210 THE NORTHERN MICROSCOPIST. 
By this time most of the Uredos are over, the one on the larger 
burnet still lingering on in connection with the beautiful chain- 
brand referred to in the last number of THE NORTHERN MICRO- 
SCoPIST, but several others have come to the front, amongst them 
Uredo quercus. On the underside of oak leaf this has been found 
in Sherwood forest and elsewhere, but I have never heard of it 
being found near to any of our large towns. The same remarks 
will apply to the bilberry fungus, Uvedo vacciniorum, which is a 
native of the mountains or the moors. The fern uredo, or Uredo 
filicum, I have met with frequently on Cystopterts fragilis, but I 
still believe it is rare, as I cannot hear of others finding it. I have 
a specimen on Scolopendrium vulgare which was supplied me by a 
friend. In last month’s notice of leaf-fungi, I spoke of Xenodochus 
curtus found by me, and not since met with, and I now desire to 
refer to it again for the purpose of correcting a slight mistake in 
Dr. Cooke’s account of it. He states that the Xenodochus curtus 
was found near Manchester, whereas it was found within a few 
miles of Bakewell, and I am glad to have this opportunity of 
explaining the place where I found it, that others, when in the 
district, may look out for it. 
On the high road from Buxton to Bakewell, the traveller passes 
through the village of Taddington. As he leaves this village, in 
descending a hill in the direction of Bakewell, he passes a wood 
on his left hand side. It was in this wood I met with the minute 
Xenodochus, X. curtus. I have frequently since laboured in vain 
to find further specimens, and it will give me pleasure if I can hear 
of any of my readers being more successful. 
Amongst what may be termed the autumnal Uredos is one on 
the Enchanter’s Nightshade, Circe lutetiana. ‘This I once met 
with in beautiful condition in a wood at Matlock. The wood is 
on the left bank of the river Derwent, which has to be crossed by © 
a boat. There is a remarkable circumstance connected with all 
these later Uredos, namely, that the spores are extremely minute. 
If the student will be at the trouble of comparing the spores of 
| Uredo miniata, or any of the earlier species, with the spores of any 
autumnal kind, he will at once recognise the great difference. 
\ Many of the fungi referred to in last month’s paper are still to 
bie found, especially Zrysiphe montagnit and £. Linkit, Last year 
I fiound these in great plenty as late as October. It is only when 
the) plants on which they live have been destroyed by the frost that 
they altogether disappear. 
Atanongst Puccinizl named in former papers, some are over, but 
manyy remain to reward the botanist, and amongst them are many 
that uI have not previously referred to; amongst them uccinia 
polygotnorum. This I have never met with in good condition but 
once, and that was so far back as the autumn of 1863, now eighteen 
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