NEW AND HARE BRITISH FUNGI. 
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fusiform, straight, acute at both extremities, hyaline at first and 
then quadripartite, •O^-'OIS x ‘0o2- , 0003 m.m. 
On Atropa belladonna. Shrewsbury. 
162. Diaporthe importata. Nke. Pyren. Germ., y. 315. 
Stroma effused, circumscribed by the blackened matrix. Peri- 
thecia small, globose, more or less depressed, ostiola short, puncti- 
form. Asci narrowly oblong orsubcylindrical, octosporous, sessile, 
'066-*075 x ‘009 mm. Sporidia uni or biseriate, fusiform, obtuse 
to subacute at the extremities, fusiform, 4-nucleate, 4-partite, 
slightly constricted in the centre, *015 x '004--005 mm. 
On Lycium barbarum. 
163. Diaporthe rumicis. Nke. (in edit. ) Plow, Splices. Brit, in., No. 41. 
King’s Lynn. On dead stems of Rumex. 
We have seen no description of this species, which was deter- 
mined from Italian specimens distributed by Prof. Passerini, of 
Parma. 
164. Valsa lauro-cerasi. Tul. £. Carp, ii., p. 196. Plow. Sp. Brit. 
fasc. Hi., Ao. 21. 
On branches of cherry laurel. Shrewsbury. 
165. Lophiostoma angustatum. Pers. Syn.,p. 55. Fuchel Syn. Myc., 
p. 158. Fr. Sys. Myc.ii., p. 470. 
Perithecia scattered, immersed, then prominent, globose, black ; 
ostiola linear, equal, narrow ; sporidia oblong, obtuse at both ends, 
slightly curved, 5 septate, with occasional longitudinal septa, 
•024--03 X '008 mm. 
On willow. North Wootton. Nov., 1879. 
Sporidia sometimes 7 septate, with one or two longitudinal 
septa. 
166. Lophiostoma quadrinucleatum. Kars. Myco. Fenn. ii., p. 85. 
Perithecia scattered, immersed upon a blackened spot, com- 
pressed ; ostiolum linear, rather prominent, black, -6 mm. across ; 
asci clavate, ’095-1 mm. long, ’016-’018 mm. broad; sporidia 8, 
biseriate, oblong, obtuse at the ends, straight or nearly so, pale 
brown, three septate, four nucleate, scarcely constricted at the 
septa, *025-’032 mm. long, 008- 01 mm. broad; paraphyses filiform, 
slender. 
On dead branches of Rhamnus frangula. North Wootton. 
1876. 
167. Soirdaria maxima. Niessl. Beitr., p. 3 8,t. H.,f. 42, a and b. 
Perithecia gregarious, caespitose often confluent, ovoid, oblong 
or subpyriform, brownish-black, rugulose ; asci clavato, cylindrical, 
stipitate, apex obtusely rounded, 4 spored ; sporidia uniseriate, 
oblong, brownish-black, nucleate, involved in gelatine. 
Perithecia *6-12 mm. in height. 
Asci, sporiferous portion, * 1 4=-* 1 6 X *02-*025 mm. 
Stem of ascus, -265-'280 mm. long. 
Sporidia, *034- , 042 X ’018-*024 mm. 
Forres. Key. J. Keith. On rabbit’s dung. 
