274 Wuite: THe NIDULARIACEAE OF NortH AMERICA 
farctus,” with one species Granularia pisiformis, which he fully 
describes and figures. This is unquestionably a Ndu/aria, as 
this genus was called until Otto Kuntze restored Granularia to its 
proper place in 1891. Roth* himself described and figured two 
species six years later under the name of Cyathus farctus, and 
Cyathus scutellaris ; it is possible that these belong to our genus 
Nidula, but with the imperfect descriptions it is difficult to deter- 
mine. It is very evident that they are not species of Cyathia. — 
Bulliard,} in 1780 made the first mention of the name Nidu- 
laria, but he referred it to figures which have been unquestionably 
proved to be Cyathia lentifera and Crucibulum cructbuliforme. 
Sibthorp ft also employed this name for Cyathia lentifera, Cyathia 
hirsuta and Crucibulum crucibuliforme, In 1817 Nees} described 
and figured Mdularia granulifera, but although he gives a colored 
plate, it is difficult to form a correct idea of his plant. Two years 
later Ehrenberg || described and figured Nidularia globosa which 
he says resembles Cyathus farctus Roth and Cyathus deformis 
Willd.{ but agrees with neither. About this time, 1818, Schweinitz 
described from North Carolina Cvathus pulvinatus, which, though 
unfortunately none of the original material remains except some 
of the wood on which it grew, is evidently a true Granularia and iS 
a fairly common species in our own country, and the only clear and 
definite one of the whole tangled thread of the present history. 
The family Nidulariaceae was established by Fries in 1822: 
Under the section “ Nidularia,’ he gives seven species, five of 
which are the above-quoted ones of Nees, Schweinitz, Roth, Ehren- 
berg and Willdenow; the last one, Nidularia denudata Fr. & 
Nordh, ** appears from the description to be a true Granularia, 
while the third species which he gives as Nidularia farcta he refers 
to Ray’s tt no. 21, which is the first mention of Crucibu/um cruct- 
buliforme. 
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* Cot, Bot. 22-237. pf, 7.7.2, 1797. 
t Herb. Fr. p/. 488. 
t Flor. Ox. 393. 1794. 
4 Syst. Pilze. 139 note. g/. 13. f. 733¢. 1817. 
| Sylv. Myc. Berol. 16, 28. 7. 8 1819. 
| Ust. Bot. Mag. 2: 14. p/. 5. f 8. 1788. 
** Symb. Gaster. 4. 1817-18. 
Tt Syn. 20. g/. 7. ff 2. 
