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



Sporidia obovate, "0004 inch long, '0002 wide. 



Plate XIX. fig. 16, a. asci and paraphyses, magnified ; h, sporidia, 

 more highly magnified. 



1324. P. (Mollisia) BuUii, Sm. Cupulis subhemispliai- 

 ricis, demum irregular ibiis, sessilibus v. brevissime stipi- 

 tatis, albidis, margine inflexo grumaceo-pulverulento e velo 

 massa albida partim obtectis ; hymenio ssepe prolifero ; my- 

 celio fusco. 



On a waterbut, W. G. Smith, Dec. 1869. 

 Sporidia subelliptic, •0002-'0003 inch long. 



Plate XIX. fig. 17. a. P. Bullii ; b, separate plant, to show the myce- 

 lium ; c. asci ; d. sporidia more highly magnified. 



1325. P. (Mollisia) elafphincs^ B. & Br. Cupulis subglobosis, 

 pallide cervinis, labro pallidiore albo, granulis saccharinis ob- 

 sitis ; hymenio aquose griseo. 



On dead Avood. St. Catharine's, Jan. 29, 1869. 



Granules often disposed in lines so that the cups are radiated. 

 Asci '0015 long ; sporidia fusiform, '0003-'004 long, hyaline, 

 smooth, uniseriate. 



Plate XIX. fig. 18. a. P. elaphines ; b. asci ; c. sporidia, more highly 

 magnified. 



1326. p. (Mollisia) aquosa, B. & Br. Cupulis primum ferme 

 clausis, dein expansis, planis vel leviter concavis, viridi-brun- 

 neis, giabris ; hymenio aquose griseo ; sporidiis ovatis, hinc 

 apiculatis biserialibus. 



On or with SjjJuuria hirsuta, on willow. Batheaston, Jan. 

 1867. 



Resembling P. cinerea^ but smoother and more concave 

 when young, with totally different spores. Cup "024 in dia- 

 meter, growing on Sj^hceria hirsuta and its mycelium, accom- 

 panied by a brown mould consisting of erect, simple, articu- 

 lated threads surmounted by a single oblong uniseptate spore, 

 •0005 long. Asci '002 long; sporidia •0002-'00025 long, 

 •0001-'00015 wide, bright orange when treated with iodine. 



Plate XX. fig. 19. a. ascus and paraphysis ; b. sporidia ; c. threads 

 with naked spores ; d. spores : all more or less magnified. 



1327. P. (Mollisia) hydnicola. Cupulis ex orbiculari irre- 

 gularibus, planis, atroviridibus ; ascis cylindricis ; paraphysi- 

 bus ramosis ; sporidiis subglobosis, uniscrialibus. 



On Ilydnum ochraceum. Spores '0004 long, '0003 wide ; 

 conidia oblong, '0001-'00015 long. 



Plate XX. fig. 20. a. plant growing on Hydnum ; b. asci and para- 

 physes, magnified; c. sporidia; d. conidia: both more highly magnified. 



