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Journal of Mycology 
[Vol. 12 
PEZIZA FUSICARPA GER. AND PEZIZA SEMITOSTA 
B. & C. 
ELIAS J. DURAND. 
Peziza fusicarpa Ger. is one of the common discomycetes 
of the eastern United States. The attractive bowl-shaped asco- 
mata were among my earliest collections in the group, and have 
been ever since among my favorite objects of observation during 
the summer months. This continued interest has resulted in the 
accumulation of a large series of notes which I have been sev¬ 
eral times on the point of arranging for publication. This has 
seemed the more desirable because the available descriptions of 
P. fusicarpa and its allied forms are at best incomplete, and cer¬ 
tain recent attempts at elaboration have introduced at least as 
many new elements of confusion as they have dispelled. Mr. 
Morgan’s note on Peziza pubida B. & C., in the July number of 
this Journal has called up the matter once more, and the follow¬ 
ing contribution is offered in the hope of adding something to 
our knowledge of the species, and at the same time of clearing 
up what I believe to be certain misconceptions regarding some 
of our choicest fungi. 
It may not be out of place to state at once that these obser¬ 
vations are based on about 50 separate collections, besides numer¬ 
ous ungathered plants in the field. The individuals are occa¬ 
sionally so abundant on the rich sloping banks of ravines near 
Ithaca, that quarts of them may be gotten in some spots. The 
herbarium material studied includes the specimens of P. fusicarpa 
collected near Poughkeepsie by Gerard, and sent by him to Cooke 
to be figured in Mycographia (fig. 113), as well as other speci¬ 
mens from the same locality and collector in the Ellis Herba¬ 
rium, at the New York Botanical Garden. Inasmuch as no one 
seems to know the whereabouts of Gerard’s own herbarium, or 
even whether it is longer in existence, these two specimens must 
be regarded as the most authentic of the species to which access 
may be had. 
Other specimens examined include P. pubida B. & C.: the 
type in Berkeley’s herbarium at Kew; P. semitosta B. & C.: 
Berkeley's type at Kew, as well as a duplicate of Dr. Michener’s 
original collection in the herbarium of Elias Fries, at Upsala. 
What appear to be portions of the types of both the last named 
species are also present in Massee’s herbarium, now at the New 
York Botanical Garden. 
Peziza morgani Mass, is represented by the type in Massee’s 
herbarium as above, as well as by a specimen sent me by Mr. 
Morgan himself marked “type.” Of P. hainesii Ell. the type 
and other examples so named in the Ellis Collection, at New 
York, have been studied. 
