No. 79.] 
March, 1888.] 
dmilha, 
A QUARTERLY EECOED OF CEYPTOGAMIC BOTANY 
AND ITS LITEEATUEE. 
SOME EXOTIC FUNGI. 
By M. C. Cooke. 
Coxticium (Coniophora) soxdulentum, CooJce fy Mass. 
Tenue, membranaceum, olivaceo-ochraceum, tuberculatum, papil- 
latumve, hymenio pulverulento. Hyphis dichotomi-ramosis. Sporis 
globosis, majusculis, pallide fuscis (10-12 /i diam.). 
On bark. Missouri, U.S. ( Ellis 5055). 
Xylopodium Aitchisoni, CJce. fy Mass. 
Peridio clavato dein pyriformi, deorsum in stipitem rigidum 
attenuato, stipite aequali vel basim leniter bulboso, longitudinaliter 
sulcato-striato, squamuloso, solido. Sporis laete ocbraceo-fuscis, 
globosis, asperulis 6-7 fx diam. 
On tbe ground. Delimitation Commission, Afghanistan, 
1884-5 {Dr. J. E. T. Aitchisori) . 
Bovista amethystina, Cooke fy Mass. 
Globose, cortex evanescent, peridium (1-1 J inch) thin, papyra- 
ceous, shining, fragile, breaking away in patches, mass of spores 
bright amethystine violet, globose, smooth, 5-6 //, diam., pale 
violet by transmitted light, threads about as thick as diameter of 
the spores, branched, equal, almost colourless. 
On the ground. Niger Expedition {Barter). 
Thamnomyces dendxoidea, Cke $ Mass. 
Stromate rigido, erecto (6-8 unc.) cylindrico, atro, nitido, 
sursum dichotomo-ramoso, fragili, ad apicem ramulorum inflato- 
ampulliformi. Peritheciis immersis, minutis, periphericis, ascis 
cylindraceis, octosporis. Sporidiis cylindricis, utrinque rotundatis, 
plerumque curvulis, fuscis 12 x 4-5 /a, conidiis hyalinis, sub-globosis 
4 x 3 [i. 
On dead wood. Upper Demerara River, British Guiana. 
Remarkable species uniting Thamnomyces more intimately with 
Xylaria. Extremely fragile. The urn-shaped fertile tips of the 
branchlets are hollow, there is no corky stroma, but the whole 
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