278 



Lapacendro infarinato. Venturi Stud. Myc, p. 40, t. 13, f. 122, 123. 

 Sphaeria lateritia. Fries Sys. Myc. n., p. 338. 



„ ,, Fries Elench. ii., p. 66. 



„ ,, Moug. and Nest. fasc. XIV., No. 1334. 



„ „ Currey Linn. Trans. (1858), p. 267, t. 46, f. 47. 



„ „ Kunze, Myc. Heft, ii., p. 42. 



„ ,, Berk. Eng. Fl. v., pt. ii., p. 238. 



Hypocrea lateritia. Fries Sum. Veg. Sc, p. 383. 



Mazer. PI. Cryp. Gall, xvi., 776. 

 „ Berk. Outlines, p. 383. 



On the hyraenium of Lactarius deliciosus. Whitfield and Merry-hill Com- 

 mon, near Hereford, 1874 ; Coed Coch, Oct., 1880. 



Tliis is quite distinct from Hyiwmyccs torminosus, with which it seems to be 



confounded by some Continental fungologists. It is thicker, more fleshy, and, 



especially in the earlier stages, frosted over with white meal. 



Plate 3 A. a Lactarius deliciosus with its Hypomyces. Nat. size. 

 i Perithecia enlarged. 

 c Perithecium X 140. 

 d Asci and sporidia X 400. 

 e Sporidia X 800. 



4. Hypomyces torminosus, Tul. Perithecia small, sphserical, de- 

 pressed, honey -coloured, papillate, papilla darker ; "24 mm. in diameter ; pro- 

 duced amongst the floccose subiculum, which varies in amount and colour. 



Asci elongate, cylindrical ; "112 mm. long by "006 to "007 mm. wide. 

 Sporidia eight, uniseriate, uniseptate, lanceolate, acuminate, very pale 

 yellow ; '018 to "02 mm. long by "004 to '0045 mm. wide. 



Hypomyces torminosus. Tul. Sel. Fung. Carp, in., p. 40. 

 Cooke Hdbk., p. 779. 

 Plow. Sph. Brit. II., No. 4. 

 Nectria torminosa. Mont. Syll., p. 225, No. 788. 



Hypocrea floccosa. Fries Sum. Veg. Sc, p. 564. 



„ „ Berk, and Br. Ann. N. H., No. 593. 



„ „ Berk. Outl., p. 383. 



On the hymenium of Lactarius torminosus. Kings Cliffe, M. J. B. ; Din- 

 more hill, Oct., 1874, 1878, C. B. P. 



At first forming a thin white floccose web upon the gills of the Lactarius, 



which gradually becomes pale yellow, then honey-coloured, and eventually, when 



the specimen dries, assuming a chocolate-brown hue. 



Plate 3 B. a Lactarius torminosus with its Hypomyces. Nat. size. 

 ^ Perithecia X 20. 

 c Perithecium X 140. 

 e Asci and sporidia X 400. 

 y Free sporidia X 800. 



5. Hypom.yces rosellus, rifZ. Coni(iia: Flocci aggregate, branched, 

 white, branchlets numerous, 3-6, verticellate, bearing terminal conidia, which are 



