No. 28.] [June, 1875. 



dSr^uitlea^ 



A QUARTERLY RECORD OF CRTPTOGAMIC BOTANY 

 AND ITS LITERATURE. 



NOTICES OF NORTH AMERICAN FUNGI. 

 By the Rev. M. J. Berkeley, M.A., F.L.S. 



{Continued from page 112.) 



682. Zygodesmus fibrosus. B. Sf C— EfFusus fuscus, fibrillis 

 repentibus ; sporis fortiter echinulatis. 



On putrid leaves. Car. Inf. No. 2427. 



Effused, brown, mixed with creeping fibres, composed of slender 

 threads, which do not show the peculiar Zjgodesmoid structure, 

 visible however, in those which produce the short fertile threads 

 crowned by the strongly echinulate globose spores. 



683. Zygodesmus xamosissimiis. B. Sf .0 — Atro-fuscus : floccis 

 ramosissimis, fertilibus simplicibus divisisque ; sporis minoribus. 



On pine wood. Car. Inf. No. 2274. 

 _ Dark-brown ; threads very much branched ; fertile threads 

 simple or divided ; spores few, small, coarsely echinulate. 



684. Zygodesmus effusus. B. <Sf C— Effusus, alutaceus ; sporis 

 globosis in spiculas sitis. 



On decayed oak. Car. Inf. No. 2598, 



Effused, bright tan-coloured ; threads of two kinds, some with 

 the Zygodcsmoid joints, others branched and studded all over with 

 short prickles, Tvhich bear the globose spores. This curious species 

 combines the characters of Zygodesmns and Rhinotriclmm. 



685. Zygodesmus olivascens. B. Sf C. — Luteo-olivaceus, effusus, 

 tenuis ; floccis fertilibus digitatis. 



Under decayed pines. Car. Inf. No. 8204. 

 Forming bright-yellow olive thin patches ; fertile threads 

 digitate. 



686. Virgazia fuscopuzpurea. B. Sf C— Floccis tenuibus flexu- 

 osis simplicibus articulatis atropurpureis, sporis subellipticis. 



On oak twigs. Car. Inf. No. 371, 2173. 



Forming a thin purple-black stratum ; flocci simple, erect, flexu- 

 ous, articulated'; spores subelliptic. 



687. Virgaria uniseptata. B. S^' C— Floccis tenuibus, simplicibus 

 articulatis ; sporis oblongis uniseptatis. 



On putrid oak wood. Dark brown ; threads simple, more closely 

 articulated than in the last ; spores oblong, short, uniseptate. 



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