196 BRITISH DISCOMYCETES. 



On dead leaves of Pinus sylvestris. 



Name Pinus, the pine ; from the habitat. 



Don, near Aberdeen ! 



44. Mollisia effugiens. (Rob.) 



Erumpent, very minute, sessile, glabrous, ivory- 

 hyaline, at first globose, then concave ; externally a little 

 pulverulent ; margin white, minutely denticulate ; asci 

 clavate ; sporidia fusiform, 5 7 X lju ; paraphyses fili- 

 form. 



Pezizca (Phialea) effugiens Rob. in Desm., " Ann. 

 Sc. Nat.," 1853, p. 19. 



Exs. Desm., " Crypt. Fr.," ser. ii. No. 16. 



On dried stems of plants. In the spring. 



The cups are about 500^ broad, scarcely distinguish- 

 able except when moist. They form groups either 

 scattered or crowded, breaking through the epidermis. 

 The asci are 40^ long. 



Name- From effugio, to speedily pass away. 



Almond Park, near Shrewsbury ! 



45. Mollisia straminum. (B. and Br.) 



Crowded or scattered, sessile, hemispherical, then ex- 

 panded, pale yellow, beset with refractive granules ; 

 hymenium pinkish yellow or flesh-colour ; margin in- 

 curved ; asci cylindraceo-clavate ; sporidia 8, fusiform, 

 straight or curved, 3 to 4-guttulate, 7- -10 X l'5^u; para- 

 physes extremely slender. 



Peziza straminum B. and Br., "Ann. Nat. Hist.," 

 No. 571 ; Cooke, " Handbk.," No. 2062. 



On dead sheaths of wheat and grasses. 



" Minute, not exceeding J a line diameter ; cups 

 hemispherical, concave, sessile, or at length expanded ; 

 margin incurved ; externally densely farinaceous, pale ; 

 internally of a pinkish-yellow or flesh-colour "' (B. and 

 Br.). 



Name Stramin, straw ; growing on straw. 



Fotheringhay, King's ClifTe ; Rudloe, Wiltshire ; on 

 Juncas, Oxton, Nottinghamshire ! (Rev. M. J. Berkeley). 



