The Scottish Natiwalist. 1 1 5 



This species comes very near Massaria cburnoides, Sacc, 

 but the sporidia are twice as large as in Saccardo's plant. 



On lime twigs. May. 



East. — — — — Moray — 



West. — — — — 



Drumduan, Forres. Rev. Dr. Keith. 



3001. Sordaria equorum Winter. Sord. p. 13, /. 7,/ 2. Gre- 



villea, Vol. IV. p. 124. Vol. III. /. 42,/. 7. (a) section 

 of fungus enlarged, (b) sporidia, (c) ascus and paraphyses. 



Coprolepa equorum Fckl. Symb. My col. p. 240. 



Perithecia scattered, in a thin subcoriaceous crustlike 

 stroma on the surface of the matrix, covered with a dark 

 brown villosity; ostiola black, somewhat conical; asci 

 cylindrical, octo-sporous ; sporidia uniseriate, ovate or 

 oblong, black, simple, surrounded by a gelatinous en- 

 velope, '017 x '007 mm. 

 On horse dung. July. 

 East. — — — — Moray — 



West. — — — — 



Sanquhar. Rev. Dr. Keith. 



* Sphaeria (Pleospora) herbarum Pers. (Mycol Scot. p. 405). 

 Var. Pisi. On pea straw. June. Forres. Rev. Dr. Keith. 



3002. Sphaeria praeterrnissa Karst. Myc. Fenn. Ft. II. p. 89. 



Perithecia gregarious, covered with the epidermis which 

 is more or less discoloured, sphaeroid, flattened at the base, 

 furnished with a slightly prominent, often obsolete, widely 

 perforated papilla, glabrous, even, black, 0,5 p. broad. 

 Asci cylindraceo-subclavate, no p. long (the spore 

 bearing part), 10-n p. thick. Sporidia 8, monos- 

 tichous, oblong, obtuse at both ends, straight or slightly 

 curved, 3 septate, more or less constricted at the septa, 

 of a very faint yellowish brown colour, 18-32 p. long, 

 7-10 fi. thick. Paraphyses filiform, crowded, some- 

 what coalescing. 



On dead raspberry stems. May. 



East. — — — — Moray — 



West. — — — — 



Dunphail. Rev. Dr. Keith. 



Europe. 



3003. Sphaerella innumerella Karst. Myc. Fenn. II. p. 182. 



Grevillea, Vol. VIII. p. 109. Plow. Sphaer. Brit. fasc. 

 III., 98. 



Perithecia hypophyllous, gregarious, erumpent spheri- 

 cal, pierced by a pore, black, 75-100 p. broad; asci very 

 shortly stipitate, cylindraceo-clavate, sometimes obliquely 



