FUNGI OP EAST DORSET. 183 



Order V. USTILAGINALES. 

 Genus 1. USTILAGO. 



U. avenae Jens. On oats, Romford Farm. 



Genus 2. MELANOTAENIUM (Gr., a black band or tape). 

 M. endogenum De Bary. On Galium, near Swanage, 

 R. V. Sherring. 



Class II. ASCOMYCETES. 



Order I. GYMNOASCACEAE. 



Asci naked, perithecium 0. 

 Genus 1. ASCOMYCES Mont, and Desm. 



A. deformans Berk. (Lat., disfiguring). " Curl," or 

 " peach-curl." Developing on the under side of 

 peach and nectarine leaves. Edmondsham Rectory 

 Garden. 



Order II. P YRENOM YCETES (" Capsular 



Fungi "). 



Asci enclosed in a flask-shaped perithecium. 

 Genus 1. CORDICEPS Fr. (Lat., cordate -headed). 



C. militaris (Linn.) Link. Holt Wood, Mrs. E. W. 

 Baker. Furze Common Copse, Edmondsham. 



Genus 2. EPIGHLOE Tul. (Gr., epi, on, chloe, grass. 



herbage). 



E. typhinaTul. (Lat. adjective of Typha, Reedmace). 

 Edmondsham. 



Genus 3. NECTRIA Fr. 



N. cinnabarina (Tode) Fr. Forming small red clusters 

 on fallen branches and dead sticks, Edmondsham 

 Rectory Gardens ; also near Edmondsham Church 

 on Hornbeam. 



N. coccinea (Pers.) Fr. On fallen branches. Edmond- 

 sham Rectory Garden and Orchard. 



