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CALIFORNIAN SPH-ERI.E. 
Sphaeria commanipula. B. <$• Br. (?) — In bad condition, on stems 
of indigenous spikenard (960). 
Sphaeria herbarum. Pers. — On white sage (941), on soap plant 
stems with sixteen sporidia in each ascus (707). 
Sphaeria (L leospora) sambuci. Plow. — Perithecia as in Sp. 
herbarum ; asci cylindrical. *08 X '01 mm. ; sporidia ovate, trans- 
versely triseptate, longitudinally incompletely uniseptate, pale 
yellow, '012--014 x ‘004--0U5 mm. 
On Sambucus (939). The sporidia resemble those of PI. 
Bardance , Niessl. Beitr., p. 18, t. iv., f. 4. 
Sphaeria permunda. Coohe. — No. 539. 
Sphaeria rubella. Pers. — On wild parsnip (909). 
Gnomonia alni. Plow. — Parasitic. Perithecia minute, in 
clusters, buried in the substance of the leaf ; ostiola elongate, 
slightly tapering at the apex ; asci ovato- elongate, '035-'04 x *01- 
•015 mm.; sporidia 8 hyaline, curved, uniseptate, nucleate, 022- 
•025 X -003--004. (PI. 120, fig. 4.) 
On living leaves of Alnus (743). The bases of the perithecia 
project slightly upon the opposite surface of the leaf, throwing the 
epidermis into minute tubercles. 
Venturia sequoiae. Ploiv. — Perithecia unequal, scattered, setu- 
lose superiorly ; asci cylindrical, -07 x '01 mm. ; sporidia 8, linear, 
triseptate, somewhat unequal in length, faintly triseptate, hyaline. 
(PI. 120, fig. 3.) 
On decaying foliage of Sequoia gigantea (650). 
HYGROPHORUS FCETENS. Nov. spec. 
By William Phillips, F.L.S. 
A very distinct species of Hygrophonis has occurred this autumn 
on the earth in the General Cemetery of this town (Shrewsbury), 
in considerable abundance, which appears to be hitherto undes- 
cribed. It may be distinguished as follows: — 
Hygrcphorus foetens, d. s. — Foetens, fragilis, pileo atro-brun- 
neo, sub-carnoso, a convexo applanescente, glabro, demum diffracto- 
squamuloso ; stipite farcto, nitido, deorsum attenuato, pallidiore ; 
lamellis decurrentibus, distantibus, crassiusculis, pileo sub-concolo- 
ribus aut pallidioribus, sub glauco-pminosus. 
On the earth amongst grass. Shrewsbury, Nov., 1878. 
The pileus is about one inch across, the stem from one to three 
inches long and two lines thick. The odour is very similar to that 
of Thelephora fastidiosa. The whole plant is of a dark-brown 
colour, the stem and gills somewhat paler. It is not at all viscid, 
and though fragile must stand in Fries’ sub-genus Camarophyllus , 
in the first section, Tab. 121, fig. B. 
Several species of Hygrophorus, usually considered rare, have 
occurred here abundantly this autumn, especially the beautiful H. 
