OBSERVATIONS ON PEZIZA. 
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Of these species — two are Caban, one Indian, one North Ameri- 
can, one Australian, and one common to New Zealand and Ceylon, 
whilst the remaining nine are European, some of them being 
common also to other parts of the world. That “ species very 
closely allied to other species have restricted ranges,” is here 
illustrated by Peziza Cubensis, B. & C., P. Texensis, B., which 
appear to be confined to Cuba and Texas, where they represent 
the European P. umbrorum , Feld. Also in P. margaritacea , B., 
in Australia, and P. badio-berbis , B., in New Zealand and Ceylon, 
as the representatives of Peziza hirta , Sch., of Europe. The other 
exotics are P. stictica, B. & C., and P. geneospora, B., which have 
not been found out of Cuba. 
Apart altogether from geographical distribution, these species 
might be compared in all their individual features, but this is 
scarcely necessary for our present purpose ; we may, nevertheless, 
see how much they accord in respect to average dimensions. These 
are given below uniformly in millemetres — 
miniata, FcJcl. 
ampullacea, Lim. 
DIMENSIONS. 
... 10-25 mm. 
HABITAT. 
on ground 
LOCALITY. 
* Europe. 
... 15-20 
33 
„ ground 
Europe. 
geneospora, B. 
... 15-25 
33 
„ wood 
India. 
umbrorum, Fckl. 
... 6-10 
33 
„ ground 
^Europe. 
Texensis, B. 
... 5- 6 
33 
,, ground 
Texas. 
hirta, Sch. 
... 5- 8 
3 3 
,, ground 
* Europe. 
Cubensis, B. & C. 
... 3- 6 
33 
,, wood 
Cuba. 
badio-berbis, B. 
... 5- 7 
3 5 
„ wood 
Ceylon, N. 
Lusatiae, Che. 
... 5- 8 
33 
„ wood 
^Europe. 
Margaritacea, B. 
... 5- 7 
33 
,, wood 
Australia. 
vitellina, P. 
... 5- 6 
33 
,3 ground 
Europe. 
crinita, Bull. 
... 4- 5 
3 J 
„ wood 
Europe. 
strigosa, P. 
... i- 1 
3 3 
,, ground 
Europe. 
labellum, P. 
... 1- 2 
33 
„ ground 
Europe. 
stictica, j 6 . 
... 6- 8 
33 
„ ground 
Cuba. 
There are three large species, which are commonly twice or 
thrice the size of any of the rest, and two minute species, leaving 
ten of nearly uniform size, from 3 or 4 to 7 or 8 millemetres in 
diameter. It cannot be denied that even the widest range, between 
one and twenty- five millemetres, is by no means impossible for a 
single species. 
The next aspect in which we may review these fifteen species is 
that of their fructification, usually regarded as one of the most im- 
portant characters in the diagnosis of a species. As already in- 
timated, the whole of these are characterised by rough elliptical 
sporidia, ranging between certain approximate limits of size. The 
relative proportion of the short to the long diameter must, however, 
# Also in other parts of the world. 
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