NEW BRITISH FUNGI. 113 



A most interesting addition to tlie British Flora. It was ex- 

 hibited at the Perth Fungus Show, and is wholly unlike any 

 described species. The sporidia are smaller than in any other 

 British Xylaria, Commonly Q-'6 heads arise from the rooting 

 stem. 



Valsa lauro-cezasi. Tul. Carp. ii. 196. 



Stylospores^ Ceutliospora lauri. 



AscoPHORE = Perithecia 6-8, disposed in a circle, raising the 

 cuticle, which is sometimes blackened above the swollen clusters ; 

 asci clavate ; sporidia narrowly elliptical, small, hyaline, straight.— 

 Cooke Fungi Bvitt. ii. ined. 



On branches of cherry laurel. Forden. 



Not having seen specimens, which are authenticated as the 

 species intended by Tulasne, it is difficult to determine whether our 

 plant is his species. The sporidia are larger, but for the present it 

 seems advisable to include it under his name. 



This is interesting from its association with Ceuthosjwra Lauri^ 

 which occurred at the extremities of the twigs; jDassing down- 

 wards it was replaced by the Valsa, which resembled the former so 

 closely that the two could scarcely be distinguished by a lens. On 

 the older branches the absence of the blackened cuticle caused the 

 resemblance to be less perfect. Asci '04 m.m. long ; sporidia 

 •01-"012 m m.long. 



Sphoeiria (Spororinia)Notazisii. Car. Rahh. Fung. Eur. QlQh. 



Perithecia black, rather shining, ovoid or rounded ; ostiola wart- 

 like or mamilljeform ; asci cylindrical, octosporous ; sporidia tetra- 

 merous, brown, not apparently surrounded by a hyaline coat. — 

 Hedwigia, 1868,/). 69, t. l,Jig. 1. 



On grouse dung. Rannoch, Dr. Buchanan White. 



Sporidia •022--026 X •004-'005 m.m. ; segments of the 

 sporidia -005- -006 m.m. long. 



Sphoexia (Sozdaxia) curvula. D.By. Morph. Filze,p. 209. 



Perithecia scattered, superficial, or rarely semi- immersed, oblong- 

 conical, rugulose, densely clothed with articulate fasciculate brown 

 hairs ; asci broad, cylindrical, stipitate ; sporidia ovate or elliptic, 

 dark brown, with hyaline terminal ajDpendage ; paraphyses articu- 

 lated, longer than the asci. — Sphcei'ea stercorarai, Fungi Britt. i. 

 589. 



On cow dung. King's Lynn (C. B. Plowright). Eannoch 

 (Dr. Buchanan White). 



Sporidia '029 X "015 m.m., without appendage. 



Sphoexia (Denudatae) ostioloidea. Cooke. 



Gregarious. Perithecia minute, black, subglobose, with a 

 slight papillate ostiolum, seated on the stroma of Biatrype ; asci 

 cylindrical, narrow; sporidia uniseriate, linear, straight, minute, 

 hyaline. 



Parasitic on Diatrype quercina. Forden, 



Quite different from Sphceria nigerrima. The perithecia are very 



