MoLLISIA 203 



5. Mollisia aureofulva (Cooke) Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 339. 1889. 



Peziza aureofulva Cooke, Hedwigia 14: 83. 1875. 



Apothecia subgregarious, soft-waxy, minute, at first hemi- 

 spherical, then expanded, .5 mm. in diameter, contracted when 

 dry; externally brown; hymenium convex, orange-yellow; asci 

 clavate-c>lindric; spores ellipsoid, with two oil-drops, 5X8- 



15 /x; paraphyses enlarged above. 

 On old wood. 



Type locality: New Jersey. 



Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



6. Mollisia caesia (Fuckel) Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 340. 1889. 



Niptera caesia Fuckel, Symb. I\hc. Nacht. 1: 47. 187L 



Apothecia gregarious, sessile, reaching a diameter of 2 mm., 

 becoming plane, finally convex, externally smooth; hymenium 

 bluish-gray; asci clavate-cylindric, reaching a length of 55 /x and 

 a diameter of 8 /x; spores fusiform, with two oil-drops, 3 X 14- 



16 )u; paraphyses filiform, enlarged above to 3 ^u in diameter. 

 On rotting wood of Fagiis. 



Type locality : Europe. 



Distribution: North Dakota; also in Europe. 



ExsiccATi: Brenckle, Fungi Dak. 533. 



7. Mollisia subcornea Phill. & Hark. Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1: 



22. 1884. 



Apothecia scattered, or crowded, occasionally coalescing, 

 sessile, patellate, reddish horn-color, .5-1 mm. in diameter; asci 

 clavate, 8-spored; spores 2-seriate, ellipsoid-fusoid, occasionally 

 1-septate, 3 X 10-12 ju; paraphyses filiform. 



On branches of Eucalyptus globulus. 



Type locality: California. 



Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



No specimen has been seen. 



8. Mollisia fumigata (Ellis & Ev.) Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 343. 



1889. 



Peziza fumigata Ellis & Ev. Bull. Torrey Club 11: 41. 1884. 



Apothecia densely gregarious, minute, .13 .16 mm. in diam- 

 eter, sooty-black; hymenium nearly plane, minutely papillose; 

 asci subc)-lindric, reaching a length of 50 ^ and a diameter of 7 ^; 



