774 Discomycetif, Pezizaoefp, Syalosporse, Mollisia. 



WOLLISIA Fr. — Syll. VIII, p. 321, X, p. 12, XI, p. 407, 



1. Moilisia umbrina Starb. Bih. K. Sr. Vet. Ak. Handl. XXI, 1895, om 

 III, n. 5, p. 24, fig. 16. — Gregaria vel fere csespitosa, primum 

 clausa, globosa, deinrle cupulariter aperta, mox autem applanata, 

 sessilis vel potiu.s ad basim angustior, fere turbiiiata, sed non 

 vere stipitata, tenuiter raarginata, pallide itiabrina v. fulva, disco 

 albido-ochraceo v. isabellino, sicca margine lobata, v\x paullum 

 connivente, sflepe fere oeque aperta ac liumectata, avellaneo-olivacea, 

 0,2-1 mm. diam.; textura parenchymatica, cellulis ad marginera 

 seriatis paullum attenuatis; ascis 8-sporis, cylindraceis, se.ssilibas, 

 sursum rotundatis et non paullum incrassatis, 25-36 *^ 4-5 ; spori- 

 diis distichis breviter fusoideis vel cylindricis, 5-7 «1 '/^-2; para- 

 physibus parvis, filiformibus, firmulis, 2'/^ |j. latis. 



Hab. ad caules aridos herbae maximai cujusdam, Oestergotland 

 Sueciae. Jodi ops nulla. — M. Polyqoni proxima, differt autem 

 jodi reactione, sporidiis ascisquo minoribus, nec non colore palli- 

 diore siccitate vix mutato. 



2. Moilisia Asciepiadis Ell. et Ev. Proc. Acad. Philad. 1895, p..428.. ggce 

 — Ascomatibiis primitus epidermide tectis, dein enimpenti-super- 

 ficialibus, orbicularibus, '/^ mm. diam., pallide ardesiacis margine 

 subintegro v. dense denticulato, plano-convexis, sicxiis valde com- 

 plicatis; a^cis cylindraceis, breve stipitatis, paraphysatis, octosporis, 

 55-60 ^ 6; sporidiis plerumque distichis. subincfquilateraliter ellipti- 



cis, biguttulatis, hyalinis, 8-10 ^ 3. 



Hab. in caulibus emortuis Asclepiadis spec, Canada. (Dear- 



NESS). 



3. Moilisia lilacina Clem. Bot. Survey of Nebraska IV, Lincoln .^c^ 

 1896, p. 15. — Gregaria, sessilis, disciformis, lilacina v. pallide 

 livida, in statu sicco t«Btacea, subtus pallidior, margine elevato, 

 albido-crenulato, '/"l mm. diam. ; ascis minutis, clavatis, stipitatis 

 30-40« 3-4; sporidiis cylindraceis, rectis v. curvatis, 1-3 guttulatis 



V. spurie septatis, distichis v. monostichis, 7-10 « 1 '/ -2 ; paraphy- 

 sibus cylindraceis, granulosis, 2 (x. latis. 



Ilah. in cortice U 1 m i a ra e r i c a n re, Nebraska , Amer. bor. 



4. Mollisia Cytisi Pat. Cat. rais. pl. cell. Tunisie, 1897, p. 98. — 290* 

 Crregaria vel sparsa, sessilis, plaua ^'. concava, albido-carnea, mar- 

 gine i.ntegro, repando-sinuoso, extus pruinosa, contextu albido, '/^- 



y^ mm. lata; ascis clavatis, 40-50 « 5-6, filiformi-paraphysatis; 

 sooridii.s h/alinis, simplicibus, cylindraceis, rectis v. curvulis, 6-7 «^ 



