MOLLISIA. 189 
Name—Artemisia, the plant on which it grows, 
Isle of Wight. 
29. Mollisia melatephra. (Lasch.) 
Gregarious or scattered, minute, erumpent, hemi- 
spherical, then expanded, soft, rugulose, nearly black; 
hymenium concave, pale cinereous, becoming black on 
drying; asci clavate; sporidia 8, narrowly fusiform, 
pseudo-uniseptate, 12 x lu; paraphyses filiform, slender. 
Peziza melatephra—tLasch. in Rabh., “Herb. Myco.” ; 
Karst., “Mon. Pez,” p. 164; Steven., “Myco. Scot.,” 
p. 326; “Grevillea,” viii. p. 102. Mollisia melatephra— 
(Lasch) Karst., “Myco. Fenn.,” p. 197; Gill. “Champ.,” 
p. 130. Peziza conformis—Nyl, “Pez. Fenn.,” p. 63. 
Exs.—Rabh., “Herb. Myco.,” No. 825. 
On dead culms of Carez. 
A minute species, erumpent, orbicular, blackish, 
except the margin, which is paler. Karsten gives the 
measurement of the sporidia as 12—20 x 2p. 
Name—nénae, black, réppa, ashes ; from its colour. 
Forres, N.B.! (Rev. Dr. Keith). 
30. Mollisia fecunda. Phil. 
Cup scattered, minute, at first covered by the 
epidermis, then erumpent, concave, when moist fuliginous, 
paler on the margin; hymenium fuscous-black; asci 
broadly clavate; sporidia 8, fusiform, with 3 to 4 large 
guttule, 25—30 x 4—5u; paraphyses filiform, enlarged 
at the apices. 
Peziza (Mollisia) foeecunda—Phil., “Grevillea,” viii. 
p. 102; Steven., “ Myco. Scot.,” p. 326. 
On dead stems of Cleocharis. Autumn. 
Cup °5 mm. broad. 
Name—Fecundus, fruitful; from its abundant spo- 
ridia 
Forres, N.B.! (Rev. Dr. Keith). 
81. Mollisia palustris. (Rob.) 
Cup scattered or gregarious, erumpent, at first 
spherical, at length open, plane or almost convex, appla- 
