3I4 EPPIXG FOREST FUNGI. 



PYRENOMYCETES. 



"Sordaria decipiens, Winter. On rabbit dung. 



*S. coprophila, De Not. On horse dung. 



'■■S. curvula, Fr. On cow dung. 



='=Sporormia intermedia, De Not. On horse dung. 



"S. minima, Auersw. On horse dung. 



fDelitschia insignis, Mouton. On horse dung. 



JjlSCOMYCETES. 



■'■'Lachnea crucipila, Cke. On horse dung. 



Mollisia cinerea, Karst. On dead wood. 



Helotium virgultorum, Lmk. On dead wood. 

 *Orbilia xanthostigma, Pers. On damp rotten wood. 



Ascobolus furfuraceus, Pers. On horse dung. 

 ='=A. vinosus, Berk. On rotten dung. 

 *A. glaber, Fr. On horse dung. 

 "Rhyparobius sexdecemsporus, Crouan. On horse 



dung. 

 *Ascophanus granuliformis, Bond. On horse dung. 

 "'Gymnoascus reesii, Baran. On horse dung. 



PHYCOMYCETES. 

 Pilobolus crystallinus, Pers. On cow dung. 



HYPHOMYCETES. 



fSporodesmium piriforme. Corda. On horse dung. 

 *Sterigmatocystis dubia, Sacc. On horse dung. 

 *Oedocephalum fimetarium, Sacc. On horse dung. 

 ■ Fusidium griseum, Lmk. On dead oak leaves. 



The above hst shows that our knowledge of the Fungi of 

 Essex is by no means complete, and among the minute species 

 more especiall}/, probably hundreds of forms at present growing 

 in the county are unrecorded. Delitschia insignis, new to 



t Indicates species neiv to Britain. 

 ■■'• Those new to Essex. 



