104 THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER. 



Asterina pelliculosa, Berkl. 



Asterina pelliculosa, Berkl. in Hook. f. Fl. Antarct., ii. p. 453, t. 164, fig. 1 ; Saccardo, SylL Fung., 

 iii. p. 46 ; BerkL in Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., xiv. p. 352. 



Bermudas. — On coffee leaves — Moseley. 

 Ceylon ; Cuba ; North America ; Tahiti, &c. 



DlSCOMYCETES. 



Geoglossum hirsutum, Pers. 



Geoglossum hirsutum, Pers., Comment., p. 37 ; Cooke, Myeogr., i. t. 1 ; Berkl., Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 Lond., xv. p. 49. 



Bermudas. — On dead sphagnum under ferns in Devonshire Marsh — Moseley. 

 The head, as well as the stem, is hispid. 



Widely spread in the temperate zone of the northern hemisphere, also in Java, 

 Mauritius, Bourbon, Cuba, and New Zealand. 



Hyphomycetes. 

 Sporidesmium antiquum, Corda. 



Sporidesmium antiquum, Corda, Ic. Fung., iii. fig. 11, var. sparsum, BerkL in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 Lond., xv. p. 49. 



Bermudas. — On dead stems — Moseley. 



North temperate regions ; Bombay. 



Myxomycetes. 

 Lycogala epidendrum, Fries. 



Lycogala epidendrum, Fries, Syst. M~yc, iii. p. 80; Rostaf., Mon., p. 285; Cooke, Myx. Brit., p. 75; 

 Berkl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., xiv. p. 351. 



Bermudas. — On fern (Osmunda) ; abundant — Moseley. 



Widely dispersed in warm and temperate countries, including Australia. 



ALGA 

 MELANOSPERME^E. 



FuCACE^E. 



Sargassum linifolium, K. A. Agardh. 



Sargassum linifolium, K. A. Agardh, Sp. Alg., i. p. 18; Kutz., Sp. Alg., p. 614; Rein in Bericbt 

 Senckenb. Naturf. Gesellsch., Frankf. am M., 1873, p. 151. 



Bermudas. — Rein. 



Mediterranean ; Adriatic ; Senegambia ; Mauritius. 



