MOLLISIA 201 



Spores less than 25 yu long. 

 Spores 15-21 fx long. 



On Juncus. 30. M. stictoidea. 



On leaves of Iris. 31. M. Iridis. 



Spores 9-14 ix long. 



On grasses of various kinds. 32. M. hydropkila. 



On Typha. 33. M. epilyphn. 



On Juncus alpinus. 34. M. alpina. 



Spores 4-6 tx long. 



On petioles of Sabal. 35. M. Sahalidis. 



On dead stems of Smilax. 36. M. nipternides 



Occurring on cryptogams. 



On fern stems, Osmunda. 37. M. teuella. 



On fungi. 



On Polyporus. 38. M. incrustata. 



On Scoleconectria. 39. M. Scoleconectriae. 



1. Mollisia cinerea (Batsch) Karst. Myc. Fcnii. 1: 189. 1871. 



Peziza cinerea Batsch, Elench. Fung. Cont. 1: 197. 1786. 

 Niptera cinerea Fuckel, Symb. Myc. 292. 1869. 



Apothecia gregarious, or scattered, at first subglobose, then 

 expanding and becoming nearly plane, or occasionally repand, 

 cinereous, with a whitish margin; hymenium undulate, cinereous 

 to yellowish, often becoming nearly black; asci cylindric-clavate, 

 8-spored, reaching a length of 45-60 fj. and a diameter of 5 7 n, 

 8-spored; spores ellipsoid to fusoid, 2-seriate, straight, or curved, 

 2-3 X 6-10 IX] paraphyses filiform, enlarged above to 3-5 /x in 

 diameter. 



On decaying wood of many kinds. 



Type locality: Europe. 



Distribution: Throughout North America; also in Europe. 



Illustrations: Batsch, Elench. Fung. pi. 26, f. 137; Boud. 

 Ic. Myc. pi. 541; Phill. Brit. Discom. pi. 6,f. 32; E. & P. Nat. PH. 

 11; 213,/. 166, A, B; Rab. Krypt.-Fl. P: 505,/. 7, 8. 



ExsiCCATi: Clements, Crypt. Form. Colo. 87; Wilson & 

 Seaver, Ascom. 39. 



Numerous varieties of this species have been recorded b\' 

 Saccardo, among them cuhnina and caricina. Mollisia culmina 

 var. caricina (Sacc.) Rehm has been recorded from Michigan by 

 Dr. B. Kanouse on Carex. No material has been seen. 



2. Mollisia Fairmani (Ellis & Ev.) Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 302. 



1889. 



Peziza Fairmani Ellis & Ev. Jour. Myc. 4: 56. 1888. 

 Pseudohelotium Fairmani Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 302. 1889. 



