360 Crossland and Needhani: Fungus Flora of Hearthrug. 



On 17th ^'l3.y Libertella fusispora Mass. and Crossl., a member 

 of the group Melanconiacece, appeared in the shape of very 

 deHcate tendrils of ag-glutinated fusiform conidia oozing- from 

 among- the threads of the cloth. This was submitted direct to 

 Mr. Massee, who found it to be a new species. We have not seen 

 it anywhere else. 



On 19th June the ascophores of the one we expected to be 

 first on the scene made their appearance, viz., Ascophanus 

 carneus (Pers.). When it did appear it occurred abundantly 

 on both cloth and sacking-, and continued to produce its fruits 

 until the middle of Aug-ust. It reappeared in July and August 

 the year following-. This one also has a wide range in habitat ; 

 it occurs on horse, cow, and rabbit dung, leather, rotting paper, 

 rope, cloth, hemp, cotton, etc. 



On the same date a peculiar grey mould, Bolacotricha grisea 

 B.&Br. , was observed. It consists of little heaps or cushions of 

 conidia (or may be asci) with granular contents, the cushions 

 being sparingly studded with brown, thickcoated, sterile hyphas 

 v/ith curved tips. There was more of it the following year. 

 We had previously found this fungus on a bit of old carpet in 

 EUand Hall Wood some eight or nine miles away. 



At the same time Perisporium vulgare Corda, a second 

 member of the minor group Perisporiacece, was collected on 

 the more decayed portions of both the cloth and jute. This 

 w^as found the same season on rotten sacking in another part 

 of the parish. Still another of this group, Perisporium funicula- 

 tuni Preuss., developed a little later on the jute portion. 



Towards the end of June a Discomycete known on the 

 Continent as Huniaria deerata Sq.cc. = Pesisa deerata Karst. 

 came forward on the jute ; it flourished in abundance throughout 

 July, and reappeared sparingly in July the year following. This 

 species was new to Britain, but was on record in Germany and 

 other continental countries as growing on decaying herbaceous 

 stems. It was figured and described in 'The Naturalist,' 

 January 1899, pp. 28 and 31, figs. 1-8. We have not met with 

 it in any other place. 



About the same time a third Discomycete — Peziza linteicola 

 (Phil. & Plow.) — appeared; it occurred abundantly on the jute, 

 continued till August, reappeared in July the following }-ear, and 

 held on so long as a bit of the rug was left. We saw this in the 

 same wood in August 1894, on scraps of old sacking. It was 

 first found at King's L}-nn on damp, rotting linen cloth, hence 

 its name linteicola. The same thing has been found by Mr. 



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