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it is instantly distinguished by its much smaller, obtuse, Nectria- 
like sporidia. 
Plate 155, Fig. 1. a. Hypomyces on old Stereum. 
b. Perithecia. 
c. Perithecium X 100. 
d. Asci and sporidia X 400. 
e. Free sporidia X 800. 
13. Hypomyces auxeo-nitens, Tul. Conidia minute, hyaline, 
oval ; *003 to ‘004 mm. long by *002 mm. wide ; in short chains, 
born terminally upon tassel-like heads. 
Perithecia globose, obtuse, shining golden yellow, granular, not 
distinctly cellular, small ; ’3 mm. high, *25 mm. wide, nestling 
amongst the golden subiculum. 
Asci linear; *07 mm. long by *005 mm. wide. 
Sporidia eight ; uniseriate, ovato-oblong, uniseptate, constricted, 
acute at either end; *01 to ‘013 mm. long by *003 mm. wide. 
Hypomyces aureo-nitens. Tulasne Sel. Carp. Fung, in., p. 64. 
Saccardo Mich, i., p. 258. 
On Stereum hirsutum. Pwllycrochon Wood, North Wales, 11th 
Oct., 1880. 
^ Plate 156. a. Hypomyces on hymenium of an old Stereum. Nat. size. 
b. Tuft of conidia X 40. 
c. Conidia X 400. 
d. Apex of thread conidia x 800. 
e. Perithecia X 15. 
f. Perithecium X 140. 
g. Asci and sporidia X 400. 
h. Free sporidia X 800. 
14. Hypomyces violaceus, Tul. Conidia : Mycelium very deli- 
cate, white, branching divaricately, bearing hyaline, oval, or linear 
oblong conidia, which are sometimes septate, straight, or curved ; 
01 to *022 mm. long by *005 to -007 mm. wide. 
Chlamy do spores broadly ovate, obtuse at both ends, smoky- 
brown ; -023 to -029 mm. long by -016 to *022 mm. wide. 
Perithecia globose, very small, with obtuse ostiola, emergent, 
purplish violet. 
Asci narrow, linear ; *055 to *06 mm. long by *004 mm. wide. 
Sporidia eight ; very small, oblong, obtuse at either end, 
straight or slightly unequal, simple or uniseptate, hyaline ; ‘006 to 
*007 mm. long by ’002 to *003 mm. wide. 
Hypomyces violaceus. Tulasne Sel. Carp. Fung, hi., p. 60. 
„ „ Ann. Sc. Nat., Ser. 4, xm., 1860, p. 14. 
„ ,, Fuckel Sym. Myc., p. 183. 
,, ,, Karst. Myc. Fenn. n., p. 211. 
„ „ Karst. Exs., 270, 379. 
„ „ Saccardo Mich, i., p. 286. 
„ „ Phillips & Plow., Grev. vm., p. 104. 
Sphasria violacea. Schm. in Herb. Kunze. 
„ „ Fries Sys. Myc. n., p. 441. 
