w 



in the new edition of 



'Epicrisis' (p. 700), that the greater part of the described 

 species of Hy menu la do not really belong to Hymeno- 

 mycetes. Some are doubtless conidiiferous forms ot asco- 



phorous Fungi. . „ 



P tussilaginis, B. & Br. Badhamia capsulilera 



Cooke, Exs. Peridiis depressis, adnatis, tenuissimis nitidis, 

 capillitio ramoso tenui albo ; sporis globosis, asperw. . 



On leaves of T u s s i 1 a g o , first discovered by Mr. Bnttain. 

 It is quite certain that this is not Sphaerocarpus cap- 



sulifer, Bull. 



Arcyria Friesii, B. & Br. „ . § 



tatis, globoso-ovatis, cinema; capillitio ovato-cyhndrico sporis- 



que glaucis. 



On sawdust. Glamis, Rev. J. Stevenson. 



G 



re a 



The plant which generally passes for Arcyria cine- 

 1C «, and which is figured in the 'Flora Danica, and is 

 common in exotic as well as British collections, has not 

 glaucous spores. The specimens received above appear to 

 be what Fries intended ; and therefore the above name is 

 assigned to them. The capillitium is coarser than that ot 

 A cinerea, and the spores are decidedly blue. Its habit 

 also is different, the peridia being scattered in A. cinerea. 



A. ferruginea, Rtf. Mon. 



On dead wood. Sow. Herbarium. m 



Included otten in A. punicea, from which it differs 

 not only in colour, but in the comparative sjze ot the 



SP ° r A. (Lachnobolus) congesta, B. & Br Peridiis in 

 massas orbiculares congestis scssilibus, nitidis, flavo-umbrinis ; 

 floccis exasperatis sporiaque concolonbus. 



On dry wood. Halse House, Somerset, October 1861, 



C. E. Broome. 



Forming orbicular masses >/« inch in diameter consist- 

 ing of crowded shining umber peridia, looking at first like 

 a Lice a or a heap of moth's eggs Just the coloui r ot 

 gingerbread. Spores globose, '0003 -"0004 inch in diameter. 



Perichaena decipiens, B. & Br. Sporis majonbus 

 minoribusque laete aureis. 



On fir-cones. Perth, Dr. Buchanan White. 



The external appearance is just ths same as that of 

 P. strobilina; but the spores are bright yellow and ot 

 two kinds, the larger 0009-002 inch long those of P 

 strobilina '001-0012 inch long, which is about the size 

 of the smaler spores of P. decipiens. 



