The Scottish Naturalist. 219 



2253. Uredo statices Desm. C. Hbk, No. 1580. 



On Armeria maritima. Summer. — Autumn. 



East. Dee 



West. 



Aberdeen. Dr B. White. 

 England. Europe. 



2254. Synchytrium taraxaci De By. & Wor. Grcvillea, ii. p. 162. 



Cellules variable, seated beneath the cuticle of living leaves. Zoo- 

 gonidia '00013 mm. diam. 



On leaves of Taraxacum officinale. Summer — Autumn. 



East. ■ • Tay Dee 



West. Argyle 



England. Europe. 



2255. Ascobolus depauperatus B. & Br. C. Hbk. No. 2207. 



On rabbit- dung. 



East. ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ 



West. • Argyle 



Mull. Dr B. White. 



England. 



* A. glaber Pers. My col. Scot. p. 337, growing on the disc 

 of A. pilosus Fr. My col. Scot. p. 339. 

 Mr W. Phillips, to whom I submitted this singular case 

 of parasitism, has never met with a similar instance 

 in his researches among EPoellacei. 



2256. Apiosporium abietis Cke. Grevillea, ix. p. 94. 



Effused, black, velvety. Mycelloid hyphae black brown ; peri- 

 thecia globose, very small (*i mm. diam.) ; asci clavate ('02x '007 

 mm.) ; sporidia elliptical, hyaline ("005 x -002 mm.). Investing the 

 young twigs with a black incrustation resembling soot, in which the 

 perithecia are seated. The subiculum consists of an irregular mass 

 of brown cells resembling a low form of Sporidesmium. 



On twigs of living spruce. 



East. ■ Forth 



West. — 



Glencorse. Penicuik. Dr M. C. Cooke. 



The following districts are to be recorded for the species 



enumerated : — 



Tweed. — Agaricus ustalis Fr. ; A. columbetta Fr. ; A. sulphureus Bull. ; 

 A. clavipes Pers. ; A. inolens Fr. ; A. stipitarius Fr. ; A. tenerrimus Berk.; 

 A. phlebophorus Dittm. ; A. togularis Bull. ; A. marginatus Batsch. ; A. 

 cucumis Pers. ; A. gracilis Fr. ; Bolbitius hydrophilus Bull. ; Cortinarius 



