iVe'lv Fungi. 



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but by no means acute, base not narrowed, 2 "5-4 cm. high, 

 I '5-2 mm. thick. 



Most closel}^ allied, so far as general appearance goes, to 

 C. fragilis, form B, of Fries, ' gracilior, cylindrica, subattenuata,' 

 a form only known from the old figure in Sowerby's Fungi, tab. 

 232. 



The present species is characterised by the slender, cylindrical, 

 flexuous sporophore, and more especially by the subglobose, 

 spores having the epispore densely covered with minute rounded 

 warts. Basidia bearing four spores. 



Among short grass, Halifax. (Coll. C. Crossland, No. 87.) 

 Venturia Thwaitesii Mass. et Crossl. (sp. nov.). 



Peritheciis minutis (ioo-i25/xdiam.),superficialibus, gregariis, 

 tenuimembranaceis, globulosis coUabescentibus, pilis rigidulis, 

 acutis, strictis, demum nigro-brunneis, 60-70x3-3 "5 /x ; ascis 

 fusiformibus, 35-40 x 6-7 /x ; sporis hyalinis, i-septatis, sub- 

 cylindricis, utrinque obtusiusculis retis vel leviter curvulis, 

 10-12 X 2 /X. 



A very interesting and distinct species, distinguished from 

 allies by the minuteness of every part. 



On dead stems of Wild Raspberry (Rubus idcEiis)^ Masham. 

 (Coll. W. A. Thwaites, October 1901.) 

 Dilophospora albida Mass. et Crossl. (sp. nov.). 



Peritheciis gregariis, subellipticis, gelatinosis, albo palle- 

 scentibus, circa i mm. lat. et alt. ; conidiis cylindricis, continuis 

 hyalinis, utrinque obtusis, 30-40 x 7-8 /x, infra apice setulam 

 3-6 filiformes gerentibus. 



Peritheria as usual in this genus, rudimentary, gelatinous, 

 collapsing and forming little discs with reddish-brown margins. 

 Conidia with granular contents, sometimes slightly curved. 

 From 3-5 hyaline bristles, sometimes slightly inflated at the 

 base, spring from near the two ends of the conidium. 



Differs from D. gniminis, the only remaining British species, 

 also from all other described forms, in the size of the conidia, 

 and in the gelatinous, collapsing rudimentar}^ perithecia. 



On dead stems of Epilohium hirsutiim, Lee Mill Road, Hebden 

 Bridge. (Coll. J. Needham, August 1890.) 

 Gnomonia Needhami Mass. et Crossl. (sp. nov.). 



Peritheciis sparsis, semiimmersis, subglobosis, bruneo-nigris, 

 350 ft diam., rostro longissimo, stricto, subcylindraceo, ^picem 

 fimbriato, concolore, 1-1*5 i^^ni. long.; ascis subovatis, 24-28 

 X 12-16 /X ; sporis hyalinis, i-septatis, ellipsoideis, 14 x 22 x 6-8 /x, 



1904 January i. 



