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ruptured. Peridiola numerous, enveloped in mucus, not at- 
tached to inside of peridium by a funiculus. 
Nidularia , Tub, Mon. Nid. Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 3, i, p. 92 ; 
Fries, S. M. (in part) ; Sacc., Syll. vii, p. 28. 
Granularia , Roth. 
Readily distinguished from the allied genera Cyathus and 
Crucibulum by the peridiola being free in the peridium, and 
not attached to the wall by an elastic cord or funiculus. 
Nidularia pisiformis, Tub (Fig. 37). Gregarious or solitary ; 
sessile, not rooting, cinnamon or brownish, strigose or only 
slightly hairy, tuberculose above, splitting irregularly ; peridiola 
sub-rotund, biconvex, brown, smooth, shining, wrinkled when 
dry, about 2 mm. across ; spores colourless, typically broadly 
obovate, sometimes subglobose or elliptical, 7-8 x 8-9 ja. 
Nidularia pisiformis , Tub, Monog. des Nidular., Ann. 
Sci. Nat. ser. 3, i, p. ico; Cum, Linn. Trans, xxiv, t. 25, 
f. 4-6 and 21-22; Cke., Hdbk. n. 1201 ; Sacc., Syll. vii, 
P- 3 ^* 
Granularia pisiformis , Roth, in Ust. Ann. Bot. Band i> 
st. i, s. 6, t. i, f. 1. 
On chips, leaves, and on soil. St. George’s Hill, Weybridge ! 
Powerscourt ! 
Peridia 4-6 mm. across, sessile, seated on a broad base, some- 
times flattened above ; peridiola compacted into a firm mass 
by the mucus originating from disintegration of the hypha. 
The species is rare everywhere, and was not seen by Tulasne, 
who consequently could add nothing to the imperfect descrip- 
tion given by Roth, hence it must ever remain doubtful as to 
whether we have the true species in view. 
Var. Broomei, n. var. 
Spores narrowly elliptical, with a thick hyaline epispore, 
10 X 4-5 M* 
Nidularia pisiformis , Tub 
Exs. — Rab., Fung. Eur. 1328. 
On pine wood, Batheaston ! 
