138 BRITISH FUNGI. 



clavate ; spores obovate, fixed by the truncate base, pallid. — B. 4" 

 Br. Ann. N. H., No. 1379, t. 1 , f. 3. 



Growing on decayed substances under glass. Batheaston. Feb. 



Spores -0004--0005 in. long. Sometimes the tips of the threads 

 have an articulation, and possibly form a second spore. 

 Helminthosporium exasperatum. B. cs Br. 



Flocci flexuous, nodulose above, fructiferous ; spores oblong, 

 obtuse at each end, triseptate. — B. § Br. Ann. N. H., 1380, t. 7, 



On Sweet William. Sibbertoft. 



Flocci knotted above, each knot bearing an oblong spore, -0012- 

 •0018 in. long, -0004--0005 in wide. 



Dactylium impiexum, B $ Br. 



Flocci erect, interwoven ; spores nearly cylindrical, apiculate at 

 the base, terminal.— B. 4' Br. Ann. N. H., 1381, t. 1 ,f. 5. 



On the inside of a willow. Hereford. 



Spores -001--0012 in. long. 



Dactylium melleum. B. & Br. 



Stratum thin, honey-coloured ; flocci branched at the tips, 

 branches bearing acute ramuli, with terminal uniseptate spores. — 

 B. 4- Br. Ann. N. H., 1382, t. 8,f. 6. 



On decayed Polyporus or Stereum. Feb. 



Spores -0005 in. long. Approaching Diplocladium minus, of 

 Bonorden. 



Dactylium Rennyi. B. # Br. 



Flocci sparingly branched above, branches crowned at the tips 

 with clavate ramuli ; spores elliptical, uniseptate. — B. 4" Br. Ann. 

 N. H., 1383. 



On stumps. Hereford. 



Very near Diplocladium minus, Bonorden, but the spore-bearing 

 ramuli are obtuse above, slightly clavate, and attenuated. 

 Feronospora ficaxiae. Tid. 



Fertile threads 5-6 times dichotomous, ultimate and penultimate, 

 ramuli arcuate and deflexed, ultimate subulate, conidia broadly 

 ellipsoid, obtuse, epispore pale, violet-tinted. Oospores having the 

 epispore of a pallid yellowish-brown. — Tulasne. Comptes Rendus, 

 Jan., 1854. B. ^ Br. Ann. N. H., No. 1399. DeBary, Ann. dts 

 Sci.Nat., 1863, xx.,p. 117. 



On Ranunculus ficaria. Forden. May. 



Fezonospoxa lamii. Be By. 



Fertile threads short, 5-7 times dichotomous, branches attenuated, 

 patent, all more or less arcuate, ultimate ramuli acute, conidia dis- 

 tinctly pedicellate, globose-ovoid, obtuse, epispore pale dull violet 

 tint ; oospores small, brown. — De Bary in Ann. des Sci. Nat., 

 1863, xx., p. 120. B. 4- Br. Ann. N. H., No. 1400. 



On Lamium rubrum. Forden. May. 



Tufts dense, forming grey spots on the under surface of the 

 leaves. 



