MOLLISIA. 189 



Name — Artemisia, the plant on which it grows. 

 Isle of Wight. 



29. Mollisia rnelatephra. (Lasch.) 



Gregarious or scattered, minute, erumpent, hemi- 

 spherical, then expanded, soft, rngulose, nearly black; 

 hymenium concave, pale cinereous, becoming black on 

 drying; asci clavate ; sporidia 8, narrowly fusiform, 

 pseudo-uniseptate, 12 x Iju; paraphyses filiform, slender. 



Peziza rnelatephra — Lasch. in Rabh, " Herb. Myco." ; 

 Karst., "Mon. Pez," p. 164; Steven., "Myco. Scot.," 

 p. 326 ; " Grevillea," viii. p. 102. Mollisia rnelatephra — 

 (Lasch) Karst., "Myco. Fenn.," p. 197; Gill, "Champ.," 

 p. 130. Peziza conformis — Nyl, "Pez. Fenn.," p. 63. 



Exs.— Rabh, "Herb. Myco," No. 825. 



On dead culms of Car ex. 



A minute species, erumpent, orbicular, blackish, 

 except the margin, which is paler. Karsten gives the 

 measurement of the sporidia as 12 — 20 X 2fx. 



Name — /uiXag, black, ri^pa, ashes ; from its colour. 



Forres, N.B. ! (Rev. Dr. Keith). 



30. Mollisia foecunda. Phil. 



Cup scattered, minute, at first covered by the 

 epidermis, then erumpent, concave, when moist fuliginous, 

 paler on the margin; hymenium fuscous-black ; asci 

 broadly clavate ; sporidia 8, fusiform, with 3 to 4 large 

 guttulse, 25 — 30 X 4 — 5/*; paraphyses filiform, enlarged 

 at the apices. 



Peziza (Mollisia) foecunda — Phil, "Grevillea," viii. 

 p. 102 ; Steven, " Myco. Scot," p. 326. 



On dead stems of Cleocharis. Autumn. 



Cup "5 mm. broad. 



Name — Fcecundus, fruitful ; from its abundant spo- 

 ridia 



Forres, N.B. ! (Rev. Dr. Keith). 



31. Mollisia palustris. (Rob.) 



Cup scattered or gregarious, erumpent, at first 

 spherical, at length open, plane or almost convex, appla- 



