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NEW BRITISH FUNGI. 
cracked cuticle. Sporules subcylindrical, obtuse, or allantoid, 
continuous, hyaline (10-12 x 3-4 p). 
On husks of JEsculus hippocastanum , on the ground. Kew 
Gardens, May, 1887. 
Coniothyrium inconspicuum, CooJce. 
Perithecia very minute, inconspicuous, in short lines, innate. 
Sporules elliptic, continuous, brown, at first on short basidia 
(10x4-5 p). 
On leaves of Gynerium argenteum . Claygate. 
Coniothyrium palmarum, Cke. Sf Mass. 
Perithecia subcuticular,- scattered, small, subglobose, elevating, 
but scarcely piercing the cuticle. Sporules oval, continuous, 
brown (8x4-5 /x). 
On dead leaves of Chamcerops humilis. Kew. 
Coniothyrium conoideum, Sacc. Syll. 1780. 
On stems of Angelica. Aberdeen. 
Sphseropsis helicis, Cke. Sf Mass. 
Usually seated on a black stroma, sometimes free. Perithecia 
rather large, black, semi-immersed, carbonaceous, with a long 
exserted neck. Sporules oval, continuous, at first on short sporo- 
phores, becoming very dark and opaque, almost black (12 x 8 p). 
On ivy twigs, in company withj Diaporthe pulla. Kew Gardens. 
Quite different from Coniothyrium Hederce in the stroma, ros- 
trate carbonaceous perithecia, and larger sporules. 
Sphseropsis lignicola, Cke. fy Mass. 
Perithecia gregarious, for the most part in lines, following 
cracks in the wood, sometimes confluent, dull black, subglobose, 
laterally compressed and distorted, nearly superficial, minutely 
pierced. Sporules subglobose, or oval, continuous, brown, about 
15 X 10 p. 
On decorticated branches. Kew. 
Asteroma juncaginearum, Eabh. Sacc. Syll. 1285. 
On Triglochin. Aberdeen. 
Diplodina corni, Cooke. 
Gregarious, perithecia subglobose, black, papillate, covered by 
the cuticle, which is pierced by the ostiola. Sporules narrowly 
elliptical, uniseptate, not constricted, hyaline (10-12 X 3 p). 
On twigs of Cornus sanguinea. Shotover Plantation [Baxter). 
Diplodina ascochytoides, Sacc. Syll. . 
On Lavatera thuringiaca. Kew Gardens. 
Haplosporella Baxter!, Cke. Sf Mass. 
Forming erumpent clusters of rather large elongated, obconical, 
shining black perithecia, which are pierced at the apex. Sporules 
elliptical, straight or curved, continuous, rounded at the ends, 
brown (22-30 X 8-10 p). 
On dead branches. Oxford [Baxter). 
