MOLLISIA. 171 
208. Helotiwm sclerotioides—-Berk., “Outl.,” 871; Cooke, 
“ Handbk.,” 2128. 
On decayed wood. 
At first sight resembling Sclerotiwm . quercigenwm ; 
about 1 line broad (M. J. Berkeley). 
The only specimen under this name I have seen is in 
the Kew Herbarium, and it has no fruit. 
Appin (Carmichael). Near Bristol (Mr. A. Leipner). 
Genus VII.—Mottisi4. Fries. 
Minute, sessile, urceolate, cupulate or plane; sub- 
stance soft, rarely waxy; exterior glabrous or furfura- 
ceous, even or plicate; sporidia 8, minute, globose, elliptic, 
fusiform or filiform, hyaline, simple or I-septate. (Plate 
VI. figs, 32-36.) . 
Growing on vegetable substances. 
For the most part darker in colour and softer than 
Helotium ; the minute pore by which the cup opens 
visible from the first. Never hairy or even tomentose. 
Name—Mollis, soft. 
ARRANGEMENT OF SUBGENERA. 
I. Niptera ie oe os . 2 «» I-11 
Il. Pyrenopeziza 4 2 at o ». 12-32 
III. Dilutelia of . ee 33-37 
IV. Mollisiella . ons 38-46 
V. Hysteropeziza * ae ei . 47 
VI. Pseudopeziza Be af a «. 48-51 
VII. Peristomealis “3 ae os . - 52 
Key to True SUBGENERA, 
Margin furnished with a peristome .. . -. Peristomealis. 
Margin not furnished with a peristome .. 1 
Emerging when moist through a narrow black 
slit .. Hysteropeziza, 
1. {Emerging when moist through the epidermis by a 
lacerated aperture (resembling slneieiay .. Pseudopeziza. 
(Seated on the epidermis .. oe ae 
Texture rather firm; cups plane .. -- Niptera. 
Texture soft ; cups globose (mostly black)... .. Pyrenopeziza, 
Texture soft, "scarcely igi at length expanded 3 
5. Glabrous i: ats Ee a .. Dilutella, 
Minutely granulated . oe es ee ee «. Modllisiella. 
