MOLLISIA. 193 
Exs.—Cooke’s “ Fung, Brit.,” ed. ii. No. 550. 
On fronds of Pteris aquilina. September. 
Suspcenus IV.—Mo.tisietta, Phil. 
Sessile, hemispherical, then plane, soft, minutely fur- 
furaceous or pulverulent, light-coloured (except hyd- 
nicola) ; sporidia globose, sub-elliptic or filiform, (Plate 
VI. fig. 35.) 
ARRANGEMENT OF THE SPECIES. 
A. Sporidia globose or-subglobose .. +» species 38, 39 
B. Sporidia sub-elliptic os aa ee » 40 
c. Sporidia oblong-obtuse  .. 5 4° 4 
. Sporidia oblong-fusiform or fusiform : : » 42-45 
. Sporidia linear .. ae es ai » 46 
oa) 
Kry To THE SpPEcIEs. 
Hymenium dark green a an a ». hydnicola, 
Hymenium white a a oe a eee 
Hymenium pallid: on pine-leaves .. . +. pineti. 
Hymenium brown... oe as on oe : 
Hymenium yellowish .. e ee ae . 8 
On wood ae os a os oe «»  Bullit. 
1. {os fern (Pteris) a ae a ee ».« versicolor. 
On herbaceous stems .. as ee oe +. effugiens. 
Exterior dirty white .. ss a os .» tieincola. 
a {Trterion rufous-brown i io as .» lurida. 
Exterior pale yellow; hymenium pinkish-yellow ..  straminum. 
‘ (italorboues ee ured; hymenium greenish-yellow Mali. 
A, SPORIDIA GLOBOSE OR SUBGLOBOSE, 
38. Mollisia wlicincola. (B. and Br.) 
Crowded or scattered, hemispherical, then expanded ; 
externally dirty white, furfuraceous ; hymenium concave, 
pale brown or purple, or rosy cinereous; margin erect or 
incurved ; asci clavate; sporidia 8, globose, with a large 
globose gutta, 54; asci filiform, enlarged towards the 
summit. 
Peziza ilicincola—B. and Br., “ Ann. Nat. Hist.,” No. 
958, t. 16, f. 17; Cooke, “ Handbk.,” No. 2064. 
On holly branches, more especially on the surface of 
the lichen Myriangium, which grows on holly. Winter. 
Name—lIlez, holly, colo, to inhabit. : 
