Discomycete found on Medlar Fruits. H. Wormald. 291 
by bringing the mummies indoors, although the later stages of 
development, leading to the discharge of the spores, were 
accelerated. 
The foregoing account of the form examined at Wye differs 
but slightly from that given by Schellenberg for the ascigerous 
stage of Sclerotinia Mespili, if allowance is made for a smaller 
range of variation in the various morphological characters as 
recorded by him; the chief discrepancy is in respect to the 
width of the ascospores. It may be of interest to summarize 
Fig. 2. Ascospore, showing range of variation in shape and size. x 650. 
the above description in tabular form side by side with that of 
S. Mespili. 
Schellenberg’s description of The Medlar Sclerotinia described 
S. Mespili summarized in this paper 
The apothecia borne by each mum- Apothecia more numerous, 8 to 15 on 
mied fruit were few in number each fruit except in those cases 
(mostly 1 or 2, but two fruits each where most had been eaten by 
_ bore 3 apothecia, and one had 4). slugs. 
Stalk of apothecium 3-5 mm. in Stalks 2-5 mm. 
length (as shown by his figures). 
