MOLLISIA. 179 
(Externally fawn-colour, apne with neorlanine 
granules : on wood .. .. elaphines. 
Externally black, rugose; margin whitieh. . .. atrata. 
Externally black, rugose ; margin erect : on Lychnis sphzroides. 
Externally black, rugose: on Carex.. melatephra. 
Externally umber-brown, elehroms taargin entire 
3.4 white paulula. 
Externally tawny, glabrous ; ‘margin ‘tumid | +. arenevaga. 
Externally cinereous, granulated margin denticu- 
late: on leaves oe .» viburnicola. 
Externally cinereous; margin entire, ‘paler. . «. ebuli. 
Externally brownish black : on Artemisia . .. artemisiz. 
Externally whitish or Ereyialt brown ; + margin entire, 
\ sinuous oe . ” palustris, 
A. SUPERFICIAL 
(a) Sporidia elliptic or oblong. 
12. Mollisia nervisequia. (Pers.) 
Sessile, seriate, at first nearly glohose, then expanded, 
perpendicularly rugose, blackish grey; margin crenulate, 
paler; hymenium concave, cinereous or black; asci 
clavate; sporidia 8, oblong-elliptic or oblong, 13 x 3; 
paraphyses filiform, slender. (Plate VI. fig. 33.) 
Peziza nervisequia—Pers, “ Myco. Eur.,” 308 ; Fries, 
“Sys. Myco.,” ii. p. 193; B. and Br. “ ‘Ann. Nat. ’ Hist., ” 
No. 1171; Cooke, “ dandbk,,” No. 2121. 
Exs.—Desm., “Crypt. Fr.,” 2012 ; Roumg,, “ Stirpes,” 
331. 
On dead leaves of Plantago lanceolata ; chiefly on the 
nerves of the leaves. Winter. 
This very much resembles M. plantaginis, but the asci 
and sporidia are much larger, besides the habit of growth 
on the nerves. 
Name—WNervus, a nerve, and sequor, to follow. 
Batheaston (Mr. C. E. Broome). 
(b) Sporidia subfusiform. 
18. Mollisia elaphines. (B. and Br.) 
Gregarious, subglobose, sessile, pale fawn-colour; 
mouth paler, white, sprinkled with saccharine granules ; 
hymenium watery-grey; asci clavate or clavate fusi- 
