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P E Z IZ A COCCINEA.
Carmine P e ziza .
C la s s a n d O r d e r CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI, L in n N a t . O r d . F U N G I, Link,
Grev.
S e r i e s II. L a c h n e æ — T r i b . V . S a r c o s c y p h æ , Fries.
g e n e r i c c h a r a c t e r .
Pileus stipitatus aut sessilis, plus minusve cupuliformis vel complanatus, tubulis
ehngatis sporuliferis in pagina superiore.
Pileus stipitate or sessile, dilated into a more or less cup-shaped or flattish
receptacle, with tubular, elongated, sporuliferous cells in the upper
surface or disk.
s p e c i f i c c h a r a c t e r -
P eziza c o cc in e a ; cupula carnosa infundibuliformi, stipitata, extns stipitequc
vilh brevi appresso tomentosa albida, disco coccineo.
P. cup fleshy, infundibuliform, stipitate, the stipes and outer surface of the
cup white, clothed with a short white villosity ; disk fine crimson.
P e ziza coccinea, Jacq. Aust. t. I 69.— B 0U. Fung. t. 104 Pers. Obs. Mycol.
2. p. 75— Syn. Fung. p. 652.— Myc. Bur. 1 . p. 258— Beich. Fl. Francf.
p. 158.— A h . et Schwein. p. 323.— Nees, Syst. t. 38. f. 288.— Winch. Bot.
Guide, V. 2. p. \0 0 .-W ith . Bot. Arr. ed. 6. v. 4. p. 417.—FnVi, Syst. v. 2.
p- 79-—Grev. Fl. Edin. p. 421.
P eziza ep id en d ra . Bull. Champ, t. 467— Now. Fung. t. 13 He Cand. Fl.
Franç. ed. 3. v. 2. p. 85.—Ejusd. Syn. p. 18.— Behl. Fl. Cantab, ed. 3,
p. 554.— Sibth. Fl. Oxon. No. 1086.—P a ri. Midi. Fl. v. 2. p. 686.
P eziza cyathoides, Lightf. Fl. Scot: p. 1052. in p a rt.
P e z iz a p oculiform is, Hoffm. Crypt, p. 27. t. 7. f. 5.
P e z i z a Acetabulum coccinei intus coloris. Hill. Giess. p. 194.—Bait. Elench.
Fung. p. 27. t. 3. f. n, o.— Raii, Syn. p. I 9. No. 13.
E l v e l l a coccinea. Scop. Fl. Carniol. p. 479.
H a b . On rotten branches of trees, slightly covered with soil, in damp and
shady places, not unfrequent, throughout the kingdom. Woods in
Dryfesdale, Dumfriesshire, abundant, Sir W i l l i a m J a r d i n e , Bart. Appin,
Captain C a r m i c h a e l . Roslyn Woods, Ja n u a ry to May.
Cup h a lf an inch to two inches broad, funnel-shaped, fleshy, fine carmine
colour within, slightly crenate at the margin, which, in the young state,
v o l . . I I I .