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736. Eeticula/ria lurida, B. & Br. Depressa, olivacea, ex 

 hypothallo niveo oriunda, floccis erectis ochraceis, sporis 

 coneoloribus (No. 259). On dead wood. Flocci abundant 

 even : spores "0005 in diameter. 



259 is Dictydicethalucm plumbeum. Rest., in Kew 1664, and 

 in Herb. Peradeniya. 



737. Reticvlaria apiospora, B. & Br. Effusa, dendritica, 

 fulva : peridio fibroso-sericeo : sporis obovatis, basi breviter 

 auctis hyalinis (No. 266). On dead wood. Resembling when 

 young Hymenochcete dendritica : spreading widely : peridium 

 consisting of branched silky fibrils : spores •0003 long, "00015 

 wide. 



This species is a Hyphoniycete and has been re-described by 

 Massee as follows: — Trichosporium o/piosporum (B. & Br.), 

 Massee, Jour. Myc, 1889, p. 186, t. XIV., fig. 5. — Late effusum 

 fulvum : hyphis agglutinatis in fascicules dendritice radiantes : 

 conidiis ex apice subpiriformi ramulorum oriundis, ellipsoideis, 

 minute verrucosis, subhyalinis, 8-9 X 5. An ob colorem Isetum, 

 potius Sporotrichi species. (Sacc, Syll. X., p.583.) 



266 in Herb. Peradeniya, consists of a red-brown, rather 

 compact, mass of myceUum and spores. In the centre it is about 

 2 mm. thick, thinning out to the dendritically radiating margin. 

 The largest piece measures 3-8 cm. by 1*6 cm., but it is 

 evidently only part of a much larger specimen. The hyphae vary 

 from 2 to 4 /* in diameter, and are hyahne ; they appear to be 

 loosely interwoven everywhere, and bear the conidia on very 

 short lateral pedicels, either scattered or crowded. The conidia 

 are yellow-brown when magnified, oval, or subpyriform, with 

 short scattered spines, and measure 6 to 8 by 4 to 5 /* : at one 

 end there is a sUght coUar, showing the attachment to the pedicel, 

 and this, with the colour and spinules, makes the spores resemble 

 those of a Fomes, e.g. , Fames lucidus. 



738. B. atrarufa, B. & C, Jour. Linn. Soc, X., p. 347 

 (No. 17). On bark covered with moss. Peradeniya, Nov., 

 1867. Spores globose, -0002 in diameter. 



Fide Massee, this is Trichosporium Curtisii, Massee, Jour. 

 Myc, 1889, p. 185, t. XIV., f. 3. 



739. R. venulosa, B. & C, I.e. (No. 84). On dead wood 

 and mosses, Nov., 1867. 



Fide Massee, this is also Trichosporium Curtisii. In Saccardo, 

 Vol. X., p. 583, the names of tliis and the last species are given as 



