ASCOMYCES. 403 
Craigiebuckler Wood, Aberdeen! (Dr. James W. H. 
Trail). 
B THE MYCELIUM SPREADING ONLY BETWEEN THE 
EPIDERMAL CELLS AND THE CUTICLE. 
(a) Asci furnished with a stem-cell. 
5. Ascomyces Tosquinetii. West. 
Producing blisters on the upper surface of the leaves ; 
asci cylindrical or cylindraceo-clavate, round at the sum- 
mit, truncate at the base; sporidia 8, spherical, 4—5yu 
broad. 
Ascomyces Tosquinetii— West in “ Bull. Acad. Belg.,” 
ser. 2, vol. xi. p. 655; Phil. and Plow., “Grevillea,” vi. p. 
25; Gill, “Champ.,” p. 201. aoascus Alni—De Bary 
in Fekl, “Symb. Myco.,” p. 252. Taphrona alnitorqua 
—Tul., “ Ann. Se. Nat.,” ser. 5, vol. 5, p. 1380. Exoascus 
Tosquinetii—Sace., “ Mich.,” iv. p. 433. 
Exs.—FeckL, “F. Rh.,” 2276; Rehm’s “ Asco.,” 217; 
Phil, “Elv. Brit,” 150; Rabh., “Fung. Eur.,” 1837; 
Thum., “ Fung. Aus.,” 183; and “ Mycoth. Univ.,” 81. 
On living leaves of Alnus glutinosus. July and 
August. 
Name—After M. Tosquinet. 
6. Ascomyces Alvi. B. and Br. 
Deforming the inflorescence ; sporidia numerous in 
each ascus. 
Ascomyces: Alni—B, and Br., “ Ann. Nat. Hist.,” No. 
1628; “Grevillea,” v. p. 62; not Hxoascus Alni—De 
Bary. Exoascus alnitorqua, form Alni incane—Kiihn 
in Rabh., “ Fung. Eur.,” No. 1616. Ascomyces Tosquinetw 
(West)—Kunze, “Fung. Sel.,” 369. Haoascus Alm, De 
Bary, form strobilina—Thum. in Rehm’s “ Asco.,” 518. 
Exs.— Rabh., “ Fung. Eur.,” 1616; Kunze, “Fung. Sel.,” 
369; Rehm, “ Asco.,” 518. 
On female catkins of Alnus glutinosus. 
Differs from other species in the asci containing more 
numerous sporidia, which are only ‘0002 to ‘0003 inch 
