VOLUTELLA. 475 



Volutella setosa, Berk., Outl., p. 340; Sacc,, Syll., iv. 

 n. 3235. 



Aegerita setosa, Grev., Scot. Crypt. Fl., tab. 268. fig. 2. 

 On rotten herbaceous stems, &c. 



Volutella buxi. Berk. 



Sporodochia gregarious, minute, sessile, pulvinate, the 

 elongated setae clear pale rose, septate, tips obtuse, 100-120 x 

 4 p. erecto-divergent, forming a fringe round the sporodochium ; 

 conidia oblong-fusoid, acute at both ends, 10-12 x 3-5 /*; 

 pale rose-colour. 



Volutella buxi, Berk., Outl., p. 340; Sacc., Syll., iv. n. 3237. 



Chaetostroma buxi, Corda, Icon. Fung., ii. f. 107. 



On the under surface of box leaves. 



Volutella gilva. Sacc. 



Sporodochia scattered, erumpent, convex, f 1 mm. dia- 

 meter, rather compact, sometimes elongated, dingy yellow or 

 reddish, its substance interspersed with filiform, very wavy, 

 150-200 x 5-6 /A, septate, ochraceous setae that are rough 

 at the tips; conidia cylindrical, straight, ends obtuse, 

 10-13 x 1-2-5 /A, basidia fasciculate, filiform, 15-20 X 

 1 5-2 fji. 



Volutella gilva, Sacc., Mich., ii. p. 208; Sacc. Syll., iv. 

 n. 3240. 



On putrid leaves, stems, &c. 



Volutella discoidea. Sacc. 



Sporodochium 2-4 mm. high, orbicular, elongated, flexuous, 

 pale fulvous then browri, at first setulose all over, disc 

 proliferous, margin rosy-brown ; conidia oblong or sub- 

 cymbiform, 9 X 3-4 /A. 



Volutella discoidea, Sacc., Syll., iv. n. 3246. 



Psilonia discoidea, B. & Br., Ann. Nat. Hist,, 1866, n. 1150, 

 t. 3. f. 8. 



On rotten wood. 



** Growing on Monocotyledons. 



Volutella arundinis. Desm. 



Sporodochium oblong, pale rose-colour ; setae hyaline, 

 fasciculate ; conidia elliptical, 5 /A long. 



