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NEW OR RARE BRITISH FUNGI. 



usually 3 or 4-septate, 35-40 x 10 /x, with a short, thick, colourless 

 pedicel. 



On the leaves of Croton Vracoiwpsis. Golungo Alto ; Oct., 1855. 



NEW OR RARE BRITISH FUNGI. 



By Annje Lorrain Smith. 



Mortierella repens, ii.sp. My- 

 celium creeping, widely spread, spo- 

 rangiopliores rising from the myce- 

 lium, unbranclied, slender, slightly 

 tapering, very variable in length ; spo- 

 rangia globose, viirying in size from 

 20 /x in diameter, without any basal 

 collar; spores few, from five upwards, 

 globose, 11 /x in diameter. 



Collected by Mr. Jenkin on damp 

 earth, Newport, Monmouth ; January, 

 1897. 



M. Bainieri Cost. var. nov. Jen- 

 kini a. L. Sm. Sporangiophores about 

 1 mm. in height, branching in a sym- 

 podial manner, tapering from 10 /x in 

 width towards the base to 5 /x below 

 the sporangium, not constricted, and 

 without basal collar ; sporangia sphe- 

 rical, about 25 /x in diameter ; spores 

 numerous, exceedingly minute, ellipti- 

 cal, 3 X 2 /x, colourless. 



Collected by Mr. Jenkin on damp 

 earth at Newport; Jan. 1897. 



I was inclined to look upon this 

 plant as a new species on account of 

 the absence of basal collar and the 

 exceeding minuteness of the spores, 

 but the branching places it very close 

 to M. Bainieri. 



I found also on some damp earth 

 sent by Mr. Jenkin another form of 

 M. Bainieri with a similar habit of 

 growth, but altogether more robust 

 than the above ; the sporangium has 

 a distinct basal collar when the spores 

 are scattered, and the elliptical spores 

 measure 5-6 x 2-3 /x. Along with the 

 sporangia there are very beautiful 



