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NEW AND HARE BRITISH FUNGI. 
168. Sporormia minima. Awd. Hedrvigia, 1878, p. 66, t. 1,/. in. 
Perithecia globose, membranaceous, black when dry, olivaceous 
when moist ; asci cylindrical or elongato-clavate, sessile, *085 X 
•012 mm. ; sporidia tetramerous, brown, surrounded by gelatine, 
*032-*035 x ‘006 mm. All segments *007 mm. long, or perhaps 
with the terminal segments slightly longer. 
On grouse dung. Sept. Aviemore. Rev. J. Keith. 
* Sporormia pulchra. H insen. Fung. Fim., Dan.,p. M3 1-6. 
Perithecia elongato-pyriform, black, with a neck straight or 
curved, often bent, greenish-grey, often semi-transparent, covered 
by mycelium, •32-*42 mm. high ; asci cylindrical, nearly sessile, 
octosporous, -16 X ‘OS-’OSS mm.; sporidia 7 septate, 8 jointed, 
constricted, involved in mucus brownish-black, •047- , 057 X *012- 
•014 mm. 
On cow dung. Aviemore. Rev. J. Keith. 
Plate 130 f. 4, a , ascus; b, sporidium, after Hansen. 
1G9. Sphaeria (Clypeosphaeria) hyperici. n. sp. 
Perithecia minute, buried in the substance of the bark, covered 
by the blackened shining epidermis ; asci cylindrical or clavato- 
cylindrical, 07-‘09 X *015-*02 mm. ; sporidia 8, uni or biseriate, 
cyaline, oblong, constricted, nucleate, various in size, *015« 
•025 X -005--008 mm. 
This striking little species occurs on the dead stems of Hyperi- 
cum perforatum. The sporidia are possibly triseptate, but although 
many specimens have been examined they have never been observed 
in this condition One septum is central, another dividing the 
larger segment transversely. 
King’s Lynn. 1878-9. 
Plate 130, fig 5, ascus and sporidia. 
170. Sphaeria (Fsilosphaeria) Rhododendri. Melanomma Rhodo- 
dendri. Rehm. As corny., No. 186. Plow. Splicer. Brit. Hi., No. 47. 
On dead branches of Rhododendron. TheWrekin. February, 1878. 
* Sphaeria revelata. B, $ Br. Ann. N. H., No. 634, t. 11,/. 8. 
On Symphoricarpus and Artemisia. 
Sporidia -01- 015 x '005--008 mm. 
King’s Lynn. 1877-8. 
171. Sphaeria (Fleospora) graminis. Fckl. S. M., p. 139. 
Perithecia gregarious, free, moderate size, globose, becoming 
depressed, black, often covered with grey, lax, branched hairs as 
long as the diameter of the perithecium ; ostiolum cylindrical, 
short, truncate, perforated; asci elongated, curved, *0118 mm. 
long, *014 mm. broad; sporidia 8, biseriate, cylindrical- fusiform, 
curved or straight, 10 septate, two terminal cells narrow, the third 
broader, -038 mm. long, -007 mm. broad, pale yellow ; paraphyses 
filiform, branched, as long as the asci. 
On Phragmites communis. Terrington. 1877. 
172. Sphaexia aucupariae. Lasch. Plow. Sp has. Brit. Hi , No. 65. 
On living leaves of Sorbus aucuparia. Manchester, 1873. Mr. 
T. Brittain. 
