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XXVII.— Notices of British Fungi. By the Rev. M. J. 

 Berkeley, M.A., F.L.S. 



[With Plates.] 

 Continued from p. 208. 



108. Leptostromajuncinum,¥r.\ Scler. Suec. n. 330. Berk. 

 Brit. Fung. Fasc. 3. n. 197. On dead stems of Juncus con- 

 glomerate. Thringstone, Leic. Churchill Babington, Esq., 

 King's Cliffe. 



109. Diderma contextum, Pers., Obs. Myc. 1. p. 89. Ditm. 

 in St. Deutsch. Fl. t. 39. On grass, fern, &c. Wothorpe. 

 Norths. 



110. Didymium melanopus, Fr., Syst. Myc. v. 3. p. 114. /3. 

 Physarum Clavus, A. and S. p. 96. t. 2. fig. 2. On moss. 

 Apethorpe, Norths. 



111. Didymium xanthopus, Fr., 1. c. p. 120. Cionium xan- 

 thopus, Ditm. in St. Deutsch. Fl. t. 43. On ivy leaves, &c. 

 King's Cliffe. 



112. Diachea elegans, Fr. 1. c. p. 156. Trichia leucopodia, 

 Bull. t. 502. f. 2. On living leaves of Convallaria majalis, 

 &c. King's Cliffe. 



113. Stemonitis typhoides, Dec, Fl. Fr. vol. ii. p. 257. Ehr. 

 Sylv. Myc. Ber. fig. 7. On rotten wood. Apethorpe. 



114. Stemonitis arcyrioides, Sommerf., Fr. 1. c. p. 162. On 

 dead laurel leaves, &c. Apethorpe, Norths. Clifton, Notts. 



115. Arcyria ochroleuca, Fr. 1. c. p. 181. A. silacea, Ditm. 

 1. c. t. 8. On rotten wood. Colly weston, Norths. This spe- 

 cies has, I believe, been found in Scotland by Dr. Dickson. 



116. Ascotricha, n. g. Peridium thin, at length burst- 

 ing, clothed with dark, sub-pellucid, even, obscurely jointed 

 hairs. Sporidia simple, contained in linear asci. Superficial 

 at length free, or only supported by the investing thallus ; 

 black. 



Ascotricha chartarum. On white printed paper in a deal 

 candle-box. King's Cliffe. The present plant is one of con- 

 siderable interest, and not referable to any genus at present 

 established. When submitted to the microscope, if the asci 

 be distinctly seen, a hasty or superficial examination might 

 pronounce it a Sphceria of the division Villosce ; or on the other 

 hand, if the asci were not observed, a Chaetomium. A more 



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