Discoinycctoiu, Dorinateaj, Hyalosporae, Midotis. 547 



Pocillum. Ascoinata clavato-turbinata, flbrosa, disco truncato. 

 Crinula. Ascoiiiata clavata, stipilo corneo, hynionio submucoso, iiiitio coii- 

 voxo coniJiophoro, deniuni disciformi ascophoro. 



Scc/. i. Hyalosporao Sacc. 



MIDOTIS Fries. Syst. Orb. Vejj. p. o(SS (1825), Eloiicli. II, pag. 29 

 (Etyin. Mida et ous, olos auris), IFynnea Derk. ot Curt. F. Mex. 

 1». 421. — Ascomata elongata, auriformia, coriacea, sursuin divisa, 

 liasi in stipitem plus minus distinctum connata. Ilymeaiuia inferum 

 ab excipulo subiude discretum. Asci teretes, octospori, paraphysa- 

 ti. Sporidia ovoideo-oblonga, continua, liyaliQa. 



1. Midotis gigantea (B. et C.) Sacc. Wi/nnea giganiea Pjerk. et Curt. 2255 

 Fuiig. of Mexic. n. u, t. XII, Cooke Myc. f. 93. ~ Stipite coin- 

 muni subcylindrico, crasso, rugoso, suberoso, intus albo, sursura 

 rainoso, in cupulas auriformes multiplices quandoque proliferas di- 

 viso; cupulis extus glabris, marginibus inflexis, cura hymenio ru- 



fis; ascis subcylindricis, octosporis ; sporidiis raagnis, subcyrabifor- 

 mibus, 25:::; 14, utrinque obtusis. 



llah. in lignis putridis? iii Mexico. — Stipes corainunis 7-8 

 cm. lung., 18 mm. cr., cupulte 6-7 cm. lat. 



2. Midotis macrotis (Berk.) Sacc. Peziza Berk. Dec. fung. n. 350, 2256 

 Wynnea Berk. Journ. Linn. 1886, p. 424, Cooke Myc. f. 94. — 

 Cupulis elongatis, obliquis, auriformibus, basi connato-ramosis, co- 

 liaceo-subcartilaginois, hepatico-rufis, extus glabris, hyraenio pur- 

 purascente; ascis cylihdricis, filiforrai-paraphysatis, octosporis; spo- 

 ridiis eliipsoideis, liyalinis, 25^12. 



flab. in ligno putri in India et Mexico. — Ascoraa 12-13 

 cm. alt. 



Midotis heteromera Mont. Syll. Crypt. n. 642, Peziza Mont. Cent. 2257 

 11, n. 18, t. o, f. 3. — Fasciculata, basi raraosa aut prolifera, co- 

 riacea, fragilis, stipitata; stipite brevi raraoso rubiginoso strigoso, 

 in cu;)ulain dilatato in<equalem, uno latere versam, subauriforraem, 

 disco umbriuo ascophoro; ascis filiformi-clavatis, octosporis; spori- 

 diis oblongis cymbiformibus, uniseriatis, 10=; 3,5. 



Uab. ad ligiia in silvis sinnamariensibus Guianse (Leprieur), S. 

 Domingo et Cuba (Berk.). 

 I. Midotis verruculosa B. et C. Cub. Fung. n. 705. — Cupula obliqua 22r.8 

 i>xtus latoritia v<^rrucosa; hymenio livido-fusco ; sporidiis 10^5. 



Uab. in ligno putri in insula Cuba. — A M. hcteromera dif- 



