614 



Gen. 248. 



MTJCEDINES. 

 MENISPORA, Pers. 



Flocci erect, jointed; spores hetero- 

 geneous, acrogenous, fusiform, or cylin- 

 drical, simj)le, at first joined together in 

 bundles, then irregularly scattered over 

 the flocci. — Berk. Outl. p. 353. 



{Fig. 283.) 



1845. 



Corda, 



IVEenispoxa lucida. 



" ShiniDg Menispora."' 



Tufts minute, brown ; flocci erect, lax, 

 unequally septate or nodulose, brown 

 below, semi-pellucid, white above; spores 

 Fig. 283. fusiform, somewhat curved, obtuse, 



white.— CorJa. i. t. 4,/. 223. B. ^- Br. Ann. N.H. no. 530. 



On decayed wood. Jan. Lambley, Notts. {Fig. 283.)* 



1846. mienispora ciliata. Corda. "Fringed Menispora." 



Tufts somewhat effused, olivaceous, tomentose ; flocci erect, 

 dichotomous, lax, irregularly septate, sometimes incurved, olive- 

 brown, pellucid ; spores fusiform, colourless, furnished at each 

 extremity vdth a long slender cilium. — Corda. i. /. 222. Rahh. 

 F.E. no. S81. 



On sticks. Dec. Jan. Batheaston. 



Gen. 249. 



Fig. 284. 



ch.s:tofsis, Grev. 



Flocci erect, jointed, subulate, be- 

 low branched and verticillate, above 

 simple and flagelliform ; spores cylin- 

 drical, springing from the tips of the 

 branchlets. — Berk. Outl. p. 353. 



{Fig. 284.) 



1847. Chaetopsis Wauchii. Grev. 



" Wauch's ChBetopsis." 



Flocci aggregate, brown-black, 

 quite simple, above; spores oblong- 

 cylindrical, grey; conglomerated just 

 above the base upon very short 



