240 



Pezizaceae. 



Belonidium pruinosum, Massee. On dead branches, Q 



Cottage Grounds. 



fungi 



The mealv 



or pruinose appearance of the disc is due to the great accumula- 

 tion of spores, which, on escaping from the asci, are not disturbed 

 by currents of air as in most of the Pezizae, but remain on the 

 surface of the fungus until they have germinated. The object of 

 tins exceptional arrangement is at present unknown. 



Dasyscypha trichoidea, Sacc. On fallen pine leaves, 



Nicholson 



Queen 



Helotium Amenti, FcH. On dead fallen alder catkins, Arboretum, 

 (t. Nicholson. 



C A PEamU CTOll&nil B0Ud ' ° n ° ld r ° tten 8ackin S' Melon S round » 

 A beautiful little green fungus, a colour rarely met with in 



Sphaeriaobae. 



Chaetomium lageniforme, Corda. On dead fallen alder twig, 

 Queen s Cottage Grounds, G. Nicholson. 



New to Britain. 



H 



X 7/ a m ?, ulleniae > Berk. & Broome. On bamboo flower stake, 

 . M. Woolley. 



This fungus is an introduced species from Ceylon. It is not 

 icommon in the cmvflonc o«^ „u„ * *... i u — 



Gymnoascaceae. 



Endomyces Magnusii, Ludwig. 



This is one of the organisms always present in the "slime-flux" 

 or glairy substance dripping from the large weeping wounds often 

 present on the trunk or larger branches of various kinds of trees. 

 lnere are several very large wounds of this nature on the 

 horizontal branches of a horse chestnut, growing just within the 



north ontranoo +« tV.^ C\ »_ n - , .. « ' ° , ° ' 



Saccharomycetacbae. 



Ludwigii, Hansen 



u T- hiS *fl eaSt » is m lle of the onanisms present in the disease called 



siime-nux The yeast promotes fermentation and converts the 



cellulose cell- walls into a soluble substance, which oozes from the 



v? ,' ^ or f es P eciall > during rainy weather, under the form of 

 diluted, frothy gum. 



Melanconiaceae. 



Diplodia ilicicola, Desm. On dead hollv leaves, Queen's Cottage 

 Grounds, G. Nicholson. 



