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themselves, and are nearly globose : orange, with a rough 

 surface. 



326. STAR-SPORED FUNGUS (Asterospomtm Hoffmanni). 

 The beautiful stellate spores of this fungus ooze out in 

 a black mass from orifices in the bark of the beech, 

 forming sooty patches. They have three or four separate 

 rays, and may be mounted in glycerine or balsam. (PI. 

 V., fig. 47.) 



327. GRAPE-SPORED FUNGUS (Chcirospora botryospora). 

 Found, in damp weather, oozing from the bark of the 

 beech in a black gelatinous mass, something like printers' 

 ink. It consists of branched threads, terminated by 

 clusters of spores arranged after the manner of bunches 

 of grapes. 



328. ORANGE TENDRILS (Nemaspora crocea). On the 

 same beech tree as the preceding, provided it has been 

 felled for some time, orange tendrils may be found issuing 

 from orifices in the bark. These are gelatinous when 

 moist, but horny when dry, and consist of myriads of 

 clear, transparent, curved spores, pointed at each 

 end. 



329. BIRCH CUSHION-SPORE (Coryneum disciforme). 

 Black circular orifices in the bark of birch twigs are often 

 the indications of this fungus. It consists of a number 

 of brown septate spores, packed closely side by side, 

 and springing from a cellular cushion or disc. To the 

 naked eye the masses are like the heads of as many 

 large black pins. 



330. LARGE-SPORED CORYNEUM (Coryneum macrospo* 

 rum}. In external appearances similar to the last ; but 

 the spores are different, being long and with clear colour- 

 less tips at either end. (PI. V., fig. 8.) 



331. CRESTED-SPORED FUNGUS (Pestalozzia).Qm 

 species is found on dead camellia leaves ; but another has 

 recently been met with on twigs of a cypress. The black 

 mass, seen beneath the orifices of the bark, is composed 

 of spores, with a long slender stem, and a crest of about 

 three slender threads. (PL V., fig. 40.) 



332. TWO-COLOURED MELANCONIUM (Melanconium 



