172 BRITISH DISCOMYCETES. 
Suscenus I—Niprera. Fckl. (in part). 
Cup sessile, concave or plane, soft or waxy, glabrous 
or granulose ; sporidia ovate or fusiform, simple, some- 
times l-septate- (Plate VI. fig. 32.) 
Name—Niptrum, a basin; from the shape. 
ARRANGEMENT OF THE SPECIES. 
A. Sporidia ovate, apiculate .. us .. species 1 
8B. Sporidia oblong-elliptic .. ee ave are 
o. Sporidia fusiform or oblong-fusiform .. » 
(a) On wood es oe si is » 3-5 
(b) On fir-cones .. .e oe ee » 6 
(c) On herbaceous stems ae at » 7-10 
(d) On culms of Arundo es ay » Il 
Key To THE SPECIES. 
Hymenium yellow .. ie oe a eo I 
Hymenium grey oe o. oe oe «ee 
Hymenium pallid... ae ee ee 2. 8 
1 Externally ochery-yellow .. oe on .»  Teuerti. 
Externally umber-brown . an es ++ discolor. 
Externally watery cinereous .. oe se .. Ddenesueda. 
Externally greenish-brown .. o we +. aquosa, 
Externally cinereous or livid; margin paler than 
2.4 diso .. oe an a ea we .. cinerea.” 
Externally rufous; margin fimbriate as .. urticicola. 
Externally brownish-black .. a be «» fallax. 
(Externally black a oe es a a 64 
3 Exterior pallid: on Arundo .. ae ne +. arundinacea. 
"Exterior pallid: on Peltigera canina oo «» epithallina. 
ees fimbriate oe a oe ve +. cyanites, 
* \Margin entire on oe os on +. atro-cinerea, 
A. SPORIDIA OVATE, APICULATE. 
1. Mollisia aquosa. (B. and Br.) 
Cup at first closed, then expanded, plane, or slightly 
concave, greenish-brown, smooth; hymenium watery 
grey; sporidia biseriate, ovate, apiculate, 5—6 x 2:5— 
fd. 
Peziza (Mollisia) aquosa—B. and Br. in “ Ann, Nat. 
Hist.,” No. 1826, t. xx. f. 19; “Grevillea,” i. p. 130. 
On or with Spheria hirsuta, on willow. J: anuary. 
Resembling P. cinerea, but smoother and more con- 
