Rev. M. J. Berkeley and Mr. C. E. Broome on British Fungi. 401 



give than that of Corda. Fries seems to think that it is a 

 degeneration of Pohjporus destructor. 



1039. Nidularia pisiformis, Tul. Ann. d. Sc. Nat. 3 ser. vol. i 

 p. 100; Curr. /. c. figs. 5, 6, 22. 



On pine chips. St. George's Hill, Weybridge, May and Oct., 

 F. Currey. 



This is Granularia pisiformis, Roth, a species which Mr. Currey 

 has happily rescued from oblivion. 



* Sphaeropsis pinea (Spharia pinea, Desm. no. 1277). 



On pine branches, F. Currey. 



1040. Dilophospora graminis, Desm. no. 1091. 

 On Alopecurus agrestis, Mr. Currey. 



In Sussex it was very destructive to a wheat crop in 1862, 

 causing the ears to swell in a very curious manner, and to turn, 

 in parts, of a jet-black. 



1041. Speira toruloides, Cd. fasc. 1. fig. 140. 



On dead herbaceous plants. Batheaston, C. E. Broome, 1864. 



1042. Sporidesmium abruption, n. sp. Pulvinatum, stipitibus 

 brevissimis cum sporis oblongis septatis confluentibus ; articulis 

 insequalibus. 



On dead wood. Bodelwyddan, March 1864. Sent by Mr. 

 Bloxam from Twycross. 



Forming little pulvinate tufts externally resembling a villous 

 Spharia. Spores oblongo-clavate, confluent with the stem, sep- 

 tate; the lower articulation and the uppermost short, the second 

 from the top very long. Spores "0025 inch long, "0006 inch 

 wide. 



Plate XIV. fig. 8. Group of spores in various stages of growth, mag- 

 nified. 



1043. Acalyptospora nervisequia, Desm. Ann. d. Sc. Nat. 1848, 

 vol. x. p. 343. 



On living and dead leaves of elm. Apethorpe, Norths., 1857. 



Looking like a short obtuse Puccinia, with one to three septa 

 and a short pellucid stem. In every stage of growth free. It 

 closely resembles a gland. 



1044. Puccinia noli-t anger is, Cord. fasc. 4. fig. 57. 

 On Impatiens fulva. Albury, Surrey, Rev. L. Jenyns. 



1045. Uredo Padi, Schmidt & Kze., no. 187. 



On leaves of Prunus Padus. Aboyne, Aberdeenshire. 

 Sori minute, seated on a purple spot. Spores '0006--0007 

 inch long. 



1046. Trichobasis Parnassia, Cooke, Micr. Fung. p. 106. 

 On leaves of Parnassia palustris. Irstead Marshes, 1864. 



1047. Lecythea Poterii, Lev. Diet. Univ. d'Hist. Nat. vol. xii. 

 p. 786. 



On leaves of Poterium Sanguisorba, M. C. Cooke. 



