ON THE PROPAGATION OF SPHiERIA (gNOMONIA) FIMBRIATA. 69 
the deciduous foliaceous organs, which he arrived at in experiment- 
ing with Rhytisma acerinum .* 
These observations are not without interest in showing the con- 
nection which exists between the Phacidiacei and the Sphceriacei , 
physiologically as well as structurally, and afford an explanation of 
the abundance of Sphceria fimbriata where it occurs, as compared 
with the allied species, S. coryli ; the hornbeam being a tree in 
which the dead leaves remain attached to the twigs, as a general 
rule, well through the winter and into the spring, until the sporidia 
arrive at their most perfect state of maturity. 
NATAL FUNGI. 
By M. C. Cooke. 
The following is an enumeration of a small collection of Fungi 
in the Kew Herbarium, communicated from Natal by J. M. Wood. 
The Agaricini have been determined by Herr C. Kalchbrenner. 
There are a few numbers still to be examined : — 
Agaricus (Lepiota) sulfurellus. Kalch. 
Totus sulfureus. Pileus e convexo planus, umbonatus, vix pol- 
licem latus, in umbone umbrinus, ceterum squamulis verrucaefor- 
mibus, sparsis, umbrinis notatus, margineque striatus, stipes tenuis, 
tistulosus, aequalis, glaber. Annulus membranaceus, pendulus. 
Lamellae approximatae, vix confertae, ventricosae. Sporae late ovatae, 
*006 x *0035 mm. 
Port Natal. No. 387. 
The paper in which the dried specimens were enclosed was stained 
of a bright yellow. 
Agaricus (Clitocybe) sinopicus. Fr. Hym. Euv., 95. 
In woods. No. 395. 
Agaricus (Collybia) macilentus. Fr, Ep. 11., p. 123. 
On the ground. No. 401. 
Agaricus (Pleurotus) perpusillus. Fr . Hym. Eur., 181. 
On trunks. No. 191. 
Agaricus (Pholiota) unicolor. FI. Dan., 1. 107 1,. fig. 1. 
On trunks. No. 390 (pusio). 
Agaricus (Psilocybe) squalens. Fr. Hym. Eur., 303. 
About trunks. No. 383. 
Agaricus (Fanaeolus) pepilionaceus. Fr. Hym. Bur., 311. 
On the ground. Nos. 385, 379, 391, 397. 
Agaricus (Psathyrella) subtilis. Fr. Hym. Eur., 316. 
On dung. No. 382. 
* “ Comptes Rendus,” July, 1878. Translated by Mr. T. Howse, 
“ Grevillea,” Vol. vii., p. 101. 
