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PEZIZA VESICULOSA.
Large bladder-like Peziza. li
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C l a s s a n d O r d e r CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI, Linn.—S a x . O r d . FUNGI, Link,
Grev Part of FUNGI of Authors.
G EN ERIC CHARACTER.
Pileus stipitatus aut sessilis, plus minusve cupuliformis vel complanatus, tubulis
elongatis sporuliferis in pagina superiore.
Pileus sessile or stipitate, more or less cup-shaped or flattish, with tubular
elongated sporuliferous cells in the upper surface or disk.
S P E C IF IC CHARACTER.
P e z i z a vesiculosa ; magna, integra, sessilis, globoso-turbinata ore connivente,
demum campanulata lacerato-crenata, dilute fuscescens, extus subfurfuracea.
P. large, entire, sessile, globoso-turblnate w ith th e orifice connivent, a t le n g th
campanulate, lacerato-crenate, dilute brown, th e exterior subfurfuraceous
' and pale.
P e z i z a v e s i c u l o s a . Bull Champ, p . 270. ( v a r . 2.?) t . 457.—Sm . Fung. t . 4.
{very good.)—Pers. Syn. Fung. p . 641.—Ejusd.Mycol. Europ. p . 228.—With.
Bot. Arr. e d . 6. v . 4. p . 4:23.—Relh. F l Cantab, e d . 3. p . 558.—Fries, Syst.
Mycol v . 2. p . 52.—Hook. F l Scot. 2. p . 33.—Purt. Midi F l v . 2. p . 687-
e t V. 3. p . 461.—Grev. Fl. Editi, p . 419-
P e z i z a alutacea, Albert, et Schwein. p . 310.—Schwein. Syn. Fung. Carol.
No. 1166..?
P e z i z a tu rb in a ta , Pers. Syn. p . 636.—Nees’ Syst. t . 38. f. 257-
P e z iz a lycoperdoides, De Cand. Fl. Franç. ed. 3. v. 2. p. 87- {in part.)—
Ejusd. Syn. p. 18.
P e ziza coronata, Batsch. Elench. Fung. p. 121.
P e z iz a incisa, Pers. Mycol. 1 . p. 230.
P e z i z a Marsupium, Pers. Syn. Fung. p. 640.—Ejusd. Mycol. 1 . p. 228.
S c oD E L L iN A vesiculosa, Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. 1. p. 669.
H e l v e l l a vesiculosa. Bolt. Fung. t. 175. {very bad.)
F u n g o id e s p y ri inversi forma, &c. Mich. Nov. Gen. P I p . 207- t. S6. f. 2.
H ab. On dunghils, old thatched roofs, heaps of rotten leaves, &c. frequent
in spring and autumn.
Plant, w h en young, globose, th e orifice very connivent, grad u a lly becoming
tu rb in ate , a n d th e m o u th w idening, a t le n g th campanulate, an d th e m a rg
in irreg u larly lacerato-crenate ; 1 -3 inches or more in diameter, and
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