The Scottish Naturalist. 167 



East. Moray 



West. 



Cothall, Forres Rev. J. Keith. 



England. Europe. 



2219. Valsella clypeata Fckl. Symb. Myc. p. 203. 



Conceptacles clypeate, oblong, immersed in the parenchyma ol 

 the bark, black, inflating the epidermis into pustules, internally 

 olive, disk orbicular but for the most part elliptic, slightly prominent 

 through the ruptured epidermis ; white ; perithecia 4-8, densely 

 crowded in the conceptacle, globose, minute, black, the ostiola 

 papillaeform in the at length punctiform disc, not exserted, black ; 

 asci sessile, oblong, polysporous, 52x7 mik ; sporidia cylindrical, 

 obtuse at both ends, slightly curved, simple, 6-7 x 1^2 mik. 



On bramble-stems. April. 



East. Moray 



We S t. 



Altyre, 1880. Rev. J. Keith. 

 Europe. 



2220 Gibbera Saubinetii Mont. C. Hbk. No. 2526. 

 Holly twigs. March. 



East. Moray 



West. 



Forres, 1880. Rev. J. Keith. 

 England. Europe. America. 



2221. Massaria eburnea Tul. C. Hbk. No. 2533. 



On beech. July. 



East. Moray 



West. 



Darnaway, 1879. Rev. J. Keith. 

 England. Europe. 



2222. Lophiostoma hederae Fckl. Symb. Myc. p. 157. 



Perithecia scattered, nestling under the epidermis of the bark, 

 rarely free, of middle size, globoso compressed, very black, ostiolum 

 slightly prominent, broadly-compressed, semi-orbicular, subcrenulate, 

 of the same colour ; asci elongate, sessile, 8-spored, So x 8 mik : 

 sporidia biseriate, fusiform, curved, 4-nucleate, triseptate (?) hyaline, 

 20 x 4 mik. 



On ivy-stems. April. 

 East. — Moray 



West. 



Forres, 1879. ^ ev - J- Keith. 

 Europe. 



