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On dead stems of Eleocharis. Aug. and Sept. Scotland. 
Rev. Jas. Keith. 
141. Feziza (Mollisea) ventosa. Karst. Myco. Fen.,p. 188. Stevenson, 
Myco. Scot., p. 326. 
Gregarious, sub-sphaerico-applanate, becoming slightly convex, 
at first totally cinerious, then cinerious black, disc ochrey-pallid or 
totally cinerio-nigricant, margin elevated, most frequently flexuous, 
obtuse ; asci cylindraceo-clavate, or subcylindrical ; sporidia 
elongato-fusiform, -01--02 x *002-'0035 mm. ; paraphyses filiform. 
On Willow. Spring. Scotland. Rev. J. Keith. Shropshire. 
112. A. sc obolus viridulus. n.s. 
Scattered, sessile, hemispherical, concave, then expanded, and 
subemarginate, thick, pale yellowish green, coarsely granulated ; 
asci clavate ; sporidia 8, in one, sometimes two rows, elliptic, 
violet, becoming brown, longitudinally rimose, rimae anastomosing, 
•Ul3 X '006 mm. Cups •5-1* mm. across. 
On the rejectamenta of a bird (pigeon?). 
Shrewsbury. Feb., 1878. 
This has much the outward character of Ascobolus furfuraceus 
in a young state, but the sporidia are very much smaller. 
143. Ombrophila brunnea. n. s. Phil. 
Crowded, sessile, or sub-stipitate, concave, then expanded, 
becoming flexuous, yellowish-brown, glabrous ; disc darker than 
margin ; asci cylindrical ; sporidia 8, ovate-oblong, rough bi- or 
multi-nucleate, , 016- , 02 x •OOh-’OOS mm. ; paraphyses enlarged 
at the summits, adhering. 
On herbaceous stems in damp spots. Forres* Rev. J. Keith. 
144. Phacidium calthae. Phil. Stevenson, Myco. Scot., p. 344. 
Hypophyllus, innate, congregated on brown spots, erumpent, 
disciform, convex, cinerious ; asci broadly clavate ; sporidia 
oblongo-fusiform or sub-clavate, enucleate ; paraphyses filiform, 
occasionally forked at the apices ; sporidia, •015- , 023 X 005- - 007 
mm. 
On decaying leaves of Caltha palustris. Autumn. Scotland. 
Rev. J. Stevenson. 
145. Iiophium laeviusculum. Karst. Myco. Fenn.,p. 246. Lophium 
mytilinum, Stev. Myco. Scot., p. 349. 
Perethecia gregarious, erumpent-superficial, sessile, linear- 
elongated, hysteriform, black, nearly smooth, *3-‘7 mm. long ; 
asci fusiform elongated, *54v60 mm. long, *a,bout *06 mm. broad ; 
sporidia 8, fusiform-elongated, straight, or nearly straight, 
usually faintly triseptate, pale yellow, *016- , 022 x *0025-‘003 mm. 
paraphyses numerous, crowded, slender. 
On fir leaves. Forres. Rev. J. Keith. 
The asci in our specimens are *05 x ’004 mm., and the sporidia 
*015 x '002 *003 mm. 
* Toxxubia capitata. Tul. 
Magnificent specimens of this very rare Torrubia were found 
Oct., 1878, by Miss L. M. S. Pasley, in Hampshire. 
