340 BRITISH DISCOMYCETES. 
B, SPORIDIA OBLONG-ELLIPTIC. 
(a) Sporidia simple. 
2. Dermatea nectrioides (nov. sp.). 
Gregarious or czspitose, erumpent, sessile, at first 
subglobose, then plane, orbicular, reddish-brown ; hyme- 
nium at first bright orange-red, becoming pale tan-colour ; 
asci cylindraceo-clavate; sporidia 8, oblong-elliptic or 
oblong, rounded at the ends, with one or two large 
guttule, straight or slightly bent, 20—-25 x 7u; para- 
physes filiform, slender, branched. 
On cones of Pinus sylvestris. 
Cups 300 to 500u broad. The cups issue singly or in 
groups of two or three, through an elongated slit in the 
epidermis, which is usually black on the margin. They 
are at first globose, bright orange-red, shining, hardly to 
be distinguished from a Nectria ; at a later stage the disc 
becomes plane or convex and pale tan-colour. It is a 
near ally of Dermatea conigena, Phil. 
Name—VNectria, a genus of fungi, cidoc, resemblance. 
Barn Green, near Birmingham! (Mr. W. B. Grove). 
3. Dermatea dryina. Cooke. 
Cups sometimes single, sometimes three or four 
together, convex-plane, flesh-colour, 4 a line diameter or 
less, erumpent; margin very slightly elevated or not at all; 
substance fleshy or rather tough; asci clavate; sporidia 
8, elliptic, attenuated a little towards each end, straight 
or a little curved, 80—35 x 10—12y (Cooke in litt.). 
Dermatea dryina—Cooke, “ Grevillea,” vii. p. 62. 
On oak bark. 
Cups 4 a line broad at most; sporidia larger than in 
‘D. carpinea. 
Name—8épic, oak; found on oak. 
Near Hereford! (Mr. M. C. Cooke). 
(b) Sporidia becoming pseudo-septate. 
4. Dermatea livida. (B. and Br.) 
Minute, gregarious, often crowded, subhemispherical 
sessile olivaceous yellow; hymenium plane, margin 
