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Pestalozzia conigena, Studley Castle, Mart. Perithecii contextus 

 parenchymaticus, obscure olivaceus. 



189. Eleutherosph^ra longispora Grove. 



For description and figure see Journ. Bot. (1907) p. 171, 

 t. 485, f. 3. 



190. Phyllosticta hedericola D. et M. Sacc. Syll. Fung, 

 iii. 20. 



Spots large, roundish or irregular, whitish, surrounded by a 

 broad brown border. Pycnidia epiphyllous, blackish, numerous, 

 gregarious, globose, sometimes rather flattened, epidermis pierced 

 by the short ostiole. Sporules oblong, faintly biguttulate, involved 

 in mucus, 5-7 X 2-2^ ft. 



On ivy-leaves, Studley Castle, May ; and Warwick Castle, 

 July, August. Sometimes the margin of each spot is marked by 

 several concentric borders with narrow intermediate bands of 

 whitish brown, like successive waves on a beach. 



191. Phyllosticta japonica Thiim. Sacc. Syll. Fung. iii. 25. 

 Spots large, arid, whitish, distinctly margined with brown, 



dirty ochraceous below. Pycnidia gregarious, numerous, epi- 

 phyllous, minute, punctiform, long covered, then emerging coni- 

 cally. Sporules numerous, ellipsoid, rounded at the ends, with a 

 large guttula, 4-4| x 2|-3 (i>t, hyaline. 



On fading leaves of Mahonia japonica, Studley Castle, May. 



192. Phoma grossulari^ S. et S. 



Pycnidia gregarious, black, shining, globose-depressed, some- 

 what collapsed, 0'2-0'3 mm. diam., at first covered by the 

 epidermis, then bursting through by the short obtuse ostiole. 

 Sporules oblong-oval, hyaline, 6 x 4 /x. 



On twigs of Gooseberry, Studley Castle, November. The 

 basidia were not seen. Texture of pycnidium olive-brown, paren- 

 chymatous. With this were some pycnidia which appeared to 

 be Dendrophoma pleurospora Sacc. (Syll. Fung. iii. 178). They 

 were very similar to the others, but had shortly cylindrical 

 sporules, 6 x 1 fj-', basidia very conspicuous and branched. 



193. Phoma acicola (Lev.) Sacc. Syll. Fung. iii. 100. 

 Pycnidia single or two together, globose, erumpent, surrounded 



by the split epidermis, rugulose, black, 250-300 fi diam. Sporules 

 ovate-oblong, 6-9 X 4 /x, hyaline, biguttulate. 



On leaves of Scots Pine, Marston Green (Wk.), December. 



194. Phoma pinicola Sacc. Syll. Fung. iii. 100. 



Pycnidia large, conspicuous, erumpent, black, varying in shape, 

 papillate or obtuse, thick-walled, arranged in rows. Sporules 

 obovate, biguttulate, hyaline, about 10 x 4 /x. 



On leaves of Pinus laricio, which were still attached to a 

 branch that had been broken off, Studley Castle, October. Burst- 

 ing through the epidermis in long lines, surrounded by laciniae. 



195. Phoma prunicola (Schw.) Sacc. Syll. Fung. iii. 

 Pycnidia gregarious, amphigenous, seated mainly in a large 



irregular cinereous spot which is visible on both sides of the leaf, 



