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lected in the West Indies, Pczi::a T richoloma Mont, appears to be 
distinct. The difference is shown in the accompanying photograph 
(plate 88). 
One new synonym is here added to the list, Pesiza striispora 
Ellis & Everhart. This species was described from material col- 
lected at Castillo, Nicaragua. The type could not be found in 
the Ellis Collection but the description, locality, etc, leave little 
chance for doubt as to its identity. 
CooKEiNA SULCIPES (Berk.) O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 2: 849. 
1891 
Peziza sulcipes Berk, in Hooker’s London Jour. Bot. II. i: 141. 
1842. 
Peziza Hiudsii Berk, in Hooker’s London Jour. Bot. II. i : 456. 
1842. 
fPcziza Afzelii Fries, Nov. Acta Reg. Soc. Scient. Upsal. HI. 
i: 121. 1855. 
Trichoscypita Hindsii Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 161. 1889. 
Trichoscypha sulcipes Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 161. 1889. 
fTrichoscypha Afzelii Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 161. 1889. 
Cookeina Hindsii O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 2: 849. 1891. 
fCookeina Afzelii O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 2: 849. 1891. 
fPilocratera Engleriana P. Henn. in Engler, Bot. Jahr. 14; 363. 
1892. 
Pilocratera Hindsii Lindau, in Engler-Prantl, Nat. Pfl. i : 195. 
1897. 
Geopyxis elata IMassee, Bull. Royal Gardens, Kew 1898; 123. 
1898. 
Plants stipitate, cup-shaped, 1-2 cm. in diameter and about i 
cm. deep or sometimes more shallow, exterior of the cup often 
marked with several concentric rings near the margin and fringed 
with very short hairs which are more numerous at or near the 
margin of the cup, hymenium deep-orange to nearly scarlet, ex- 
ternally paler, fading to pale-yellow in dried specimens ; stem 
often so short that the cups appear to be sessile but occasionally 
as long as 3 cm. and about 2 mm. thick ; hairs comparatively short, 
subconical in form, about 400-500 /a long and 75-100 /x broad at 
the base gradually tapering toward the apex, composed of a dense 
