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N.W.— Leyburn (J. A. Wheldon). Masham (' Nat.', 

 Jan. '02). Sedbergh (Exc, '02). 



S.E.— Market Weighton (Exc, '97). Whitby. 



On living leaves of grass : Dactylis, Holciis, Poa, Phlaiiii, etc. 

 A peculiar fungus strangling the grass on which it is parasitic 

 {Mass. Text-Book of Plant Diseases, p. 125, f. 23). 



HYFOCRKA Fr. 

 1433- Hypocrea rufa (Pars.) [SphiFvia vividis Bolt.] . 



S.W. — Halifax, 1789 (Bolton, Tab. 121, fig. 2). 



Common on wood, especially on cut surfaces, in the conidia 

 {= TricJwderma vivide) stage ; much less so in the ascigerous 

 condition. A regular frequenter of woody ards. Records many 

 for each county division. 



1434. Hypocrea gelatinosa (Tode). 

 Mid W.— Harewood (F.F., '98). 



1435- Hypocpea fapinosa B. & Br. 

 N.E. — Scarboro', on dead wood. 



1436. Hypocpea pulchra (Wint.). 



N.E. — Terrington, on cow dung (Grev. xv. 4). 



1437. Hypocrea piccioidea Berk. 



S.W. — Ramsden \\'ood, Halifax, Feb. 1790, on dead 

 branches close by the brook (Bolton, Tab. 182 = Spharia 

 riccioidea). 



" On willow. Very rare. I have French specimens from 

 Dr. Montague " (Berk. Outl., p. 383). 



POLYSTIGMA DC. 



1435. Polystigma rubrum (Pers.). 



N.E. — Scarboro' ; Thirsk, on living leaves of Pynnns 

 domestica and P. spinosa (Grev. xiv.. Mar. '86). 



" A parasite often proving injurious to plum and almond 



trees by destroying the foliage. It also attacks the sloe and 



white-thorn " (Mass. Text-Book of Plant Diseases, p. 135, 



fig. 25). 



NECTRI.E. 

 SPH^ROSTILBE Tul. 



1439. Sphaspostilbe gpacilipes Tul. 

 vS.W. — Hebden Bridge, on oak twigs, both conidial 

 { = StiIbum) and ascigerous conditions (Fl. fL\.). 



