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MICRO-FUNGI OBSERVED NEAR KILMARNOCK, AYRSHIRE. 159 
Micro-fungi observed near Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. 
By D. A. Boyp. 
[Read 28th September, 1897. ] 
Very little information has as yet been published regarding the 
mycology of the district around Kilmarnock, and the following 
list of micro-fungi is therefore submitted as a contribution to the 
meagre stores of information on the subject. The species referred 
to in the list were observed by myself on 4th August, in the 
course of a short walk along the Fenwick Road, and in the 
wooded glen above Dean Castle :— 
Synchitrium taraxaci, De Bary & Woronin.—On Taraxacum 
officinale. . 
Cystopus candidus (Pers.) Lev.—On Capsella Bursa-pastoris. 
Peronospora nivea, Unger.—On gopodium Podagraria. 
P. parasitica (Pers.) Tul.—On Capsella Bursa-pastoris. 
P. trifoliorum, De Bary.—On Lotus pilosus. 
Uromyces alchemille (Pers.) Winter.—Uredospores and 
teleutospores on Alchemilla vulgaris. 
Puccinia viole (Schum.) Winter.—Uredospores on Viola sylvatica. 
P. rubigo-vera (DC.) Winter.—Uredospores on Holcus mollis, 
Arrhenatherum avenaceum, &c. 
P. Baryi (B. & Br.) Winter.—Uredospores on Brachypodium 
sylvaticum. 
_ Phragmidium fragariastri (DC.) Schrét.—Uredospores and 
teleutospores on Potentilla Fragariastrum. 
k ‘Ph. subcorticatum (Schrank) Winter.—Uredospores on Rosa 
canina. 
Melampsora farinosa (Pers.) Schrét.—Uredospores on Salix 
Caprea. 
Coleosporium sonchi (Pers.) Winter:—Uredospores on T'ussilago 
Farfara. 
