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individuals every year, which are in perfection after the spring 2024 

 rains. Stlctis parallela -Fr. 5^/5^ il^c, v. ii. p. 197. A curious 

 undescribed species (Stictis nivea) is found in great abundance 

 near Paris, in the Bois de Boulogne, on the fallen leaves of Pinus 

 maritimus, and is most probably to be found in some of the 



London nurseries. Naematelia 

 encephala Fr. Si/st. Myc, v. ii. p. 

 227. ; Dacrymyces stillatus Nees, 

 Grev.,t. 159., and our /g. 2024.; 

 Agyrium riifum Fr. Syst. Myc, v. 

 ii. p. 232. ; Nidularia crucibulum 

 Fr. Syst. Myc, v. ii. p. 299., Grev., 

 ,^ t. 34., and our Jig. 2025. Sphae'ria gelatin6sa 

 Tode Fung. Meek., ii. p. 48. f. 123, 124, a very rare species. Sp. flbietis 

 Fr. Syst. Myc, v. ii. p. 398.; Sp. strigosa Alb. et Schw., t. 5. f. 7.; Sp. 

 sordaria Fr. Syst. Mye., v, ii. p. 458. ; appearing like a black scurfy stain on 

 moist pine wood. Sp. pilifera Fr. Syst. Mye., v. ii. p. 472. ; remarkable for 

 its hair-like orifice. Lophium mytilinum Fr. Syst. Myc, v. ii. p. 533., Grev.^ 

 t. 177. f. I., and our /g. 2026.; 

 and Lophium elatum Grev., t. 

 177. f. 2., and our fig. 2027. ; 

 are most curious and elegant 

 202(5 jF'ungi, resembling minute bi- 



valve shells, placed with their frontal margin upwards. 

 Phacidium Phii Schmidt, Myc. Heft., ii, t. 2. f. 1 1. ; on the 

 bark of Pinus sylvestris. Reticularia atra Alb. et Schw., t. 3. f. 3. ; Lycoper- 

 ^e^^^t^ don fuliginosum Sow., t. 257.; Ret. olivacea Fr. Syst. Myc.,\. 

 ^T^^^xtS? .jj^ p gg . remarkable for its beautiful olive-green sporidia. 

 Perichae'na flbi^tina Fr. Syst. Myc, v. iii. p. 191.; Sphacro- 

 carpus sessilis Sow., f. 258. ; and Pachnocybe ferruginea Berk. 

 Eng. Fl., V. v. p, 3.34., syn. Mucor ferrugfneus Sow., t. 378. f. 

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Several species occur on the fallen cones ; 

 amongst which are: j4garicus tenacellus 

 Pers. le. Pict., t. 1. f. 3, 4., syn. ^g. spi- 

 2028 nipes Soiv., t. 206., and our fig. 2028. ; 



Ag. conigenus Pers. Syn., p. 388. Ag. sanguinol^ntus 

 Alb. et Schw., p. 196.; a small but elegant species, 

 distilling a claret-coloured fluid when broken, which often occurs on cones 

 of the Scotch pine, though found also on the twigs of various trees, Ag. 

 BtTohWmus Pers. Syn., p. 393., and our /^. 2029., syn. A coccineus Sow., 

 t. 197.; which occurs, also, occasionally on twigs, as in 2030 



our figure. //jdnum auriscalpium L., Sow., t. 267., 

 Grev., t. 196., and our /^. 2030. ; on cones of Pinus 

 sylvestris. Peziza pineti Batsch. Cont., i. f. 140.; P. coni- 

 gena Pers. Syn., p. 634., Grev. Fl. Ed., p. 425. ; Sphas'ria 

 strobilina Holl. et Schm., Fr. Syst. Myc, y. ii. p. 495,; 

 Hysterium conigenum Moug. et Nest., No, 475.; on 



cones of the 

 Scotch fir, 



confined to the upper and ex- 

 posed portion of the scales. 

 Perichae^na strobilina Fr. Syst. 

 Myc,\. iii. p. \dO.,Grev.,t. 275.; 

 between the scales of old cones 

 of the spruce fir. 

 ^„^^ On the leaves are produced : 



Peziza subtilis Fr. Syst. Myc, v. ii. p. 157.; SphEeVia Pinastri Dec Fl. Fr., 

 v. vi. p. 133.; Hysterium Pinastri Schrad., Pers. Syn., p. 28., Grev., t. 60. 



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