178 BRITISH FUNGI. 



Phoma projecta. Cooke. 

 Gregarious, ernmpent ; perithecia globose, black, piercing the 

 blackened cuticle with the prominent ostiola; spores narrowly 

 elliptical with 1-3 nuclei. — Fungi Britanm'ci, it., 20, with Jig. 

 On stems of Umbelliferce. Mickleham. June. 

 Spores "015 m.m. long, 



Phoma Pinastri. Lev. Ann. Sci. Nat., ISiG., v. p. 282. 

 Perithecia gregarious, innate, globose, black, covered by the lace- 

 rated epidermis, pierced at the apex. Spores oblong, brown. — Cooke 

 Fungi Briit., ii., No. 16. 



On scales of fir cones. Eastbourne (C. J. Muller). 

 Spores -01 X •006--007 m.m. 



Hendersonia exigua. Cooke. 



Perithecia scattered, minute, punctiform, membranceous, blackish 

 brown, becoming flattened. Spores small, elliptic, bi-septate, pale 

 brown. — Fungi Britannici, ii. 24, with Jig. 



On smooth bark. 



Perithecia not more than "085 m.m. in diameter. Spores .01- • 

 •012 m.m. long. 



Excipula congregata. Cooke. 



Gregarious, forming dark patches on the stems. Receptacle 

 immersed, furnished with stiff erect black bristles, which burst 

 through the cuticle. Spores linear, curved, obtuse. 



On dead stems of wood spurge. Darenth. 



Melanconium elevatum. Ca. Icon. Hi. 22, jig. 60. 



Stroma broad, white, rarely obliterated, spore-mass very black, 

 diffluent. Spores ovoid or oblong, brown. — Bert. ^ Br. Ann. N. H. 

 No. 1462. 



On oak. Langridge. Dec. 



Spores (-0005 in.) -0127 m.m. long. 



Pestalozzia funerea. Desm. Ann. ScL Nat., 184:3., isia;., p. 335. 

 Cooke Handbook, No. 1402. Berk. ^ Br. Ann. N. H., No. 1463. 



On Cwpressus macrocarpa. Hatton. 



Torula splendens. Cooke. (PI. 48, fig. l.J 

 Effused in dense black velvety patches. Flocci attenuated 

 upwards, sometimes with one or two patent branches, joints sub- 

 globose, compressed, not readily separating, dark brown. 

 On bark. Forres (Rev. J. Keith). 



A truly splendid species, the flocci have no tendency to breakup, 

 and are fully '25 m.m. long, the joints are '01 m.m. diam. towards 

 the base, but smaller above. We know of no described species to 

 which it can be referred. 



Helicomyces tubulosus. Riess. fPl. 48, Jig. B.J 

 White, pellucid, farinaceous. Spores concatenate in a long 



spiral thread, with a very short stem, joints subquadrate, nucleate. 



— Riess in Bot Zeit., 1853, fig. 11-13. 



On rotten wood. Hereford (J. G. Morris). 



