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ON A NEW BRITISH SPECIES OF ASCOBOLUS. 

 By W. Phillips, F.L.S. 



Aseobolus ainethystinus, n.s. — Sessile, scattered, at first sphae- 

 rical, then expanded, concave, externally dark purple, verrncose ; 

 disc nearly black ; margin serrated ; asci sub-cylindrical ; sporidia 

 8, elliptical, rather narrow at the ends, hyaline, becoming purple, 

 coarsely verrncose ; paraphyses simple, enlarged at the apices. 

 Sporid -0011 X -0006 in. 



On damp sandy soil on the margin of the river Severn. Shrews- 

 bury. Oct., 1875. 



This beautiful species in its early condition is perfectly sph^erical, 

 without any trace of a pore at the summit, it then becomes 

 fractured by an ii-regular aperture, which gradually expands, 

 leaving rather a thin serrated margin to the cup. The cells com- 

 posing the exterior are of a beautiful amethyst purple under the 

 microscope, and when pressed yeild their coloring matter to sur- 

 rounding objects. The cups attain a diameter of half an inch. 



This species is near A. atrofuscous, but differs from it in the re- 

 ceptacle being purple, the sporidia narrow at the ends and more 

 coarsely verrncose, the asci being sub-cylindrical and the paraphyses 

 enlarged at the summits, beside other characters given above. 



ELVELLACEI BRITANNIC!. 

 By VV. Phillips, 



The second Fasciculus just issued contains : — 



51. Morchella semilibera, Z>.C 52. Verpa digitaliformis, P(T.<?. 

 53. Mitrula cucullata, (Batsch.) Fr. 54. Geoglosaum viride, 

 Pers. 55. G. glabrum, Fers. 56. Rhizina undulata, Fr. 57. 

 Peziza trachycarpa, Cim\ 58. P. Chateri, Sm. 59. P. macro- 

 cystis, Cooke. 60. P. semi-immersa, Karst. 61- P- coccinea, 

 Jacq. 62. P. lanuginosa. Bull. 63. P. sepulta, Fr. 64. P. 

 scutellata, L. 65. P. umbrata, Fi-. 66. P. resinaria, Cooke tj- 

 FhilUps. 67. P. clandestina, Bull. 68. P. palearum, Desm. 

 69. P. trichodea, Ploio. ^ Phill. 70. P. controversa, Cooke. 

 71. P. luznlina, Phillips. 72. P. flammea, A. ^ S. 73. P. 

 escharodes, B. Sf Curt. 74. P. ulmarise, Lusch. 75. P. villosa, 

 Pers. 76. P. cfesia, Pers. 11. P. fusca, Pers. 78. P. firma, 

 Pers. 79. P. cyatlioidea, Bull. 80. P. solani, Pers. 81. P. 

 hepatica, Bnfsch. 82. P. fusaroides, Berk. 83. P. ulcerata, 

 Phillips. 84. P. arenevaga, Desm. 85. P. viburnicola, B. ^ Br. 

 86. Helotium aeruginosum, Fr. 81. H. herbarum, Fr. 88. H. 

 epiphylhim, Fr. 89. H. pruinosum, Je7'd. 90. Patellaria atrata, 

 Fr. 91. P. rhabarbarina. Berk. 91. P. discolor, 3Io7it 93. 

 Tympanis ligustri, Tul. 94. Oenangium subnitidum, Cooke ^ 

 Phillips. 95. Aseobolus vinosus, B. 96. A. glaber, Pers. 97. A. 

 ciliatus, Sclim. 98. A, testaceus, B. ^ Br. 99. Stictis graminis, 

 Desm. 100. Stictis seriata, Lib. 



