No. 73.] 
[September, 1886. 
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A QUARTERLY RECORD OF CRYPTOGAMIC BOTANY 
AND ITS LITERATURE. 
BRITISH PYRENOMYCETES. 
A preliminary list of known species. 
By G. Massee. 
Sub-Ord. Pyrenomycetes. 
Fam. 1. HYPOCREACEiE, Be Not. Simple or composite. 
Perithecia rather fleshy or waxy, membranaceous, brightly coloured, 
never carbonaceous. Stroma fleshy or waxy, rarely byssoid. 
Sporidia mostly hyaline, rarely brown. 
Sub.~Fam. 1. HYPOCREOIDEjE. 
Gen. 1. CLAVICEPS, Tul. Stroma vertical, springing from a 
sclerotium. Sporidia filiform, hyaline. 
1. C. purpurea, Fr., Sacc. Syll. 5005 ; Hdbk. 2324. 
On Secale cereale. Scotland. 
On Triticum repens. Cultivated. (Wils.). 
On Anthoxanthum odoratum. 
On Nardus stricta. 
On Aira ccespitosa. 
On Holcus mollis. Scotland, and cultivated. 
On Arrhenatherum avenaceum. 
On Glyceria fluitans. Scotland (Wils.), Maxwell Field ; 
Burnt Ash Lane. (F. C.) 
On Dactylis glomerata. Cultivated. 
On Festuca elatior. 
On Lolium perenne. 
On Molinia coerulea. Cultivated. (F. C.) 
Ergot on Triticum salwum, Triticum repens. Secale cereale, 
Hordeum distichum , Nardus stricta, Anthoxanthum odoratum, 
Alopecurus pratensis , Alopecurus agrestis, Phalaris arundinacea, 
Phlceum pratense , ira Accespitosa, Aira flexuosa , Holcus mollis, 
Holcus lanatus, Arrhenatherum avenaceum , Poa pratensis , Poa 
annua, Glyceria fluitans , Dactylis glomerata , Festuca elatior f 
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