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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART III. 



individuals every year, which are in perfection after the spring 2024 

 rains. Srictis parallela Fr. Syst. Myc, v. ii. p. 197. A curious 

 undescribed species (Stlctis nfvea) is found in great abundance 

 near Paris, in the Bois de Boulogne, on the fallen leaves of Pinus 

 marftimus, and is most probably to be found in some of the 



London nurseries. Naematelia 

 encephala Fr. Syst. Myc, v. ii. p. 

 227. ; Dacrymyces stillatus Kees, 

 Grcv ,t. 159., and our fig. 2024.; 

 Agyrium rufum Fr. Syst. Myc, v. 

 ii. p. 232. ; Nidularia crucibulum 

 Fr. Syst. Myc, v. ii. p. 299., Grev., 

 t. 34., and our fig. 2025. SphaeVia gelatinosa 

 Todc Fung. Meek., ii. p. 48. f. 123, 124. a very rare species. Sp. abietis 

 Fr. Syst. Myc, v. ii. p. 398.; Sp. strigosa Alb. et Se/rw., t. 5. f. 7.; Sp. 

 sordaria Fr, Syst. Myc, v. ii. p. 458.; appearing like a black scurfy stain on 

 moist pine wood. Sp. pilifera Fr. Syst. Myc, v. ii. p. 472. ; remarkable for 

 its hair-like orifice. Lophium mvtilinum Fr. Syst. Myc, v. ii. p. 533., Grev. f 



tam^^m. t# * 7 ^\ f * T '» ancl om '^S- 2026 ' ' 

 - >~ Vnll| ana * Lophium elatum Grcv., t. 

 V" 177. l'. 2., and our jig. 2027. ; 



V Jj S are most curious and elegant 



2oo(5 .Fungi, resembling minute bi- 



valve shells, placed with their frontal margin upwards. 

 Phacidium Pini Schmidt, Myc. Heft., ii. t. 2. f. 1 1. ; on the 

 bark of Pinus sylvestris. Reticularia atra Alb. et Sc/iw., t. 3. f. 3. ; Lycoper- 

 don fuligindsum Sow., t. 257. ; Ret. olivacea Fr. Syst. Myc, v. 

 iii. p. 89. ; remarkable for its beautiful olive-green sporidia. 

 Perichae v na abie'tina Fr. Syst. Myc, v. iii. p. 191.; Sphaero- 

 carpus sessilis Sow., f. 258. ; ancl Pachnocybe ferruginea Berk. 

 E?ig. Fl., v. v. p. 334., syn. Mucor ferrugineus Soiv., t. 378. f. 

 10. 



Several species occur on the fallen cones; 

 amongst which are : yfgaricus tenacellus 

 Pers. Ic. Pict., t. 1. f. 3, 4., syn. Ag. spi- 

 nipes Sow., t. 206., and our fig. 2028. ; 

 Ag. confgenus Pcrs. Syn., p. 388. Ag. sanguinolentus 

 Alh. et Schw., p. 196.; a small but elegant species, 

 distilling a claret-coloured fluid when broken, which often occurs on cones 

 of the Scotch pine, though found also on the twigs of various trees. Ag. 

 strobilinus Pcrs. Syn., p. 3C3., and our fig. 2029., syn. A coccineus Sow., 



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t. 197. ; which occurs, also, occasionally on twigs, as in 

 our figure. 7/ydnum auriscalpinm L., Sow., t. 267., 

 Grev., t. 196., and our fig. 2030. ; on cones of Pinus 

 sylvestris. Peziza pineti liatsch. Cont., i. f. 140.; P. conf- 

 gena Pers. Syn., p. 634., Grev. Ft. Ed., p. 425. ; SphseVia 

 Btrobilina Hott. et Schm., Fr. Syst. Myc, v. ii. p. 495. ; 

 il terium conigenurn Moiig. et Nest., No. 475.; on 



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Pez&za iiibtllii /*'/ . Si/' i- Myc, v. ii. 

 v. vi. p. 133. ; Hyuterium Pinastri 



p. L57.J 

 Schrad.. 



cones of the 

 Scotch fir, 

 confined to the upper and ex- 

 posed portion of the scales. 

 Perichse'na strobilina Fr. Syst. 

 Myc,v. iii. p. \90.,Grcv.,t. 275.; 

 between the scales of old cones 

 of the spruce fir. 



On the leaves are produced : 

 SphaeVia Pinistri Dec. Fl. Fr., 

 Pert. Syn., p. 28., Grcv., t. 60. 



