Division II (II)
Cupulati.
Receptacle cupulate, equal. Hymenium discoid, when young somewhat closed, surrounded by the margin of the receptacle. 2390. Peziza. Pileus mostly carnose, sessile or stipitate, more or less cup-shaped at length sometimes plane. Hymenium occupying the disk. earth. §1. Aleuria. Fleshy, or fleshy-membranous, pruinose or scurfy with flocculent matter, Usually on §2. Lachnea. Waxy, hairy or villous externally. Usually on wood. 3. Phialea. Waxy or membranous, rarely gelatinous, smooth, naked. On wood. §4. Helotium. Plano-convex. On wood. 2391. Ascobolus. Pileus carnose, cup-shaped or hemispherical. Sporuliferous cells in the disk, forming prominent points filled with a fluid intermixed with the eight sporules. Observations.