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KEY TO SPECIES. 



a — Epispore roughened hemispherica 



a — Epispore smooth 



b — Interior of the cup at first red 



c — Cups 1-2 cm. broad scutellata 



c — Cups 6-8 mm. broad setosa 



b — ■ Interior of the cup brownish 



c — Cups 0.5-1.5 mm. broad erinaceus 



c — Cups 3-5 cm. broad fusicarpa 



-\~Lachnea fusicarpa Ger. in, Bull. Torr. Bot. CI. 4:64. 1893. 



Apothecia solitary, 3-5 cm. broad, hemispherical, never 

 plane, interior of the cup pale brown, exterior darker brown and 

 covered with short, fasciculate brown, septate hairs ; base 

 wrinkled or folded, forming a short thick stipe. Hymenium and 

 hypothecium slightly brownish, outer cells brown. Paraphyses 

 filiform. Asci cylindrical. Spores elliptic, guttulate, 30 mic. 

 long and 10 mic. wide, with a heavy brownish wall. 



Growing on the ground under beech trees. Partially im- 

 mersed. 



Coll. Freda M. Bachman, Sept., 1907. 



Lachnea hemispherica (Wigg.) Gillet Les Disco, de Fr. 73. 1789. 

 Peziza hemispherica Wigg. in Hoffm. Veget. Crypt. 

 2:28. pi. 7. f. 6. 1790. 



Apothecia caespitose or solitary, 1-3 cm. broad, fleshy-carti- 

 laginous, brittle, interior pale lead-color becoming white when 

 dry, exterior covered with fasciculate brown hairs, more abun- 

 dant on the edge. Hairs rather stiff, stout, septate, dark brown, 

 pointed, 70-100 mic. long, in fascicles, sometimes somewhat 

 broader at the base. Hypothecium slightly darker than the hya- 

 line parenchymatous cells which compose the greater part of the 

 cup, outermost cells brown. Paraphyses straight, septate, tips 

 clavate. Asci cylindrical. Spores obliquely uniseriate, oblong, 

 biguttulate 18-22 mic. long and 12-14 mic. wide, epispore min- 

 utely roughened. 



Found on very much decayed log next to the ground. 



Coll. Freda M. Bachman, July 4, 1908. 



