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(Sub-Spkaeropsis eylindrospora, Desm.) (D. and R. 

 Gardiner.) 

 On leaves of Hedera Helix (Ivy), in spring. 

 Tay (Forfarshire). 



III. Dendrophoma, Sacc. 

 Like Phoma, except in the branched or toothed basidia, each 

 bearing several sporidia. 

 *39. D. phyllogena, Trail. (D. and R. Trail, Sc. Nat. 1887, 

 p. 87.) 

 On dead spots on leaves of Ilex Aquifolium (Holly), at 

 Aberdeen. 

 Dee. 



IV. ASTEROMA, D.C. 



Pycnidia very minute, sub-globose, sometimes confluent, on 

 radiating fibrils. Sporidia one-celled, hyaline, ovoid, or 

 shortly cylindrical. 

 *4o. A. Padi, Grew, 1201, C. 441, M. 1166. (D. and R. 

 Greville.) 

 On leaves of Prunus Padus (Bird Cherry). 

 Tay, Argyle, Dee, Moray. 

 *4i. A. Ulmi, Klotsch, 1248, C. 448, M. 1 164. (D. Klotsch.) 

 On leaves of Ulmus campestris and U. montana (Elm). 

 Dee, Moray. 

 *42. A. Prunellse, Purt., 2257, C. 451, M. 1165. (D. Fer- 

 gusson.) 

 On leaves of Prunella vulgaris. 

 Tay, Dee. 

 *43- A. juncagiliearum, Rabenhorst, 1283. (D. and R. 

 Trail, no previous record.) 

 On scapes and leaves of Triglochin palustre, in peat mosses 

 near Aberdeen, in winter. 

 Dee. 



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Spots at first olive brown, then black and shining, smooth, often 

 12 mm., or more, in length, with dark-branched fibrils 

 radiating outwards in bundles. Among these lie scattered 

 minute dark pycnidia. 



France, Belgium, Germany. 



V. Neottiospora, Desm. 

 Pycnidia immersed, depressed-globose, with an orbicular or 



