323 
1.—Asterosporium hoffmanni, J/. and N. Currey in Microscopical 
Journal, iy. t 11, figure 1—9. The only species—common on 
beech twigs. 
GENUS 137. CORYNEUM. Kze. * 
Spores septate, seated on a cushion-like stroma. 
1.—Coryneum disciforme, Kze—on birch, Spye Park. Kunze 
M. H. I, p. 76, figure 18. 
2.—Coryneum compactum, B and Br, A. N. H., No. 449—on dead 
elm twigs, near Bristol. 
3.—Coryneum kunzei, Corda. Icones iy., figure 131—on oak 
Rudlow. 
4.—Coryneum microstictum, B and Br. A. N. H., No. 451—on 
dead twigs of roses, Batheaston. 
5.—Coryneum macrospermum, B and Br. A. N. H., No. 941, 
t 15, figure 12—on beech, Batheaston, also on elm poles. 
Probably stylospore of Melogramma oligosporum. Five out 
of eight British. 
GENUS 138. PESTALOZZIA. De Not. t 
Spores seated on a long peduncle, crested above. This Genus 
has not occurred in our district. 
GENUS 139. CHEIROSPORA. Fr. ¢ 
Spores collected in bundles, at the tip of hyaline, filiform: 
sporophores, forming moniliform threads. 
1.—Cheirospora botryospora, /r.—on beech twigs, Batheaston. 
Band Br., A. N. H., No. 441. The only species. 
GENUS 140. NEMASPORA. P. § 
Spores colored, oozing out in long tendrils. Spores of two 
kinds, some minute, others filiform, with a strong curvature. 
Neither of two British species has been found in this district. 
* Coryneum, from korune, a club. 
+ Pestalozzia, named after an Italian botanist. 
{ Cheirospora, from cheir the hand, and sporos a seed. 
' § Nemaspora, from nema, a thread and sporos. 
