206 



which is surmounted by a few spicules, bearing a head of spores, 

 not occurring liere. 



GENUS 244. PAPuL.4.SP0U.\..'' Preuss. 

 Flocci decumbent, jointed, producing short, erect branches, from 

 each of which a ceUuhir head arises studded with erect spores, 

 the encloclirome of which is bipartite or quadripartite. 

 1. — Papulaspora sepedonioides Preuss. On fruit and boiled rice. 

 Batheaston. 



GENUS 245. i:hopalomyces.+ Cdo,. 

 Flocci free, septate, swelling at the tip into an areolate head, 

 each cell of which bears a spicule surmounted by a spore, not 

 occurring in this district. 



GENUS 246. ACROSPEIRA.J B.andJ>'r. 

 Flocci decumbent, fertile erect, branched above, apex of the 

 branchlets somewhat quadriarticulate, spirallj'- convolute ; spores 

 subglobose, granulated, arising from one or other of tlie articu- 

 lations. 



1. — Acrospeira mirabilis B. and Br. Ann. of Nat. Hist., 1861, 

 No. 952. On sweet chestnuts, Bath Market. 



GENUS 247. BLASTOTKlCHUiV.§ Cda. Tcones II., p. 10, t ix.. 

 fig. 50. 

 Flocci not septate, much branclied. ascending, or floating ■ 

 branches surmounted by solitary, not septate, globose, or obovate 

 transversely-sej)tate, spores. 



1. — Blastotrichum confervoides Cda., 1. c. On rotten fungi, 

 Warleigh. 



GENUS 248. ENDODESMIA.il B. ami Br. 

 Little masses, or heaps concealed by smooth, continuous, shining 



* From papula, a pustule and sporos seed. 



t From ropalon, a club, and mukes, a mushroom. 



X From akros, the summit, and speira, a curve. 



§ From blastos, a bud, and thrix, a hair. 



II From entlos within, and desmos, a bond or chain. 



