208 The North American Cup-Fungi 



apparently part of the type material. Several collections were 

 made by Ellis. 



19. Mollisia erigeronata (Cooke) Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 323. 1889. 



Peziza erigeronata Cooke, Hedwigia 14: 83. 1875. 

 ?Peziza astericola Cooke & Ellis, Grevillea 6: 90. 1878. 

 ? Mollisia astericola Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 323. 1889. 



Apothecia gregarious, sessile, at first subglobose, expanding 

 and becoming nearly plane, brownish-black, becoming black, 

 .5 mm. in diameter; hymenium livid-cinereous, the margin 

 slightly elevated; asci short-clavate ; spores irregularly 2-seriate, 

 long-ellipsoid, 2 X 10 /x; paraphyses not observed. 



On stems of Erigeron and Solidago. 



Type locality: New Jersey. 



Distribution: New Jersey to London, Canada. 



ExsiccATi: Ellis & Ev. N. Am. Fungi } 3335, 3040; Ellis & 

 Ev. Fungi Columb. 245, 1310. 



20. Mollisia atrata (Pers.) Karst. Myc. Fenn. 1: 200. 1871. 



Peziza atrata Pers. Syn. Fung. 669. 1801. 

 Pyrenopeziza atrata Fuckel, Symb. Myc. 294. 1869. 

 Peziza atrocinerea Cooke; Phill. Brit. Discom. 176. 1887. 

 Urceola atrata Quel. Ench. Fung. 322. 1886. 

 Mollisia atrocinerea Phill. Brit. Discom. 176. 1887. 



Apothecia gregarious, or scattered, at first globose, expanding 

 and becoming subdiscoid, cinereous, or brownish-black when dry, 

 the margin white and more or less undulate, less than 1 mm. in 

 diameter; asci clavate-fusoid, reaching a length of 25-40 n and a 

 diameter of 5-6 jx; spores elongate-ellipsoid, 1.5-2 X 5 8 /x; pa- 

 raphyses filiform. 



On dead herbaceous stems of many kinds. 



Type locality : Europe. 



Distribution: New York to Ontario and California and south 

 to Alabama; also in Europe. 



ExsiccATi: Ellis, N. Am. Fungi 443; Ellis «& Ev. N. Am. 

 Fungi 2625; Fungi Columb. 409; Seaver, N. Dak. Fungi 14. 



21. Mollisia Dehnii (Rab.) Karst. Myc. Fenn. 1: 206. 1871. 



Peziza Dehnii Rab. Bot. Zeit. 1:12. 1843. 



Beloniella Dehnii Rehm in Rab. Krypt.-Fl. 1-^: 639. 1892. 



Dibelonis Dehnii Clements, Gen. Fungi 175. 1909. 



