PSEUDOPEZIZA. 201 



expandiug and becoming concave, then plane, sooty-brown, 

 the margin paler ; excipuhim parenchymatous, basal cortical 

 cells irregularly polygonal, brown, 9-13 jx diameter, becom- 

 ing smaller upwards, and running out at the margin into 

 parallel rows of obtuse, pale, septate kyphae ; about ^ mm. 

 diameter ; asci broadly cylindric-clavate, apex slightly 

 narrowed, almost sessile, 8-spored; spores hyaline, irregu- 

 larly 2-seriate, narrowl} 7 elliptic-fusiform, 3-4-guttulate, 

 finally 1-septate, 25-28 x 4-5 yu ; paraphyses hyaline, about 

 2 jx thick, somewhat clavate. 



Peziza (Mollisia) foecunda, Phil., Grev., viii. p. 102. 



Mollisia foecunda, Phil., Brit. Disc, p. 189. 



Pyrenopeziza foecunda, Sacc, Syll., viii. n. 1523. 



On dead stems of Eleocharis. 



Specimen in Phil., Elv. Brit., n. 184, examined. 



Pseudopeziza trifolii. Mass. 



Gregarious or scattered, erumpent, sessile, soon becoming 

 plane, margin minutely fimbriate ; dingy orange ; about 

 | mm. diameter; excipulum parenchymatous, cells small, 

 becoming elongate and narrow upwards, and running out at 

 the margin into hyphae of irregular lengths; asci clavate, 

 apex broadly rounded, becoming gradually contracted into 

 a slender pedicel, curved, 4-spored; spores hyaline, smooth, 

 continuous, elliptical, 1-seriate, straight, 11-14x6-7 /x; 

 paraphyses hyaline, slender below, upper half gradually 

 becoming clavate, 3-4 /x thick at the top, often curved or 

 hooked, rather longer than the asci, sometimes forked. 



Peziza (Mollisia) trifolii, B. & Br., Ann. Nat. Hist., n. 

 1623 (Feb., 1876.) 



Peziza (Mollisia) idcerata, Phil. & Plow., Grev., vol. iv. 

 p. 122, pi. 62, fig. v. (March, 1876.) 



Calloria idcerata, Phil. & Plow., Brit. Disc, p. 330. 



Orbilia ulcerata, Sacc, Syll., viii. n. 2595. 



On dead stems of Aster trifolium. 



Minute, erumpent, surrounded by the blackened cuticle, 

 which often splits into tooth-like laminae. Hymenium 

 orange. Paraphyses flexuous, sometimes forked. (B. & Br.) 



Berkeley's type specimen examined, also Phil., Elv. Brit., 

 n. 83. 



