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On cut ends of trunks, &c. 59. Brinscall, G. H. Hopley it 

 H. J. W. 60. Ease Gill, /. W. H. d H. J. W. ; Caton and Brock. 



L. hispida Fck. 60. On wood, Leek and Wray, August, 1910. 



Zigncella seriata (Curr.) Sacc. 60. On bare wood, Hornby, 

 August, 1910. 



Z. ovoidea Fries. 60. On hazel branches. Lower Emmetts, 

 Over Wyresdale, April, 1911. 



Z. collabens (Curr.) Sacc. 60. On bare wood, Wray, August, 

 1910. 



Z. ostioloidea. 60. On a stroma of Diatrypella quercina, 

 Grisedale, near Abbeystead, April, 1911. 



Pleospora herbarum Kabh. 60. Eoeburndale, August, 1910, 

 J. W. H. d H. J. W. ; Lower Emmetts, Over Wyresdale, on Cen- 

 taurea nigra. 59. Eivington, 1911. 



P. vulgaris Niessl. 60. With the preceding on Centaurea, 

 Over Wyresdale. 



CuGurhitaria conglobata (Fr.) Ces. et De Not. 60. On Corylus, 

 Wray, August, 1910. 



C. elongata (Fr.) Grev. 60. Grisedale, near Abbeystead, 

 April, 1911. 



Ophiobohcs vulgare Sacc. 60. On stems, Wennington and 

 Lower Emmetts, Over Wyresdale. 



0. cesatiamcs (Mont.). 60. On Carditus stems, near Tarnbrook. 



0. Cirsii (Karst). 59. On Garduus imlustris in swamp behind 

 Walton Junction Station, Liverpool, May, 1911. 



Acerbia bacillata Sacc. 60. On wood, Wray, August, 1910. 



Hypoceeace^. 



Hyjjomyces chrysospermus Tul. Common on decaying fungi, 

 more especially in the conidial stage [Sepedonima chrysospermum 

 (Bull.) Link.). Recorded for every division in both vice-counties. 



H. aurantms (Pers.) Fck. 60. On Polystictus versicolor, Leek, 

 Wennington and Silverdale. 



Nectria cinnabarina (Tode) Fr. Common in both vice-counties. 



N. coccinea (Pers.) Fr. 59. On bark of fallen tree, Fazakerley, 

 near Liverpool, 1910. 60. Lower Emmetts, April, 1911. 



N. ditissima Tul. 59. On fruit-tree, Leyland, 1910, Bev. C. E. 

 Fynes- Clinton. 



N. Peziza (Tode) Fr. 59. On decaying tree-stump, Fhxton, 

 1908, H. Murray. 



N. episphc^ria (Tode) Fr. On Diatrype stigma. 60. Warton 

 Crag. 59. Longton, December, 1911. 



Hypocrea rufa (Pers.) Fr. Common throughout both vice- 

 counties, especially in the conidial stage (= Trichoderma viride) on 

 wood. Dr. J. W. Ellis has sent me specimens growing on a dead 

 corky fungus from near Warrington (v.-c. 59), July, 1909. 



Claviceps purpurea (Fr.) Tul. 59. On Lolium pcrenne, Hough 

 End, 1859, L. Grindon {Flora of Manchester) ; Flixton and Urm- 

 ston, 1909, H. M. ; on Festuca elatior at Speke, and on Triticum 

 junceicm, Churchtown, Southport, October, 1910, W. G. T. 



Cordyceps militaris (Linn.) Link. On larva of Lepidoptera, 



