38 luv. M. .1. r.. rkcltv*.^' Mr.C. K. Broome on British Fungi. 



Two lines or more wide. Contraeting very much when 

 dry. Parajihvses slightly elavate ; sj)oridia '0007 ineh long, 

 •0004 wide. 



1481. P. (llumaria)/ks/.v^>(>/-a, 13. Loud. Journ. Bot. 1846; 

 var. scotica, Kabenh. Ex.sicc. 



On heathy ground. Berwick, Dr. .TohnHtone ; Menmuir, 

 Rev. :M. Anderson, Dee. 22, 1873. On turfy soil, New Pit- 

 sligo. Rev. J. Fergusson. 



A very pretty species, var>ing from nearly white to orange 

 or blood-red. Sj)oridia •001--0012 inch long, '0005 wide. 



1482. P. (Lachnea) hninneola, Dcsm. 

 On oak-leaves, Mr. Phillips. 



This is very j)robably the same as P. fuscescenSy P. Des- 

 niazieres says of his plant that the paraphyses are much 

 longer than the asci, straight, fusiform, pointed, and as wide 

 as the asci. In Mr. Phillips's ])lant, however, the width of the 

 asci as compared with that of the paraphyses is not exactly 

 the same. The question, perhaps, is whether it should not 

 be refen-ed to Desmazierella. 



1483. P. (Hymenoscyphffi) strobiliua, Fr. 



On fir-cones, Scotlana, where it appears to be common. The 

 Avhole cone is sometimes covered with a floccose furfuraceous 

 subiculum. 



1484. P. (Mollisia) rubella, P. 



On decayed wood with P. vinosa. New Pitsligo, Rev. J. 

 Fergusson. 



1485. P. (Mollisia) Stevensoni, B. & Br. Minuta ; stipite 

 brevissimo sursum incrassato; cupulis subglobosis, saccharinis; 

 sporidiis minutis subcymbacformibus. 



On decorticated wood. Glamis, Rev. J. Stevenson. 



Minute, subglobose, sugar-coloured, externally minutely 

 granular. Sporidia 'OOOo inch long. This is accompanied by 

 white creeping threads, which give off erect branches bearing 

 obovate spores "001 inch long. Probably a conidiiferous state. 



1486. Helotinm tuba, Fr., b. ochracea. 



On a heap of decaying vegetables. Menmuir, Rev. M. 

 Anderson, March 1874. 



1487. //. melleum, B. & Br. Pallide melleum ; stipite 

 brevi cylindrico ; cupulis planis flexuosis ; margine elevato 

 inflexo ; ascis elongatis, lanceolatis ; sporidiis biseriatis, fusi- 

 formibus, uno latere curvulis, multinucleatis. 



On rotten wood. New Pitsligo, Rev. J. Fergusson. 

 About a line broad ; stem half as much high ; sporidia 

 •0012 inch long. Allied to H. hiteolnin. 



1488. //. mhlateritium, B. & Br. Pallide latcritium ; sti- 

 pite brevi cylindrico, subtiliter albo-villoso, glabrescente ; 



