78 FUNGUS-FLOEA. 



yellow, |-§ mm. across ; asci cylindrical, 8-spored ; spores 

 arranged in a parallel fascicle in the ascus, needle-shaped, 

 multi-septate, hyaline, 150-175 X 2 /t; paraphyses slender, 

 hyaline. 



Lycoperdon radiatum, Linn., sp. pi., ii. p. 1645. 



Schmitzomia radiata, Phil., Brit. Disc, p. 380. 



On wood, twigs, &c. 



Characterised by the broad, white, radiately split margin, 

 and the flesh-coloured or dingy orange disc. 



Specimens examined in Berk., Brit., Fung., n. 79; and 

 Eehm, i^scom., n. 122. 



Stictis arundinacea. Pers., Myc. Eur., i. p. 336; 

 Sacc, Sjll., n. 2833. 



Scattered, immersed, usually orbicular, at first closed then 

 rupturing and forming a narrow, almost or quite entire, 

 snow-white, pruinose margin; disc somewhat depressed, 

 greyish or whitish, up to § mm. across ; asci cylindrical, 

 8-spored; spores needle-shaped, hyaline, multi-septate, ar- 

 ranged in a parallel fascicle in the ascus, 125-150 X 1"5 2/*; 

 paraphyses numerous, filiform, not incrassated at the apex, 

 about 1 /JL thick, hyaline. 



Schmitzomia arundinacea, Phil., Brit. Disc, p. 380. 



Stictis graminwm, Desm., Crypt. Fr., exs., n. 1071 ; Phil., 

 Brit. Disc, p. 386. 



Stictis luzulae, Lib., PL Crypt. Ardu., n. 132. 



On the sheaths of various grasses and sedges. 



Authentic specimen from Persoon examined ; also specimen 

 in Desm., Crypt. France, exs., n. 1071 ; and Libert, Plant. 

 Cr. Ard. n. 132. 



Var. junci. Karst., Myc. Fenn., i. p. 238; Phil., Grev., 

 vol. xviii. p. 84. 



Scattered, covered at first, then orumpent and somewhat 

 prominent, cup-shaped, with an almost entire, snow-white, 

 minutely mealy margin; disc pale orange, or rosy, up to 

 ^ mm. across; asci cylindrical, 8-spored; spores needle- 

 shaped, arranged in a parallel fascicle in the ascus, 

 hyaline, multi-septate 110-130 x 1-1 "5 /x; paraphyses 

 numerous, filiform, hyaline. 



On culms of Juncus effusus and J. conglomeratus. 



Specimen in Karst., Fung. Fenn., n. 931, examined. 



