SCHMITZOMIA. 379 



! On clematis : minnfe .. .. .. .. .. atro-alba. 



Ou honeysuckle : larger . . . . . . . . annul <ita. 



On Arundo phragmites : sporidia multiseptute . . arundinacea. 



On pine-leaves . . . . . . . . . . nivea. 



A. HYMENIUM BLACKISH. 



1. Schmitzomia atro-alba (no v. sp.). Phil, and Plow. 



Scattered, orbicular, urceolate, at first closed, then 

 open; margin entire, narrow, white, soon falling off; 

 hymenium nearly black ; asci cylindrical ; sporidia 8, 

 filiform, 90 X 1/x; paraphyses filiform, slender. (Plate 

 XII. fig. 74.) 



On clematis branches. 



About 30 to QOfj, broad. The small size and blackish 

 disc separate it from other British species. 



Name — Ater, black, albus, white ; from the black 

 hymenium and white margin. 



Dinmore, Herefordshire ! (Mr. C. B. Plowright). 



2. Schmitzomia Berkeleyana. (D. R and Lev.) 



Scattered or somewhat scattered, erumpent, superficial, 

 orbicular, nearly plane or patelliform, almost yellow- 

 greenish, at length discoloured, growing pale or cinereous, 

 pale or white within, pulverulent ; margin scarcely or not 

 at all exserted, very entire ; hymenium olivaceous or 

 nearly black, also primarily farinose; asci cylindrical; 

 sporidia filiform, septate, 150 — 200 X 1*5 — 'I/u ; para- 

 physes numerous, filiform. 



Stictis Berkeleyana — Dr. and Lev., " Flo. Alger.," 

 t. 89, f. 8 ; Gill., " Champ.," p. 180. Schmitzomia cleci- 

 piens— Karst., " Symb." p. 253 ; " Myco. Fenn.," p. 240. 



Exs. — Moug. and Nest., 1346. 



On dead stems of Artemisia vulgaris. 



North Wootton ! (Mr. C. B. Plowright). Sandy Lane, 

 Bristol ! (Mr. C. Bucknall). 



B. HYMENIUM OCHRACEOUS OR PALLID. 



3. Schmitzomia annulata. (Cooke and Phil.) 

 Gregarious or scattered, orbicular, urceolate, margin 

 snow-white, entire, annulate; hymenium ochraceous or 



