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Mycologia 
Geopyxis amplispora Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 71. 1889. 
Discina repanda Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8; 100. 1889. 
Pile aria repanda Rehm ; Rab. Krypt.-Fl. i® ; 1007. 1896. 
Pustularia Stevensoniana Rehm; Rab. Krypt.-Fl. i® : 1019. 1896. 
Peziza varia f. lignicola Bres. Fungi Trid. 2:76. 1898. 
Apothecia sessile or very short-stipitate, at first cup-shaped, the 
margin even or crenate, externally white or whitish, expanding 
and becoming repand, the margin remaining entire or splitting, 
regular in outline or irregularly revolute, reaching a diameter of 
8-10 cm. ; stem short, stout, usually only a few mm. long or en- 
tirely wanting : hymenium concave, becoming plane or convex, pale- 
brown, becoming darker with age, even or convolute ; asci cylindric 
or subcylindric, reaching a length of 225 and a diameter of 12- 
15 /A ; spores ellipsoid, hyaline, smooth, 14-16 X 8-10 /x ; paraphyses 
slender, slightly enlarged above, yellowish or brownish. 
On rotten logs or occasionally on soil or chip piles. 
Type locality: Europe. 
Distribution: New York to Iowa and Maryland; also in 
Europe. 
Illustration: Pers. Ic. Piet. Fung. pi. 20, f. 2; Cooke, Myco- 
graphia pi. 62, f. 240; Bres. Fungi Trid. pi. i8p; Minn. Bot. 
Studies 4 : pi. 15 ; Minn. PI. Diseases f. 64. 
New York Botanical Garden. 
