MOLLISIA. 175 
ing evidence of the author’s views on the question of 
reproductive bodies. 
Near Ludlow, Salop! Neatishead (Dr. M. C. Cooke). 
5. Mollisia discolor. (Mont.) 
Gregarious, suberumpent, sessile, waxy, plano-patel- 
late, externally umber-brown; hymenium wax-yellow ; 
asci clavate; sporidia 8, fusiform, hyaline, 4-guttulate, 
8 X 2u. 
Patellaria discolor—Mont., “Syl,” p. 190; Berk., 
“Outl.,” p. 373; Cooke, “ Handbk.,” No. 2169. 
On dead wood; on branches of Cornus sanguinea 
(Mont.). 
Cup } to} aline; crowded or scattered ; when young 
subhemispherical, at length expanded; dise bluish or 
cinereous, or brownish ; the pseudo-parenchyma consists 
of brown subglobose cells, 
Name—Discolor, of various colours, 
Var. Riccia (Sace.). 
Niptera Riccia—Sace., “Myco. Ven. Sp.,” p. 162, 
t. xvi. f. 3-6. 
Exs.—Sace., “ Fung. Ven.,” iv. 33. 
Differing in its mode of growth, having lobed margin. 
Gopsall! (Bloxam). Sutton Coldfield! (W. B. Grove). 
(b) On fir-cones. 
6. Mollisia fallax. (Desm.) 
Cups scattered or crowded, at first hemispherical, at 
length applanate, brownish-black; margin entire, sub- 
involute, paler; hymenium cinereous or discoloured 
brown; asci cylindraceo-clavate ; sporidia 8, oblong or 
fusiform, straight, at length uniseptate, 10 xX 2u; para- 
physes scarce. 
Peziza fallaxa—Desm. (non Pers., “Myco. Eur.”), 
“Ann, Se. Nat”: 1845, p. 367. Mollisia fallaw—Gill., 
“ Champ.,” p. 119. 
Exs.—Desm., “ Crypt. Fr.,” ed. i. No. 1420, ed. ii. No. 
920; Roumg., “Fung. Gal.,” 1253. 
