218 The North American Cup-Fungi 



39. MOLLISIELLA (Phill.) Massee, Brit. Fungus-Fl. 4: 



221. 1895. 



Mollisia suhg. Mollisiella Phill. Brit. Discom. 193. 1887. 

 Unguiculariopsis Rehm, Ann. Myc. 7: 400. 1909. 



Apothecia small cupulate, becoming expanded, usually oc- 

 curring on other fungi, externally dark-colored, brownish, 

 tomentose, or clothed with poorly developed hairs; asci clavate, 

 or cylindric, usually 8-spored; spores at maturity 1 -seriate, 

 globose; paraphyses filiform, slightly enlarged above. 



Type species, Peziza ilicincola Berk. & Br. 



Mollisiella ilicincola (Berk. & Br.) Massee, Brit. Fungus-Fl. 4: 

 222. 1895. (Plate 113.) 



Peziza ilicincola Berk. & Br. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. III. 7: 450. 1859. 

 Peziza hysterigena Berk. & Br. Jour. Linn. Soc. 14: 106. 1873. 

 Peziza Ravenelii Berk. & Curt.; Berk. Greviliea 3: 152. 1875. 

 P seudohelotium ilicincolum Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 304. 1889. 

 Lachnellula hysterigena Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 391. 1889. 

 Cenangium Ravenelii Sacc. Syll. Fung. 8: 568. 1889. 

 Mollisia ilicincola Phill. Brit. Discom. 193. 1887. 

 Unguiculariopsis ilicincola Rehm, Ann. Myc. 7: 400. 1909. 



Apothecia occurring in fasciculate clusters 1-2 mm. in diam- 

 eter, the individual apothecia irregularh' cupulate often com- 

 pressed from mutual pressure with the margins strongly incurved, 

 externally furfuraceous, whitish, or brownish, with poorly de- 

 veloped hairs; hymenium concave, pallid-brown, or purplish to 

 rosy; asci cylindric to clavate, 8-spored, reaching a length of 40-50 /^ 

 and a diameter of 5-6 m, 8-spored; spores usually 1-seriate, 

 4-5 jx in diameter; paraphyses fiHform, slightly enlarged above. 



Usually on other fungi, Myriangiiim, Patellaria, Hysterium 

 and TryhlidieUa. 



Type locality: Europe. 



Distribution: North Carolina to Florida; also in Europe. 



Illustrations: Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. III. 7: pi. 16, f. 17. 

 Jour. Linn. Soc. 31: pi. 18, f. 15-18; Mycologia 31: 94,/. 1. 



Exsiccati: Rav. Fungi Car. 2: 46. 



40. CATINELLA Boud. Hist. Class. Discom. Eu. 150. 1907. 



?Bulgariella Karst. Acta Soc. Fauna Fl. Fenn. 2«: 142. 1885. 



Apothecia patellate or nearly so, dark-greenish, subgelatinous; 

 asci cylindric or subcylindric, 8-spored; spores simple, greenish; 

 paraphyses filiform granular. 



