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D. cincta, B. & Br. Gibson Wd.— Nat., June '94. El. Pk. Wd.! 

 Diaporthe rostellata, (Fr.) Nitsch. (Spharia, Fr.) On dead 



wood, Cr. Dn., 1892 — J.N. ! 

 Fenestella tetrarupha, (B. & Br.) Sacc. EL Pk. Wd. ! 



DOTHIDEACE^. 



Phyllachora graminis, (Pers.) Fckl. On leaves of Deschampsia 



cu-spitosa, Hdc. — J.N. 

 P. junci, Fckl. On J uncus stems, Cr. Dn.— J.N. ! 

 Rhopographus pteridis, (Sow.) Wint. (Dotkidea Jilicina, Fr.) 



On bracken, Cr. Dn., Hdc, Lud. Dn., El. Pk. Wd., etc. 



HYPOCREACE^. 



Nectria cinnabarina, (Tode.) Fr. Very common on dead 

 fallen branches and trunks (the first fungus to appear), 

 especially of beech, in woods. Semi-parasitic ; occas- 

 ionally seen on young trees which it kills. 



N. coccinea, Fr. 1789. " Found in great plenty about Halifax 

 in Jan. and Feb." — Bolton, Tab. 120, f. 1. Heb. Bdg. 

 1892— J.N. On twig, El. Pk. Wd., 1894 ' 



N. peziza, Fr. On bark, Cr. Dn. 1894— H.T.S. ! [J.N. 



N. sanguinea, (Bolt.) Fr. On elm bark and wood, Cr. Dn. — 



N. mammoides, Phil. & Plow. On bark, El. Pk. Wd. ; Hdc. 



N. episphseria, (Tode.) Fr. On Valsa tnrgida, 1894— /.N". 



N. bryophila, Sacc. On moist, partially decayed Sphagnum 

 in greenhouse, Nut Clough, Hebden Bridge — J.N. 

 First British record, Hx. Nat., V., p. 120. 



N. pumila, Schum. H. Gr., 1893 — Nat., June 1894. 



Sphaerostilbe gracilipes, Tul. On oak twigs, Heb. Bdg., 

 1897 — J-N. Both conidial and ascigerous conditions. 



Hypocrea rufa, (Pers.) Fr. 1789. Hx.— Bolton, Tab. 121, f. 

 2. Common in its conidial stage on cut or bruised sur- 

 faces of wood ; is a regular frequenter of wood-yards. 

 Much less common in the ascigerous or mature stage. 



H. riccioides, (Bolt.) Berk. " On dead branches close by the 

 brook below Ramsden Wood, Feb. 1790"— Bolton, 

 Tab. 182. 



Hypomyces chrysospermus, Tul. Common in its conidial 

 condition, as a parasite on several species of Boletus, 

 which it soon reduces to a shapeless mass. 



H. torminosus, Tul. Parasitic on the gills of L act anus tov- 

 minosus, Cr. Dn. — J.N. ! 



H. aurantius, Tul. On old Polyporus versicolor, Elland Hall 

 Wd. and El. Pk. Wd.—H.T.S. ! 



