BRITISH FUNGI. 



Flor. no. 2G35.— Sporidia narrowly fusiform, straight or curved, often 

 quadriguttulate, -0008 in. (-02 m.m.) long. 



On stems and leaves of living Potentilla argentea. Albany. 

 June. {Peck. no. 280.) New York. ( W . W. Denslow, no. 88.) 



BRITISH FUNGI. 

 By M. C. Cooke. 

 Since the publication of the " Handbook of British Fungi " a 

 considerable number of additions have been made. Some of these 

 have already been enumerated or described by Messrs. Berkeley 

 and Broome in the "Annals of Natural History;" others we purpose, 

 from time to time, to describe and illustrate, as far as possible, in 

 this Journal. The following belong to the Order Coniomycetes : — 



Nemaspora grisea. Corda. " Grey Nemaspora." 

 Perithecia simple, fleshy, white ; nucleus white ; spores oblong, 



semi-pellucid, white ; tendrils greyish-white, sub-diaphanous, short. 



— Corda Ic. iii. /. 68. B. & Br. Ann. N.H. no. 1B10. Libert exs. no.. 



389. 



On dead twigs. Hatton. May 23, 1867. 



Protomyces. linger.— Entophytal. Spores simple, aggregated, 

 always immersed ; epispore firm, diaphanous ; endochrome granu- 

 lose, coloured; immersed in the matrix. — Unger Exantheme t. 5,/. 

 27. DeBary, Beitrage. CordaAnleitung,p.8. 



Protomyces Meny anthis . Be Bary. " Bogbean Protomyces." 



Spores aggregated in roundish or confluent patches, immersed in 

 the substance of the leaves, purplish on the surface ; spores sub- 

 globose, brownish. — Be Bary Brandpilze p. 19. Fckl. Sym. Myc.p. 

 75. Fckl. exs. no. 260. Cooke exs. no. 295. Berk, in Rabh. F.E. no. 

 1500. 



In leaves of Menyanthes trifoliata. 



Protomyces Ari. n. s. "Arum Protomyces." 



Spores aggregated in elongated patches in the substance of the 

 leaves and petioles, always covered, globose, simple, brown, endo- 

 chrome granular, epispore smooth. 



In leaves and petioles of Arum maculatum, Chichester. May, 

 1872. {Dr.Paxton.) 



JEcidium Statices. Besm. " Sea lavender cluster cups." 

 Hypophyllous. Spots sub rotund, or confluent and irregular, 

 purple ; peridia in subrotund circulating clusters, sometimes irregu- 

 larly disposed on the nerves and petioles, urceolate ; margin lacer- 

 ated, wmite ; spores orange. — Desm. exs. no. 132. Cooke exs. no. 

 444. 



On leaves and petioles of Statices. June — July. Fleetwood, 

 1859 {Rev. A. Bloxam). Walney Island, 1871 {C. Bailey). Near 

 Basingstoke, 1871 (7?. S. Hill). Near Chichester, 1872 (F. V. 

 Paxton). 



