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TWO SPECIES OF FUNGI KECENTLY OBSERVED 

 IN NORFOLK. 



Fuccinia Asteris. Fckl. — Sori seated upon yellow, then dis- 

 coloured spots, hemispherical, brown; spores brown, ovato-oblong, 

 apiculate ; peduncles very long. — Fuchel. Sym. Myc. p. 53. 



On both sides of the leaves and on the stems of Aster tripolimn. 

 Near King's Lynn. July, 1873. In tolerable plenty. 



This is a very well marked Puccinia ; the hemispherical sori are 

 in their early stage surrounded by a yellow zone, and remain 

 covered by the unruptured epidermis for some little time, which 

 gives them a peculiar ashy grey colour. Dr. P. Magnus informs 

 me this is the P. Tripolii of Wallroth, but the above name has 

 been adopted on account of its more comprehensive character. 

 Fuckel's plant was on the root leaves of A. amellus. I have a 

 closely allied, if not identical species, on the leaves of some Aster, 

 from Maine, U.S., from the Rev. E. C. Bolles. 



Macrospora scirpi. Fckl. — Perithecia scattered, covered by the 

 epidermis ; ostiolum obtuse, slightly prominent ; asci large, stipi- 

 tate, subclavate, at first innexed at the apex, then obtuse ; sporidia 

 oblong, obtuse, 5-septate, each loculus, except the two terminal, 

 longitudinally divided, slightly constricted, pale yellow. — Fckl. 

 Symb. Myc. p. 140, t. iii. /. 12. 



On Typha. King's Lynn. May, 1873. 



Regarded by Fackel as the Sphceria Scirpi of Fries. A very 

 different plant from Sp. scirpicola, D.C., in company with which it 

 was growing.* Charles B. Plowright. 



* I do not think that the above Puccinia can be separated from Puccinia 

 asterum, Schweinitz. Macrospora is an unnecessary increase of genera, and be- 

 longs to Pleospora, if that be entitled to rank as a genus.— [Ed. Grev.] 



CRYPTOGAMIC LITERATURE. 



Hoffmann, H. — On Geaster coliformis, P. in the " Botanische 

 Zeitung " for Jane, 1873. 



Gronlund, C. — Contributions to the Flora of Iceland (Ilepaticce 

 and Musci), in " Botanisk Tidsskrift." 



Hansen, C. — On the Diatoms found in Slesvig, in ct Botanisk 

 Tidsskrift." Pts. 1 and 2. 1873. 



Smith, W.G. — On " Abnormal Mushrooms," with numerous 

 figures, in the "Gardeners' Chronicle" for 26th July, 1873, pp. 

 1016-1017. 



O'Meara, Rev. E. — On Recent Researches in the Diatomacece, 

 in the " Journal of Botany," Aug., 1873. 



Church, A. H.~ On the composition of Lycoperdon giganteum, 

 Batsch., in the "Journal of Botany," Aug., 1873. 



Stirton, Dr. J. — Additions to the Lichen Flora of New Zea- 

 land, in the " Transactions of the Glasgow Society of Field Natu- 

 ralists " 1873. 



