102 Rev. M. J. Berkeley arid Mr. C. E. Broome on British Fungi. 



to two, by which character it is distinguished and by its elhptic 

 spores. 



Plate VII. fig. 18. a. Tuft of flocci magnified; b. spores more highly 

 magnified. 



533. V. epirnyces, n. s. Effusum albo-carneum ; fihs trifidis, 

 ramulis subternis elongatis ; sporis oblongis. On decayed Ela- 

 phomyces, Rudloe, Wilts, Oct. 13, 1843. 



White with a flesh-coloured tinge, forming thin, effused 

 patches which appear compact and not the least byssoid. 

 Threads once or twice trifid, rarely bifid, ultimate ramuli tcrnate 

 or binate, slightly swollen below, attenuated upwards. Spores 

 terminal, at first globose, then elongated, when perfect 4-5 times 

 as long as broad. 



A very distinct and well marked species, remarkable for its 

 close mode of growth and elongated spores. It approaches very 

 near to Fusarium, with which it agrees in habit. 



Plate VII. fig. 15. Upper part of a portion of one of the plants mag- 

 nified. 



534. V. distans, n. s. Sparsum niveum, floccis tenuibus ; 

 ramis alternatis, ramulis longiusculis regulariter atteuuatis ; 

 sporis oblongis, endochromate bipartito. On stems of herbaceous 

 plants, Cranford Bridge, F. J. Graham, Esq. 



Scattered, snow-white, threads short, slender, branched alter- 

 nately ; ramuli 4-6 in a whorl, rather long, regularly attenuated ; 

 whorls distant ; spores oblong ; endochrome bipartite. 



Plate VII. fig. 16. Portion of plant with spores magnified. 



535. Penicillium roseum, Lk. Muc. 1. p. 69. On box leaves, 

 Spye Park, Wilts; on Musa Sapientium,Q\i'aX^\sovi\i, Mr. R. Scott. 



Flocci delicately septate, branched above ; spores oblong, sub- 

 fusiform. 



536. Dactylium tenellum, Fr. Syst. Myc. vol. iii. p. 413. On 

 moss, Dundee, Mr. Gardiner, March 1848. 



537. D. tenuissimum, Berk, in Trans. Lond. Hort. Soc. vol. i. 

 p. 33. tab. 4. fig. 20, 21. 



A question has arisen whether this may not be a young state 

 of Fusarium Solani Tuberosi, Desm. We are inclined to think 

 that such is the case, and therefore, unless future obsei'vations 

 throw any clearer light upon the svibject, the species must be 

 erased from the British Flora. Certain it is that specimens of 

 the potato Fusarium vary extremely. Figures of several moulds 

 growing on diseased potatoes, but for the most pai't imperfectly 

 named, will be found in a paper by Fresenius in the 1st volume 

 of the ' Flora' for 1847. Amongst the individuals figured are 

 several forms of the Fusarium. 



[To be continued.] 



