190 i^'uxgus-floka; 



Pseudopeziza paulnla. Mass. 



Scattered or usually gregarious, erumpent, minute, {-l mm. 

 across, glabrous, closed at first, then expanding and concave : 

 disc pale, margin wlaitish, entire, externallj' blackish witli 

 an olive tinge, surrounded at the base, especially when 

 young, by a narrow white zone of hyphae which spring 

 from the basal cortical cells ; cortex parenchymatous, cella 

 irregularly polygonal, 7-10 /x diameter, arranged in a 

 p)arallel series, and pale at the majgin ; asci broadly 

 elliptical, usually rather broadest near the base, apex 

 rather narrowed, sessile or very nearly so, 8-spored ; spores 

 irregularly 2-seriate, hj'aline, continuous, narrowly elliptic- 

 oblong, ends rather blunt, often 2-guttulate, 12-14 X 4^5 /x; 

 paraphyses slender, hyaline, almost cylindrical. 



Peziza jpaulula, Eoberge, in Desm., Cr. Fr., ed. i. n. 2010. 



Mollisia paulula, Phil., Brit. Disc, p. 186; Sacc, Syll., viii. 

 n. 1437. 



On dead culms of Junciis maritinms and other species. 



Specimen from Eoberge examined, also Desm., n. 2010. 



Pseudopeziza graminis. Mass. 



Erumpent, sessile, gregarious or scattered, emerging 

 through a slit in the epidermis of the host-plant and 

 becoming elliptical or circular, margin raised, whitish and 

 minutely vil lose ; disc pale grey, externally greyish-brown, 

 glabrous, often slightly wrinkled, about 1 mm. diameter ; 

 cortex parenchymatous, cells' brownish below, polygonal, 

 somewhat elongated from base to margin, becoming narrower 

 upwards, and running out into distinct, pale, obtuse hj'phae, 

 40-65 X 4-5 IX, to form the jjilose margin ; asci cylindric- 

 clavate, apex narrowed, base stout, 8-spored ; spores irregu- 

 larly 2-seriate, narrowly elliptic-oblong or slightly clavate, 

 hyaline, continuous, 12-16 X 3-3 "6 /jl; paraphj'ses slender, 

 hyaline, slightly thickened at the tip. 



Mollisia graminis, Phil., Brit. Disc, p. 185. 



Peziza graminis, Desm., Cr. Fr., ser. i. n. 1066. 



On dead grass stems. 



Specimen in Desm., Or. Fr., ser. i. n. 1066, examined. 



The specimen called Belonium graminum, Sacc, Syll., viii. 

 n. 2034, considered to be the present species, differs in the 

 3-septate spores, septate paraphyses, &c. 



