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Geinis I. MoLLisiA Karst. Mycol. Fcnn. i w^y. 1871. 

 T\pc species, IMollisia cinerea { iJatscli.) Karst. 



^lycelinm within the substratum. Apothccia waxy, sessile, 

 becoming" plane, sometimes lobed, small, glabrous, superficial or 

 suberumpent, exterior dark. Para])hyses filiform, somewhat 

 stout, septate only at the base. Asci clavate or cylindrico-clavate. 

 Spores 4-8, usually simple, rarely two-celled, hyaline, ellipsoid, 

 oblong", or fusiform, often granular or minutely guttulate. 



Growing on decaying wood or stems. 



Mollisia ciucrca ( Batsch ) Karst. Mycol. Fenn. 189. 1871. 



Peziza cinerea Batsch Elen. Fung. 197. f. 137. 1786. 



Apothccia in groujjs or scattered, 2-7 mm. broad, cupshaped 

 with edge thickened and raised, becoming plane, sessile, exterior 

 very dark, interior light to very dark ashy, soft and fleshy, form 

 well-preserved in drying. Hymenium brownish ashy, hypothe- 

 cium and exciple of darker brownish cells. Paraphyses filiform, 

 numerous, hyaline. Asci cylindrico-clavate. Spores 8. uniseriate, 

 fusiform, 7- 11 mic. long and 2-^ mic. wide. 



\'ery common on wood and bark. Summer and autumn. 



Coll. Bruce Fink, June 11. 1907. Freda ^I. Bachman, Oct. 

 31, 1907, Aug. 7, 1908. 



Genus II. Tapesia Fuck. Symb. ]\Iycol. 300. 1869. 

 Type species Tapesia anomala ( Pers. ; Fuck. 



Alycelium superficial, more or less tomentose, wdiite, yel- 

 low, red, or dark brown. Apothccia waxy, becoming somewhat 

 coriaceous, sessile, rarely substipitate, exterior glabrous ; scaly or 

 hairy, concave, then more or less plane, small. Paraphyses fili- 

 form. Asci elongate, cylindrico-clavate often somewhat acute 

 at the ends. Spores 8, oblong, ovate, cylindrical or fusiform, 

 hyaline. 



Growing on decaying wood, seldom on stems. 



Distinguished from ?\Iollisia by the superficial mycelium. 



-\-Tapesia cinerella Rehm Disco. 575. 1891. 



^lycelium delicate, radiating, thin. Apothccia scattered or 

 in groups, at first somewhat globose, sessile, 1-3 mm. broad, in- 



