1 68 The Scottish Naturalist. 



* Psilosphseria Stevensoni * B. & Br. My col. Scot. p. 388. 



In recent "Notices of British Fungi" ('Annals and 



Magazine of Natural History,' February 1881), Messrs 



Berkeley and Broome give the following description 



of this species : — 



Black, fragile, scattered, subglobose, smooth ; sporidia oblong, 

 2-3 septate, '0002 long. Under the lens it splits with pressure into 

 several fragments. 



2223. Lasiosphaeria superficialis Curr. Sphceria, C. Hbk. No. 

 2567. 

 On pine-stick. Aug. 



East. Moray 



West. 



Rothiemurchus, 1879. ^ ev - J- Keith. 

 England. 



2224. Sordaria maxima Nees. Niessl. Beitr. p. 38. Winter 



Sord. p. 22, t. 8, Jig. 12. Grevillea, viii. p. 107. 



Perithecia gregarious, caespitose often confluent, ovoid, oblong or 

 subpyriform, brownish-black, rugulose, '6-' 12 mm. in height ; asci 

 clavate, cylindrical, stipitate, apex obtusely rounded, 4-spored, spor- 

 iferous portion , i4-'i6x "02- '025 mm.; stem of ascus •265-'28o mm. 

 long ; sporidia uniseriate, oblong, brownish-black, nucleate, involved 

 in gelatine, '034-'042 x 'oi8-'024 mm. 



On rabbit-dung. July. 



East. Moray 



West. 



* 



Forres, 1879. Rev. J. Keith. 

 Europe. 



Sporormia minima Awd. Mycol. Scot. p. 396. 



Rannoch. Dr B. White, 1875. 



2225. Sphasria sordaria Fr. C. Hbk. No. 2599. 



On fir-chips. Nov. 

 East. Moray 



West. Argyle 



England. Europe. 



2226. S. ditopa Fr. C. Hbk. No. 2663. 



On alder-twigs. April. 



East. ■ Moray 



West, - — 



Forres, 1880. Both forms. Rev. J. Keith. 

 England. Europe. 



