486 ASCOMYCETES. 



Order 5. FIMETARIALES. 



Some of the species of this order occurring in Bermuda are : Fimetaria 

 fimicola (Rob.) D. Griff. & Seaver; Pleurage fimiseda (Ces. & DeNot.) D. 

 Griff., Sporormia minima Auersw. and an unnamed species of Chaeto- 

 miurn. All occur on the excrement of animals. 



Order 6. SPHAERIALES. 



This is a large order and well represented in Bermuda. One of the 

 most common species is Rosellinia subicukita (Schw.) Sacc., a species 

 formings small black knobs on rotten wood and occurring on a large variety 

 of substrata. Xylaria filiformis (Albert. & Schw.) Fries was also found 

 to be abundant on dead leaves and Poronia Oedipus Mont, on the excre- 

 ment of cows. The last named species is rather conspicuous and attrac- 

 tive. Several species of Hypoxylon were also collected, the plants of the 

 genus forming black crusts on decaying wood and other substrata. 



Order 7. HELVELLALES. 



This order includes the " earth-tongues " of which Trichoglossum 

 1/irsutum Wrightii Durand and Geoglossum nigritum Cooke are the most 

 common both occurring on rocky moss covered hillsides. 



Order 8. PEZIZALES. 



This order which is a very large one contains the true cup-fungi of 

 which about twenty identifiable species have been collected. Among these 

 the hairy cups, Laclmea pulcherrima (Cr.) Bond, and Lachnea theleboloides 

 (Albert. & Schw.) Gill, are found to be common on the excrement of cows. 

 Ascophanus gramdiformis (Cr.) Bond., Ascobolus stercorarius (Bull.) 

 Schroet., Ascobolus immersus Pers., Saccobolus Kerverni (Cr.) Bond., 

 Lasiobolus equinus (Muell.) Karst. and Thecotheus Pelletieri (Cr.) Boud. 

 also occur on the dung of different animals. Among the wood-inhabiting 

 species are Gongoniceps Pumilionis Rehm, Dasycypha earoleuca Berk. & 

 Br., Patellaria atrata (Hedw.) Fries and Karschia lignyota (Fries) Sacc., 

 the last two resembling lichen apothecia. 



Order 9. HYSTERIALES. 



The black boat-shaped fruiting bodies of the fungi of this order are 

 usually found on rotten wood. Two species were found to be common, 

 Gloniopsis lineolatum (Cooke) Sacc., and Hysterographmm praelongum 

 (Schw.) Sacc. 



Order 10. PHACIDIALES. 



The plants of this order resemble those of the preceding but are not 

 always black. Three species have been collected, Propolis faginea 

 Schracl.) Karst., Stictis radiata (L.) Pers., and Stictis graminum Desm. 



Sub-class 4. BASIDIOMYCETES. 



The Basidiomycetes also comprise a very large group of fungi of 

 varied form and habits. Unlike the Ascomycetes, the spores of the Basid- 



