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olivaceo-brunneis, dein roseo-rufis, non opacis, asperulis, tenuiter 

 parceque septulatis, superne dilutioribus et angustioribus, senio 

 longissimis, tortuosis, intricate intertextis et perithecia obtegenti- 

 bus. Asci clavatis, stipitellatis ; paraphysibus non visis ; sporidiis 

 8, distichis v. apice conglobatis, limoniiformibus, ex hyalino fuli- 

 gineis, 15 x 10 /x. 



On stems of Heracleuui, Hunnington (Ws.), in company with 

 Ch. chlorinum as well as Ch. comatum. Distinguished from every 

 other form of Chcetomium by its distinctly rufous hairs. 



180. SoEDARiA LiGNicoLA Fckl. Sacc. Syll. Fung. i. 236. 

 Perithecia half immersed in soft rotten w^ood, globose, ending 



in a thick rough truncate neck, about as long as the perithecium 

 is wide. Asci fusiform, 150 x 14 /x ; sporidia immature, cylindri- 

 cal, curved, hyaline, multiguttulate, 50 x 4, provided at each end 

 with a short hyaline appendage, equal to the breadth of the 

 sporidium in length. 



On soft wood, California, Harborne (Ws.), August. There were 

 no mature sporidia, but otherwise the specimens seemed to belong 

 to this species. 



181. EosELLiNiA MASTOiDEA Sacc. Syll. Fuug. i. 258. 

 Perithecia superficial, gregarious, but not or rarely confluent, 



1 mm. diam., globose, smooth, glabrous, with a short and beautiful 

 little papillate ostiolum ; asci cylindrical, 100 x 10 // ; sporidia 

 eight, monostichous, oblong-ovoid, obtuse at the ends, 20 x 8 /a, 

 without any appendages, dusky brown, somewhat flattened and 

 therefore thinner in side view than in face view ; paraphyses 

 numerous filiform. 



On fallen branches, Studley Castle, April. A conspicuous and 

 beautiful species. 



182. Trichosphaeria crassipila m. Tenuissime in subiculo 

 atro effusa ; peritheciis globosis, astomis, atris, pilis brevibus ob- 

 ductis; pilis atro-viridulis, scabriusculis, semi-pellucidis, 250-300 /x 

 long., basi 20/x cr., apicibus attenuatis. Ascis cylindricis, 100-120 

 X 11 /x, paraphysibus numerosis, linearibus obvallatis ; sporidiis 

 oblique monostichis, ovali-oblongis, utrinque obtusis, continuis, 

 eguttulatis, subgranulosis, 10-11 x 6 /x, achrois. 



In Hgno putri, Studley Castle, Nov. Hairs thick-walled 

 below, tapering to a rather thin, narrow point; base of the 

 perithecium furnished with nodulose, septate, brown hyphae, 3-4 /x 

 thick. The perithecia are greenish black by transmitted light. 



183. Wallrothiella minima Sacc. Syll. Fung. i. 455. 



Scattered or gregarious ; perithecia very minute, black, car- 

 bonaceous, ovate-acute, terminating in a sharp minute ostiole. 

 Asci cyhndrical, stipitate, 50 x 5 /x (part, sporif.) ; sporidia ob- 

 liquely monostichous, oblong, hyaline, 7-8 x 3 /x. 



Seated among the fibres of bare wood. King's Norton and Selly 

 Oak (Ws.), December- August. 



184. DiAPORTHE Tulasnei Nits. Sacc. Syll. Fung. i. 657. 

 Stromata short, oblong, black, slightly raised, with a few peri- 

 thecia immersed in each. Perithecia globose, with a scarcely 



