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FUNGUS-FLOIiA. 



furfuraceous, and the globose spores ; in other respects as in 

 Mollisia. 



Mollisiella ilicincola. Mass. 

 Caespitose or less frequently scattered, subglobose and 

 closed at first, then expanding, often irregular when 

 clustered, about 1 mm. across ; excipulum parenchymatous, 

 the cells becoming large, 8-12 /x diameter, thicker walled, 

 and brown towards the periphery; externally, especially 

 at the somewhat incurved margin, whitish and minutely 

 hoary, due to the presence of numerous hyaline, continuous 



Mollisiella ilicincola, Mass. ; vertical section through portion of an 



ascophore, x 400. 



hyphae, slightly tapering to the hooked tip, 15-30 X 3 fx; 

 asci cylindric, apex rounded, base narrowed, 8-spored, very 

 numerous; spores globose, hyaline, smooth, continuous, 

 usually 1-guttulate, 4—5 /x; paraphyses slender, somewhat 

 clavate. 



Peziza ilicincola, Ann. Nat. Hist., n. 958, t. xvi. fig. 17 (18G1). 



Mollisia (Mollisiella) ilicincola, Phil., Brit. Disc, p. 193. 



PseudoJielotium (Mollisiella) ilicincolum, Sacc, Syll., viii. 

 n. 1267. 



