Rev. M. J. Berkeley and Mr. C. E. Broome on British Fungi. 451 



1096. Valsa lagenifonnis, Curr. /. c. f. 16. Spharia layeni- 

 formis, Sollman, Bot. Zeit. 1862, p. 380. 



On ash. Combe Place, Lewes, Sept. 1862, F. Currey. 



^Spharia (Villosse) pilosa, P. 



We have observed oblong conidia, rather irregular in outline, 

 terminating the hairs. The asci in the same specimens, besides 

 the eight linear, oblong, somewhat sigmoid sporidia, had at the 

 tip a globose, smooth or slightly granulated body, '0003 inch 

 in diameter, the nature of which we were unable to deter- 

 mine. 



1097. S. (Denudatse) /?72zco/a, Roberge, Desm. no. 2061. 

 On asses' dung, Rhyl. It is apparently a common species. 

 Sporidia elliptic, brown, with a large oil-globule, green when 



young, -0006-0008 long, '0004 broad. 



This is, we believe, S. ster cor aria, Curr., var., Tr. Linn. Soc. 

 1859, no. 256. 



Delicate, nearly linear stylospores occur at the mouth of the 

 perithecia, '0007 inch long. 



1098. S. {Ohtectsd) Fraa;i?iicola, Curr. /. c. xxiv. p. 158, fig. 34. 

 On dead branches of ash. Combe Place, Lewes, F. Currey. 



1099. S. (Obtectse) verecunda, Curr. /. c. p. 158, tab. 25. 

 fig. 3. 



On sticks. Batheaston. 



1100. S. (Caulicolse) Triglochinicola, Curr. /. c. f. 15. 



On carpels and stems of Triglochin palustre. Ringmer, Sussex, 

 Oct. 1862. 



1101. Nedria hirta, Blox. MS. ; Curr. I. c. p. 158, tab. 25. 

 fig. 24. 



On decaying rails. Twycross, Rev. A. Bloxam. 



^Hypomyces luteo-virens. Ashton Court, near Bristol, Jan. 

 1845. Bathford, upon Polyporus annosus, Nov. 1864. 



H. luteo-virens, b, figured by Albertini and Schweinitz, is 

 certainly different, and may be called H. viridis, retaining the 

 original specific name. The dull green colour is characteristic. 

 The whole habit too is different. 



1 102. Hypomyces aurantia, Tul. 



As there was some doubt about Spharia aurantia, Eng. Fl., 

 being the true plant of Persoon, it was omitted in the ^ Outlines.' 

 It has now, however, been found in abundance in Flintshire, on 

 Polyporus squamosus, and it is inserted under the generic name 

 proposed by Tulasne for some allied species. 



There is a very pale honey- coloured variety, springing from a 

 snow-white subiculum, which accompanies the darker form. In 

 both, the sporidia sometimes assume the peculiar swollen form 

 which is figured by Tulasne in H. lateritia, at tab. 3. of the 

 second part of his * Carpologia.' 



