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NEW AND RARE BRITISH FUNGI. 



By Wm. Phillips and Charles B. Plowright. 

 (Continued from Vol. ii., p. 189j with plate 4-2.) 



14. Diplodia sapinea. Fckl. Symb. Mycol.,^^. 393. Fr. S3^stem. Myc. ii., 



p. 491. sub Spha3ria. 

 The septa in the spores are frequeutly deficient. On bark of 

 Pinus si/lvestris, Terrington, St. Clements. 



15. Diplodia viticola. Desm. Ann. Sc. Nat., 1838. Fckl. Symb. Mycol., 



2J. 395. 

 On bark of Vttis vinifera, North Wootton. 



16. Uiredo alchemillae. Pers. Synop. p. 215. Fckl. Symb. Mycol. p. 65. 

 On Alchemilla vulgaris. Specimens of this and of its Uromyces 



form, Trachyspora alchemilla, Fckl., have been found by Mr. T. 

 Brittain, in Derbyshire. 



17. Cronaxtium Fseoniae. Tul. Fckl. Symb. Mycol., ^. 66. 

 SphcEria jlaccida, A. & S. On living pasony leaves, St. 



Leonards-on-Sea. Miss Jelly. Agreeing exactly with specimens 

 received from Dr. P. Magnus. 



17. Toxula ulmicola. Rbh. Handb., p. 35. 



On elm bark, Rev. J. Keith, Forres, N. B., June, 1874. 



18. Torula pxofusa. Wallr. Fuckel Symb. Mycol., j7. 88. 



On oak bark, Rev. J. Keith, Forres. Not in an ascigerons 

 condition. 



19. Fericonia Fhillipsii. B. & Br. in Ann. Nat. Hist., Jan., 1875. 

 This minute species was found growing on the j)erpendicular 



surface of damp earth in the hollows left by the falling away of 

 stones, in company with Thtlocarpon superelluin, Nyl., a Lichen new 

 to our Flora. The spores are spherical, verrucose, and fuscous, 

 •0003 in. diam. 



Trefriw, North Wales, May, 1874, 



Plate A2, fig. 1. a. nat.size of plant ; b. magnified ; c. spores. 



20. Frotomycessagittariae. Fckl. Symb. Mycol., j?. 75. 



On Sagittaria sagittifolia. St. Leonards-on-Sea. Miss Jelly. 



21. Frotomyces xnacxospoxus. Ung. Exanth., p. 843, 

 On CEgopodium podagrai-ia. Shrewsbury, 



* INCitxula paludosa. Fr. Phillips. El. Brit., No. 2. 



This species abounds in boggy water courses near Capel Curlg 

 and Betws-y-Coed, North Wales. 



* Vibrissea txuncoxum. Fr. Phillips. El. Brit., No. 4. 



This is found in similar places to the preceding species, but 

 much rarer. Those published in El. Brit, were on dead stems of 

 birch lying in water. It is curious to observe the effect of change 

 of temperature on this plant, causing the filiform sporidia to dart 

 out suddenly from the hymenium like threads of spun glass. 



* Feziza succosa. B. Phillips. El. Brit., No. 10. 



We found this well-marked species when with the Woolhope 

 Field Club at Downton, near Ludlow, October, 1874. The sporidia 



