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

 rains. Stictis parallela Fr. Syst. Myc., 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. Syst. Myc., v. ii. p. 

 227. ; Dacrymyces stillatus Nees, 

 Grev , t. 159., and our fig. 2024. ; 

 Agyrium rufum Fr. Syst. Myc., v. 

 ii. p. 232. ; Nidularia crucibulum 

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

 t. 34-., and our fig. 2025. Sphae v ria gelatinosa 

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

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

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

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

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

 1. 177. f. l.,andour/g.2026.; 

 and Lophium elatum Grev., t. 

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

 are most curious and elegant 

 .Fungi, resembling minute bi- 

 valve shells, placed with their frontal margin upwards. 

 Phacidium Pini 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- 

 don fuliginosum Sow., t. 257. ; Ret. olivacea Fr. Syst. Myc., v. 

 iii. p. 89.; remarkable for its beautiful olive-green sporidia. 

 Pericha3 v na abie'tina Fr. Syst. Myc., v. iii. p. 191.; Sphaero- 

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



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Fl., v. v. p. 334., syn. Mucor ferrugfneus Sow., t. 378. f. 



Several species occur on the fallen cones ; 

 amongst which are : -dgaricus tenacellus 

 Pers. Ic. Pict., t. 1. f. 3, 4., syn. Ag. spi- 

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

 Ag. confgenus Pers. Syn., p. 388. Ag. sanguinole"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. 

 strobilinus Pers. Syn., p. 393., and our fig. 2029., syn. A coccineus Sow., 

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



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

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

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

 gena Pers. Syn., p. 634., Grev. Fl. Ed., p. 425. ; Sphae v ria 

 strobilina Holl. et Schm., Fr. Syst. Myc., v. 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.,\. ni. p. 190.,Gr^.,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.; SphaeVia Pinastri Dec. Fl. Fr., 

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



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