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9.— S melleum B. and Br. Ann. of Nat. Hist., No. 1609, 



February, 1876, Congresbnry. Somerset, Miss M. Plues, cum 

 icone. 



10. — S > vulgare Todc Bo^rood, Wilts. 



GENUS 183. GEAPHIUM.* Cda. 



Stem erect, compound, head penicillate ; flocci continuous, 

 separating above into simple spores which are at first glued 

 together, at lengtli diffluent. 



1. — Graphium stilboideum Cda. Icones II., p. 16 t. xi. fig. 69. 

 Batheaston, April, on rotten cabbage stalks. 



GENUS 184. ATRACTIUM.t Fr. 



Stem finn. Head subglobose. Spores fusiform, elongated. No 

 specimen of this genus has occurred in our district. 



GENUS 185. VOLUTELLA.ii: Tode. 



Receptacle fringed or studded with long, hyaline bristles. 

 Spores diffluent, gelatinous. 

 1. — Volutella ciliata Fr. Psilonia rosea Berk. Spye Park. 



Batheaston, on carices, &c. 

 2. — V melaloma B. and Br. Ann. Nat. Hist. Ser. II. 



v., No. 465, 496, cum icone. Batheaston, on carices. 

 3. — y Buxci B. and Br. I.e. S2)3'e Park and Batheaston, on 



Box, It is considered that the two last and the following 



Genus are merely states of ascigerous fungi. 



GENUS 186. TUBERCULAKIA.§ Tode. 



Receptacle verrucoeform, innate, clothed with a dense stratum 

 of gelatinous, minute spores attached to the sides and apices of 

 the threads. 



* From graphion, a painter's pencil. 



t From atractos, a spindle on account of the shape of the spores. 



:;: From volutus, a twisting ; or turning about. 



§ From the tuberculate form of the species. 



