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The sporidia of this species germinate freely within the ascus, 
their threads projecting through the walls of the ascus. 
This is near Lecanidion herbarum , Sacc. 
208. Hypocrea lactea, Fr. 
Fleshy, effused, naked, white ; perithecia rather large, globose; 
ostiola punctiform ; asci cylindrical, -05--06 mm. long by -003--004 
mm. wide; sporidia 16, hyaline, subequal, globose, *003 mm. 
Fries. Sum. Veg. Scand., p. 383 ; Syst. Mycol. II., p. 337 ; 
Fckl. Mycol. Europ., p. 185 : Sacc. Mich. I., p. 302. 
On the hymenium of Polyporus medulla-panis. Castle Rising. 
16 Sept., 1881. 
209. Hypomyces candicans, Plow. Monograph British Hypomyces. 
Grevillea , ined. 
On some Myxogaster. Leziate, King’s Lynn. Aug., 1880. 
Bathford Downs, Oct., 1880. 
210. Hypomyces aureo-nitens, Tul. Sel. Carp. Fung, hi., p. 64. 
Plow. Mono. Brit. Hypomyces Grev., ined. 
On Stereum hirsutum. Pwllycrochon Wood, North Wales. 10 
Oct., 1880. 
211. Nectria Lamyi ( Besm .), Be Not. 
Perithecia casspitose, dark cinnabar red, rugose ; ostiola minute, 
depressed ; asci oblong, substipitate, octosporous, *074 x *014 mm. ; 
sporidia oblong lanceolate, but obtuse at both ends, obscurely 
uniseptate, hyaline, *02 x *008 mm. 
De Not. Sfereacei Ital. I., No. 9 ; Sphceria Lamyi , Desmaz., 
Ann. de Sci. Nat., 1836, II., p. 246 ; Sphceria Berberidis , Fries. 
Sys. Myc. II., p. 415, in part ; Nectria Lamyi , Fckl. Mycol. 
Europ., p. 178. 
Flitcham Abbey, King’s Lynn, July, 1881. On dead branches 
of Berberis vulgaris. 
212. Nectria erubescens, Desmaz. 
Perithecia scattered or subgregarious, superficial, with a white 
radiating villous base, minute, globose, soft, smooth, brick-red, then 
reddish-brown, collapsing ; ostiola papilliform ; asci clavate, *05 
mm. long ; sporidia oblong, subacute, slightly curved, triseptate, 
hyaline, *017 mm. long by -004 mm. wide. 
Desmaz. XIII., sub Sphaeria; De Not. Sf. It., p. 72; Sacc. 
Michelia I., p. 309. 
On dead holly leaves. Clifton Down. Oct., 1879 (C. Bucknall, 
Esq.). 
In October, 1870, Mr. Bucknall found upon the under side of 
fallen holly leaves a Nectria, which answered to the above in all 
points save in having much smaller sporidia (-008--01 x -001--002 
mm.), which we were at first inclined to regard as a distinct species. 
213. Sphaerostilbe aurantiaca, Tul. 
Conidia Stilbuni aurantiacum , Bab., subfasciculate, orange ; 
stem smooth, darker below, head subclavate ; spores oblong, 
