b TEZIZJZ AMERICANS. 



by authors under this name, Helotium pulverulentum, Awd. Rabh. 

 Fung. Eur. no. 1221, differing considerably from the specimens 

 published by Madame Libert, and F. E. 514. 



Feziza (Dasyscypha) subochxacea. C. $' P. — Sessile, scattered, 

 subglobose, then expanded, margin incurved, cream-coloured, to- 

 mentose ; disc darker or bright ochraceous yellow, even •, asci cylin- 

 drical ; sporidia narrowly fusiform or subcylindrical. 



On stems of Rubus odoratus. Adirondack Mts. July. (Peck. 

 no. 93.) 



Sporidia '0005 in. (-0125 m.m.) long. [PI. i, f. 4, a nat. size, b 

 magnified.] 



Feziza (Calloria) assimilis. C. $ P. — Gregarious, erumpent, sub- 

 tremellose, small, dull orange, cups shallow, margin slightly 

 elevated, connivent and retracted when dry; asci subcylindrical, 

 sporidia narrowly elliptic, about one-third as broad as long. 



On stems of Aster pimicea. West Albany. May. (Peck. no. 

 278.) 



• Allied to P.fusarioides. B. & Br. Sporidia '00035 in. (-009 m.m.) 

 long. [PI. i, f. 6, a nat. size, b magnified.] 



Feziza (Tapesia) pxuinata. Schw. Fr. S. M. ii. 109.— We have 

 failed in all attempts to discover the fruit in this species, and 

 should be glad to learn of better success being achieved by some of 

 our American correspondents. 



Feziza (Mollisia) vincta. C. $ P. — Gregarious, sessile, between 

 soft and waxy, irregular, at first subglobose, then expanded, smooth, 

 even, very dark brown, nearly black ; disc even, cinereous, very 

 irregular in form and size, attached beneath by delicate brownish 

 hairs, which form a thin arachnoid subiculum, only the margin 

 being free and incurved. Asci subcylindrical, sporidia cylindrical, 

 obtuse, straight or curved. 



On old wood. Sandlake, N. Y. Oct. (Peck. no. 217.) 



Sporidia -0005 in. (-0125 m.m.) long. 



Feziza (IVXollisia) crocitincta. B. <5" C— Sessile, scattered, soft, 

 globose, then expanded, saffron-yellow, disc paler, externally smooth, 

 slightly channelled. Asci cylindrical. Sporidia very minute, sau- 

 sage-shaped, with a yellowish tint. Rav. no. 1730. 



On wood. [PI. i, f. 5, a nat. size, b magnified.] 



Feziza (JYIollisia) lacerata. C. &P. — Gregarious, globose, then 

 expanded, dark brown, margin coarsely lacerated into subtriangular, 

 irregular teeth, disc cinereous, becoming blackish when dry. Asci 

 subcylindrical, sporidia cylindrico-clavate. 



On Rubus odoratus. Adirondack Mts. July. (Peck. no. 94.) 



Similar to P. escharodes, B. & Br., except that it is larger, 

 never hairy, and the margin different, sporidia '0005 in. 

 (•0125 m.m.) long. 



Feziza (Mollisia) Dehnii. Rahb. But. Zevt. 1843. 12. Deut. Crypt. 



