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ASCOMYCETES. 



ONYGENACE.E. 



Onygena equina, Pers. 1790. " Hx., on the putrid hoofs of 



beasts " — Bolton, Tab. 178. 

 0. pilogena, Fr. On old stocking, rubbish heap, Barkisland, 



1894 — H.T.S. On old felt hat and rotting cloth-tab 



hearthrug, Pck. Wd., 1897— J.N. ! 



ELAPHOMYCETA CEM. 



Elaphomyces granulatus, Fr. A subterranean species. Pck. 

 Wd., 1893— /.iV. El. Pk. Wd., 1894 ! 



PYRENOMYCETES. 



PERISPORIACE^. 



Sphffirotheca pannosa, (Wallr.) Lev. Only too common on 



both wild and cultivated rose trees. 

 S. castagnei, Lev. On Spivcea ulmaria, H. Gr. — H.T.S. ! 

 Erysiphe polygoni, DC. (E. Mavtii, Lev.) On Heracleum 



sphondylium, Anthriscus sylvestris, etc. Common. 

 E. graminis, DC. On grass stems, Elland ! Mdgh.—J.N. 

 Eurotium herbariorum, Link. On old boot, Park Nook, 



and on Rubus spp. in Herb. C.C. The ascigerous 



condition of Aspergillus glaucus. [barioruiu.] 



[E. epixylon, Link. Ovenden — Nat., Sept. 1892, is E. her- 

 Anixia cyclospora, (Cke.) Sacc. (Orbicula cyclospora, Cke.j 



On wet, rotting newspaper, railway bank, Tag Lock ! 



and on stems in continental bale of herbs, warehouse, 



Hx.— H.T.S. 

 A. spadicea, Fckl. On rotting cloth hearth-rug, Pck. Wd. 



— J.N. Quite distinct from A. cyclospora. 

 Thielavia Soppittii, Crossl. On decaying stems of Cnicus 



palustris, Bn. CI. — Nat., Jan. 1900, figs. 4-6 ; Hx. Nat., 



IV., p. 114. 

 Perisporium vulgare, Corda. On rotting cloth hearth-rug, 



Pck. W r d., 1897— J- N - ! 



SPH^MACE^. 



Sphserella maculaformis, (Pers.) On fallen oak leaves, 



Cr. Dn. ! 

 S. rumicis, (Desm.) Common on living leaves of Ruincx spp. 

 S. hederse, (Sow.) On dead ivy leaves, Cr. Dn. ! 

 Stigmatea Robertiana, Fr. On green leaves of Geranium 



Robertiauuiu, Cr. Dn., 1893 — /•^ [J une J 894' 



S. polygonorum, Fr. On sweet-dock leaves, H. Gr. — Nat., 



