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much paler, clothed with thick-walled, pointed aseptate or 1-2 sep- 

 tate hairs, reddish brown below, hyaline towards the point, and 

 sometimes the reddish colom'ing is absent ; 183-280 x 10-12 fx (fig. 2) 

 asci cylindrical, the apex being rounded, 290-800 x 28-30 /x, shortly 

 pedicellate, 8-spored (fig. 1). Spores hyaline, globose 26 (x diam., 

 1-seriate, epispore thick, smooth, then becoming finally covered 

 with prominent globose warts, 3 /x diam., which sometimes become 

 detached. Paraphyses yellowish red above, paler below, stout, 

 septate, often branched, apex clavate, 8-12 /x thick, narrowing to 

 4-5 fji towards the base, turning blackish with iodine. Differs 

 from the type in the larger and more prominently tuberculate 

 spores, the branched paraphyses, and the shorter paler hairs. 



Dasyscypha virginea Fck. Very common; often densely 

 gregarious on dead stems, branches, twigs, &c., especially in moist 

 shady places. 59. Lathom, Freshfield, Little Crosby, Rainford, 

 Adlington. 60. Melling, August, 1910; Caton, April, 1910; 

 Roeburndale, August, 1910, /. W. H. d H. J. W. ; Brock, May, 

 1910; Castlebarrow, Hornby. 



D. nivea Sacc. As common as the preceding, on dead wood. 

 Found in all divisions of the county. 



D. asterostoma Mass. 60. Herbaceous stems, Preston, May, 

 1910. Differs from the description in having the hairs sometimes 

 granulate. 



D. bicolor Fck. 60. On still-standing dead coppiced hazel, 

 Castlebarrow, near Silverdale, March, 1910 ; Wennington, August, 

 1910 ; Caton, March, 1910. 



D. leuconica Mass. 60. Ease Gill, June, 1908, W. G. T. 



D. hyalina Mass. Frequent on decaying wood in shady 

 places. 59. Lathom; Freshfield, March, 1909, C. Crossland. 60. 

 Ease Gill, at 500 ft., August, 1910; Hornby. 



D. calycina Fck. 59. On Scots pine at Rainford Colliery. 

 Specimens were collected on the props in "roads" in the mine, at 

 a depth of about 2000 ft.. Miss Dunning d H. J. W. ; near Brins- 

 call. 60. Roeburndale at 500 ft., August, 1910, /. W. H. (& 

 H. J. W.; Calder Valley, near Garstang, November, 1910, 

 A. Wilson. 



D. suhtilissima Sacc. 59. In crevices of bark of Larch and 

 Scots pine at Rainford, May, 1910. 



D. dematiicola Mass. 60. On fallen twigs. Brock Bottom, 

 May, 1910. 



Tapesia fusca Fck. 60. On dead twigs, Roeburndale, August, 

 1910. 



T. aurelia Phil. 60. On oak debris, Roeburndale, 1910. 



Chlorosplenum ceruginoswn De Not. 60. Dry foss. East Gill, 

 at 900 ft., /. W. H.dWh. 



Cyathicula coronata De Not. 59. On dead stems of nettle, 

 Melling, 1911. 



Helotiuni aureuni Pers. 60. On fallen twigs, Carnforth and 

 Roeburndale, August, 1910, J. W. H. d TF7i. ; Caton. 



H. lutescens Fr. 59. Formby, December, 1908, A. A. Dallmaii. 



H. uliginosum Fr. 59. Freshfield, December, 1908, W, G. T. 



