62 DECADES OF FUNGI. 
simplicibus vel uni-biseptatis (Tab. 1, f. 1.)—Drumm. n. 212, 
n. 225 (in part). 
On decayed branches, either on the wood itself or growing 
from some Sphæria. 
Stroma scarce 1 line high, of a rich red-brown when 
moist, black when dry : flocci slender, short, very sparingly 
branched; spores globose or oval, often distorted, simple or 
with a single transverse septum, and sometimes one of the 
cells is divided by a vertical septum. 5 
Allied to D. moriformis, in which also the spores are large, 
more or less globose, and either really or spuriously septate. 
"Tab. I., f. 19a. Flocci of Dacrymyces rubro-fuscus : 
magnified. b. Spores in various stages of growth: magnified. 
— 56. Secotium melanosporum. n. sp.; pileo irregulari sub- — 
globoso umbilicato; primitus infra furfuraceo, superne — 
glabro; margine rotundato; velo appendiculato marginali; | 
stipite elongato subæquali ; hymenio stipite percurso ; sporis 
nigris. (Tab. I. f, 2.)—Drumm. n. 180. 
On the ground. 
Growing in clusters. Pileus 2-3 inches or more in dia- - 
meter, subglobose, umbilicate at first, sparingly furfuraceous 
except at the apex, margin very obtuse and rounded; vel — 
attached in laciniate fragments to the margin. Stem 2-23 
inches high -+ an inch thick, solid, passing completely … 
through the hymenium, which forms the whole mass of the — 
pileus, exhibiting on the base traces of the volva-like veil 
Spores minute, obliquely ovate when seen laterally, furnished - E 
with an extremely short peduncle, of a dark-chocolate | 
brown. In the largest specimen, towards the top of the 
stem within, are two little cavities which exhibit traces of an 
hymenium. These, however, do not appear to be constant. — 
This species agrees with S. erythrocephalum, Tul, in the _ 
dark-coloured spores; but it isa much larger and coarser 
species. à 
Tab. I. f. Secotium melanospormum ; nat. size.—4 MES 
highly magnified. 
