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CRYPTOGAMIA. FUNGI. Peziza. 
(P. cris'pa. Sessile, in clusters; light-coloured without, rougliish; 
umber-brown within, smoothish. 
Part . 7 —Sowerby 425. 
Poplar Peziza. Communicated by Mr. Purton to Mr. Sowerby. Grows 
under the epidermis of the aspen tree, in perfection in spring and au¬ 
tumn. E.) 
P. margina'ta. (Relhan.) Concave, brownish ; edge flat, somewhat 
scolloped, snow white. 
Sowerby 16— FI. Dan. 779. 1. 
Very beautiful; when viewed by the naked eye much like the saucers of 
Lichen subfuscus, but examined with a microscope it resembles the eyelet 
holes of stays. Relh. It is not larger than the head of a pin. 
(Minute Scollop-edged Peziza. E.) On decayed wood at Whitwell, 
near Coton, Cambridgeshire. Sept—Oct. 
P. auric'ula. Brown, concave, wrinkled, shaped like an ear. 
Bull. 427. 2— {E. But. 2447. E.)— Clus. ii. 276— Ger. Em. 1581, {mis¬ 
printed 1481.) 1 — J. B. iii. 841. 1— Sterb. 27. II. II. at p. 244— Blackw. 
334— Mich. 66. 1— Gled. 2, the upper middle figure — Battar. 3. F .— 
Gars. 115. B. 
Wide spreading, one to two inches over, soft but cartilaginous, sessile, thin, 
fibrous and downy underneath, cupped, plaited, reddish brown. Bulliard. 
Jews’Ears. Tremella auricula. Huds. and E. Bot. On decayed wood. 
On old elder trees in gardens at Yarmouth. Mr. Woodward. 
A. Sept.—May.* 
Var. 2. Dark olive colour. 
Bolt. 107. 
One to four inches over. Smooth above; granulated underneath. Bolton. 
On a willow tree. Feb. 
(Var. 3. Dark olive above ; blackish brown underneath. From two to four 
inches over; much curled in; brittle, cracking at the edge. It throws 
out a smoke like powder. On exposed gravelly soil, and under fir trees at 
Heathfield, near Birmingham. June—Sept. E.) 
P. cochlea'ta. Thin, brittle, brown, large, concave, irregular, the 
sides tearing and curling in. 
Peziza turbinata, cochlcata. Linn. 
Bull. 154— Sowerby 5— Bolt. 99— FI. Dan. 1077. 2— Jacq. Misc. ii. 17. 1— 
Batsch 157— Schacff. 274. 155. 150. 
Sessile, hemispherical, ear-shaped, or spoon-shaped, dark blackish brown 
above, white underneath, branching veins shooting from the centre. 
Jacquin. From one to two inches over, or more, semi-transparent, the 
form extremely variable, the edge cooped in, cracking, tearing, and then 
curling inwards. Varies in colour from a dirty straw to brown, and 
* Used in a poultice, soaked in milk or vinegar as, an application to sore throats ; also 
the infusion strained as a gargle. Gray. E.) 
