuclei. The contrast 

 between the dark color of the disk and the light color of the exter- 

 nal surface is quite noticeable. The flattened orbicular form of the 

 receptacle when growing on smooth surfaces suggests the specific 

 name. In the Thirty-second Report both this and the next species 

 were referred to the genus Bulgaria under the respective names 

 B. bicolor and B. deligata., but upon further observation their affini- 

 ties appear to me to bring them in the genus Peziza, subgenus Dis- 

 cina, in consequence of which I am obliged to change the names. 



Peziza leucobasis. 



Plate 2, figs. 1-3. 



Receptacles 1 to 3 lines broad, scattered or crowded, plane or con- 

 vex, sessile, scarcely margined, purplish-black when moist, black and 

 more or less angular when dry, surrounded at the base by dense 

 whitish filaments ; asci cylindrical, .01 to .012 in. long, .0009 to .001 

 broad ; spores uniseriate, elliptical, even, binucleate, subhyaline, .001 

 to .0013 in. long, .0006 to .0007 broad ; paraphyses numerous, fili- 

 form, septate, colored, slightly thickened above. 



Wet, decaying hemlock wood. Catskill mountains. July. 



The numerous white filaments that appear to bind the receptacles 

 to the matrix, constitute a marked feature in this species and suggest 

 the specific name. 



Peziza longipila. 

 Plate 2, figs. 15-19. 



Receptacle small, .014 to .02 in. broad, narrowed below into a 

 short stem, densely clothed with long, rigid, erect, septate, tawny- 



