344 Rev. M.J. Berkeley & Mr. C. E. Broome on British Fungi. 



old remains of Sphceria stigma. The mass of gelatine consists 

 of delicate, branched, septate threads, mixed with shorter threads 

 bearing oljlong 3-5-septate primary spores •0015--002 inch 

 long, •00034-*0004 wide ; these at length fall off and produce 

 shortly stipitate secondary spores, one from each division. 

 Secondary spores elliptic, '0005 long, more prominent on one 

 side, pointed at either end. The cells of the primary spores 

 are empty after the production of the secondary spores. Other 

 threads break up into much branched chains of conidia, "0002 

 in diameter ; the parts of the gelatinous mass where these are 

 produced acquire a paler tint. 



Batheaston, Dec. to March. It preserves its rosy tint when 

 dry. 



Plate VII. fig. 1. a. threads with primary spores and conidia; 

 h. primary spores ; c. ditto, producing secondary spores ; d. secondary 

 spores, more highly magnified. 



* Clavaria aurea^ SchgefF. 



This fine species occurred in 1871 in two or three places in 

 the west of England, as at Stannage Park ; and the Rev. H. 

 Nicholls has lately sent from Hawkhurst a form closely ap- 

 proaching C. rufescens, which was found at the foot of a beech 

 tree. 



^Geaster Michelianus, B. & Br., Herb. Crit. It. no. 343. 



This fine species has occm-red at Castle Ashby, in a bed of 

 rhododendrons, in two or three successive years. 



The tough thick outer coat, large size, aud other points suf- 

 ficiently distinguish it from G. tunicatus, to which it bears 

 some resemblance. The lacinige of the outer peridium are 

 sometimes as much elongated as in G. saccatus. It was con- 

 sidered as G. tunicatus under no. 1306. 



1375. Lycoperdon echinatum, P. 

 Berkshire, Messrs. Hoyle and Austin. 



Spores echinulate, •0002--00025 inch in diameter. 



Scleroderma geaster^ Fr. 



Hereford, Oct. 6, 1870. 



Spores •0003-'0005 inch in diameter. 



^Batarrea phalloides^ P. 



Noble specimens of this rare fungus were lately found at the 

 Earl of Egmont's Nork, amongst the debris at the base of a 

 hollow ash, by Mr. C. H. Spencer Perceval. The Dropmore 

 specimens occurred in a similar situation. 



'^ Didymium squamulosum^ A. & S. 



On fern, J. Renny. 



Columella white. 



1376. Perichcena quercina, Fr. Peridio externo crustaceo. 



