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Mycologia 
very stout stem-like base, externally whitish or yellowish, pustu- 
late from the presence of minute warts, reaching a diameter of 
7-8 cm. ; hymenium pale-brown, darker than the exterior of the 
apothecium; asci cylindric or subcylindric ; spores obliquely i- 
seriate, ellipsoid, smooth, hyaline, 20-23 X lo-ii n; paraphyses 
enlarged above, granular within, subhyaline. 
On manure piles and rich soil. 
Type locality: France. 
Distribution : New York to Washington, California and Ala- 
bama; probably throughout North America; also in Europe. 
Illustrations: Bull. Herb. Fr. pi. 457; Boud. Ic. Myc. pi. 257; 
Cooke, Mycographia pi. dj, f. 242; Gill. Champ. Fr. Discom. pi. 
44; Rabenh. Krypt. FI. iH 992, /. 1-4; Bull. Lab. Nat. Hist. State 
Univ. Iowa 6: pi. 16, f. i; Sowerby, Engl. Fungi pi. ^4; Massee, 
Brit. Fungus FI. 4: 290, f. 22. 
Exsiccati: Ellis, N. Am. Fungi 1270. 
Peziza pustulata (Hedw.) Pers. Syn. Fung. 646. 1801 
Octospora pustulata Hedw. Muse. Frond. 2: 19. 1787- 
Plicaria pustulata Fuckel, Symb. Myc. 327. 1869. 
Peziza assimilata Karst. Not. Fauna FI. Fenn. 10: 113. 1869. 
Aleuria pustulata Gill. Champ. Fr. Discom. 45. 1879. 
Peziza umbrina Boud. ; Cooke, Mycographia 226 (in part). 1879. 
Apothecia gregarious, scattered or cespitose, at first closed and 
globose, gradually expanding, reaching a diameter of 3-5 cm., 
regular or much contorted, externally whitish and densely pustu- 
late, the pustules giving rise to bran-like particles as the plant 
matures, margin usually crenate; hymenium pale- to dark-brown; 
asci cylindric above, reaching a length of 275 ft and a diameter 
of 12-14 /^; spores i-seriate, ellipsoid, becoming minutely rough- 
ened, hyaline to faintly yellowish, 15-17 X 10 ft; paraphyses 
strongly enlarged and reaching a diameter of 7-8 ft. 
On charcoal and burned areas. 
Type locality: Europe. 
Distribution: New York to Wisconsin; also in Europe. 
Illustrations: Boud. Ic. Myc. pi. 27^; Cooke, Mycographia 
pi. 106, f. ^78; Grevillea 2 : pi. 24, f. 2; Hedw. Muse. Frond. 2 : pi. 
6, f. 1-4; Gill. Champ. Fr. Discom. pi. 47, f. 2. 
