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R. Epilobii (Schn.) {I.e., p. 74), on Epilobium montanum 

 and E. paruiflorum at St. Cyrus, in autumn. 

 Graphiopsis chlorocephala (Fres.) Trail {i.e., p. 75), on 

 dead /uncus ; St. Cyrus, in autumn. 



Province of Dee. 

 Myxomycetes. 



Physarum sinuosum (Bull.), on dead plants, Midmar in September. 



Chondrioderma Stahlii Rostaf. I found one specimen of 

 what I take to be this species, (relying upon the very 

 peculiar structure of the threads of the capillitium, along 

 with other characters, to distinguish it), on dead branches 

 of Larix europcea, near Blairs in Kincardineshire, in 

 December. 



Mucorini. 



Piptocephalis microcephala Van Tiegh., on dung of rabbit, 

 overgrown with Pilobolus crystallinus, at Persley near 

 Aberdeen, in October. 



Peronospore/e. 



Peronospora effusa (Grev.) Rabh., on Chenopodium album, and on 

 Alriplex patula ; rather common near Aberdeen, in June 

 and July. 



[New records for Scotland as regards food plants are : — 

 Peronospora Lamii A. Br., on Stachys palustris, near New Machar. 

 P. Myosotidis De Bary ; on Myosotis cosspitosa near Aberdeen, in 



September, and on M. versicolor at Newtonhill, in May. 

 P. nivea Unger ; on Pimpinella Saxifraga, near Ellon, in Sep- 

 tember. 



P. parasitica (Pers.) Tul., on Nasturtium officinale, near Udny, in 

 October.] 



Hymenomycetes. 



Hypochnus olivaceus Sacc. On old wood of a paling {Pinus 

 sylvestris) at Murcar near Aberdeen, in January, I found 

 what I take to be this fungus. 



Pistillaria micans Fr. On dead petioles of Digitalis purpurea, 

 from Durris on Deeside, in October. I have found this 



