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Growing 011 wood, bark, leaves, etc. Young examples of some
species may be readily confused with Pezizce. Species 1867—1882
Margin free, more or less incurved. 1867—1870
Margin adpressed, often indeterminate. 1871—1881
Setæ aggregate in fascicles. 1882
18 67. P. quereina Cooke (from the usual habitat, oak, quercus) abc.
Cartilaginous, membranous, at first agglutinate, then fixed at
centre, rigid, smooth, slightly cracking when dry, turning black
beneath. Hym. papillose, or irregularly rugose, sometimes
rugged all over, flesh-colour, pale purplish-rose, pale yellow-buff,
dull salmon or liver-whitish.
Oak, birch, lilac, lime, hazel, ash, chestnut. Aug.-April. 7 in.
1868. P. pezizoides Mass. (from its resemblance to Peziza; Gr.
eidos, resemblance) a.
Somewhat leathery, cup-shaped, then flattened, fixed at centre,
externally pallid villous. Hym. continuous, ochreous or somewhat
pale umber; mid. darker; marg. 'tvhite.
Branches, horse-chestnut. ®-§ in.
1869. P. gigantea Mass. (from its large size, giganteus) abc.
Broadly effused, swelling when moist, fleshy-tough, waxy, cartilaginous
when dry, slightly cracking; marg. free, incurved.
Hym. even, continuous, partly granular, white to ivory, shaded
greyish; marg. rugose, grey-ivory beneath.
Stumps, trunks,, branches, fir, larch, sometimes investing fir-leaves, moss
and grass ; common. Oct.-April. 8® in.
1870. P. Crosslandii Mass. (after Charles Crossland of Halifax).
Effused, thin, soft when moist, wholly separating from matrix
when dry. Hym. pale grey, faintly ochreous when dry.
■Wood and bark, fir. Differing from 1869 in the smaller spores and shorter
cystidia.
1871. P. limitata Cooke (from the margin limited by a black line) a.
Somewhat orbicular, grumous, indurated, smooth. Hym. lurid,
lavender-brown, shaded brown.
'Wood and bark, broom. 3f in.
1872. P. rosea Mass. (from the rose-coloured hymenium) abc.
Effused, very thin, slightly cracking, showing grain of wood
beneath. Hym. minutely papillose in middle, rose or rose-
salmon becoming pale, sometimes clouded pale brown; marg.
often finely fimbriate or rugoso-radiate and paler, sometimes
tinted pale sulphur.
Wood, bark, birch, poplar, willow, walnut, rose, often spreading over grass,
lichens, etc. Oct.-Mar. 4} in. Becoming rufous-salmon when dry.
Illosporium rosmm is probably a young condition of this or of 1873.
1873. P. inearnata Mass. (from the flesh-coloured hymenium;
incarnatus, flesh-coloured) abc.
Somewhat waxy, agglutinate, thin, cracking when dry. Hym.
dull pale red, pale vermilion, red-orange, salmon- or vermilion-
white, or salmon, when young sometimes white ; marg. radiate,
varying darker or paler.
Wood, bark, bramble, gorse, birch, beech, laburnum, alder, plane, fir.
Dec.-April. 5® in. Illosporium cai-neum is probably a young state of
this or of 1872.
1874. P. oehraeea Mass. (from the ochreous-yellow hymenium) a c.
Broadly eflused, cracking when dry. Hym. pallid ochreous, at
first sprinkled with scattered shining gold-like atoms, sometimes
pale vinous.
Wood, bark, ash. 5f in. This must not be confounded with 1895.
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