196 BRITISH DISCOMYCETES. 
On dead leaves of Pinus sylvestris. 
Name—Pinus, the pine; from the habitat. 
Don, near Aberdeen ! 
44. Mollisia effugiens. (Rob.) 
Erumpent, very minute, sessile, glabrous, ivory- 
hyaline, at first globose, then concave; externally a little 
pulverulent; margin white, minutely denticulate ; asci 
clavate; sporidia fusiform, 5—7 x lu; paraphyses fili- 
form, 
Peziza (Phialea) effugiens—Rob. in Desm., “ Ann. 
Sc. Nat.,” 1853, p. 19. 
Exs.—Desm., “ Crypt. Fr.,” ser. ii. No. 16. 
On dried stems of plants. In the spring. 
The cups are about 500u broad, scarcely distinguish- 
able except when moist. They form groups either 
scattered or crowded, breaking through the epidermis. 
The asci are 40u long. 
Name—From effugio, to speedily pass away. 
Almond Park, near Shrewsbury ! 
45. Mollisia straminum. (B. and Br.) 
Crowded or scattered, sessile, hemispherical, then ex- 
panded, pale yellow, beset with refractive granules; 
hymenium pinkish yellow or flesh-colour; margin in- 
curved; asci cylindraceo-clavate; sporidia 8, fusiform, 
straight or curved, 3 to 4-guttulate, 7—10 x 1:54; para- 
physes extremely slender. 
Peziza straminum—B. and Br., “Ann. Nat. Hist.,” 
No. 571; Cooke, “ Handbk.,” No. 2062. 
On dead sheaths of wheat and grasses. 
“Minute, not exceeding $ a line diameter; cups 
hemispherical, concave, sessile, or at length expanded ; 
margin incurved; externally densely farinaceous, pale ; 
mo of a pinkish-yellow or flesh-colour ” (B. and 
Yr.) 
Name—Stramin, straw ; growing on straw. 
Fotheringhay, King’s Cliffe; Rudloe, Wiltshire: on 
Juncas, Oxton, Nottinghamshire! (Rev. M. J. Berkeley). 
