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sometimes purplish. Bolton considers it as an Helvetia, because it 
emits its seeds in form of smoke or powder when irritated, but the 
Pezizae possess the same property. The real difference between them is, 
that in the Helvella the seeds are ejected from the under, in the Peziza 
from the upper surface. P. cerea, 44. Bull, and Helvella visiculosa. Bolt. 
175, seem only varieties of this. Mr. Woodward. I have found it with a 
stem about one-tenth of an inch in length; these plants were from half 
to two inches over. 
(Wreathed Peziza. P. cochleata. Linn. Sowerby. Bull. Lightf. Huds. 
Purt. P. badia. Pers. Helvella cochleata. Bolt. Elvella scutellata , 
ochracea , and ochroleuca. SchaefF. E.) Woods, on the ground, or on 
decayed branches of trees. On a dunghill near Bath. Mr. Stackhouse. 
Rookery, Edgbaston, on the ground, and on decayed wood. 
Sept. Oct.—July. 
P. fus'ca. Concave, brown, pale at the edge. Bolt. 109* 
Bolt. 109. 2. 
Adhering by its whole outer surface, except the edge which is turned up; 
thin and of a pale olive colour; from a quarter to nearly half an inch 
over. Bolton. 
(Pale-edged Peziza- E.) In several places about Halifax, on old dry 
dunghills. 
P. stercoraria. Olive brown, flat, dotted; border turned in, smooth. 
Vaill. 13. 14— Bull. 376. 1 —Sowerby IS. 
Scarcely a line broad. 
(Minute Dotted Peziza. Ascobolus furfuraceus. Pers. Hook. E.) On 
horse and cow dung, and on gravelly soil. On the bark of a tree. Mr. 
Knapp. About Bungay, common. Mr. Woodward. 
P. pine ti. Grey white, nearly flat; with a brown yellow border. 
Batsch 140. 
Fixed by the centre; at first concave, the edge rolled in ; at length raised 
and the border depressed. Brownish at first, the centre paler, but 
becoming whiter, and sometimes tinted with oehrey pink. Substance 
fleshy, opake. Batsch. 
(Fir-cone Peziza. E.) Found by Mr. Relhan in Madingley plantations, 
on the cones of fir trees. Sept. 
P. chrysc/coma. Concave, dull yellow, smooth, brittle, thin. 
(, Sowerby 152. E.)— Bull. 376. 2. 
At first a hollow bladder, opening at the top, and when old nearly flat. 
Colour pale dull yellow to red orange. So small as not to be well distin¬ 
guished by the naked eye. Bull. 
(Little Golden Peziza. P. chrysocoma. Sowerby. Bull. Purt. E.) 
Found by Mr. Relhan near Gamlingay, on decayed wood. Sept.—Oct. 
P. hepat'ica. Durk purple, with a hollow dot in the centre. 
Batsch 138. 
Substance horny, colour very dark purple, or tawny-liver colour. Pileus 
circular or kidney-shaped, with a hollow dot in the centre over where the 
root is fixed. Not more than one-twentieth of an inch over. Batsch. 
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