nxan Society above quoted ; at the fame time acknow- 

 ledging my obligations to the Rev. Mr. Relhan for 

 the follow ing account : — 



The JEcidium fufcum is a parafitical fungus, grow- 

 ing on various plants, ufually on the under furface of 

 their leaves ; but it fometimes grows on their upper 

 furface, and even on the petals of Jnemone nemoroja. 

 It does not appear that the effential parts of frudlifi- 

 cation in the Anemone are injured by its i~»refence on 

 the petals. 



]Mr. Relhan favoured me with fpecimens anfwering 

 to the above account. It grows from untler the fkin, 

 and is limply compofed of a thin coat, containing fuf- 



cous feeds. Whether Dr. Pulteney's plant be really 



the fame fpecies is doubtful, as he defcribes the powder 

 of a white colour. 



TAB. LIV. 



SPHyERIA PUNCTATA. 



PEZIZA PUNCTATA. Linn. Sp. PL 1650. Hudf, 634. 

 With. 435. Bull t. 252 &: /. 438. /.' i. 



1 HE upper furface of this plant in its young ftate 

 emits a fine powder or farinaceous dulf, without any 

 appearance of pun6lures. In a more advanced ftate it 

 becomes pundlured, and the fpots are found on exa- 

 mination to be the mouths of little fphasrical cavities, 

 hollowed out of the fubftance of the fungus. They 

 contain a black duft, probably the feed. 



TAB. LV. 



SPHtERIA hypoxylon. 



CLAVARIA HYPOXYLON. Linn. Sp. PL 1652. HudJ. 



639. IVith. 456. 

 C. coRNUTA. BulL t. 180. 



Common on old ftumps of trees, pofts, railing, &c. 

 all the year round, in one ftate or other. The ium- 

 inits are at firft white ; after\^'ards the ftalks are co- 

 vered towards the top with half-imbedded fpha^rules, 

 containing black feeds. There is a ftr iking generic 

 affinity between this and the laft. 



