6o 
Mas see and Salmon. — Researches on 
occurrence of two new genera is to be noted : Arachnomyces 
(Perisporiaceae), with two new species A. nitidus and A. sul- 
phureus ; and Gymnodochium , related to Berkeley’s genus 
Endodesmia , in the Tubercularieae. New species, belonging 
to the following genera, have been found : — Ascomycetes : 
Ascodesmis Volutelloides , Arackniotus citrinus , My xo trichum 
Johnstoni , M. spinosum , Chaetomium arachnoides , C. simile , 
Nectria ornata ; Hyphomycetes : Cephalosporium succineum , 
Acremonium fimicolum , Sepedonium niveum , Oedocephalunt 
ochraceum , Trichothecium inaequale , Triehosporium insigne , 
Chaetostroma fimicolum , Graphium Comatrichoides . The 
following species, new to the British Flora, have occurred 
Hymenomyceteae : Coprinus velox , Godey. Ascomycetes : 
Arachniotus candidus , Schroet., Gymnoascus setosus , Eidam, 
Myxotrichum aeruginosum (Mont.), Anixiopsis stercoraria , 
Hans., Magnusia nitida , Sacc., Chaetomium bostrychoides, 
Zopf, Sordaria bombardioides , Auersw., Poronia punctata , Ell. 
and Everh. Sphaeropsideae : Sphaeronaemella fimicola , 
March. Mucoraceae : Mucor racemosus , Fres., Syncephalis 
intermedia , van Tiegh., Circinella umbellata , van Tiegh. and 
Le Monnier, Helicostylum piriforme , Bainier. Hyphomycetes : 
Botrytis pilulifera , Sacc., Botryosporium foecundissimum (Sacc. 
and March.), Aspergillus clavatus , Desmaz., Arthrobotrys 
superb a, Corda, Trichocladium asperum , Harz., Sporodesmium 
piriforme , Corda, Stysanus fimetarius (Karst.), 5. stercorarium , 
March. 
In the following enumeration of the species of Fungi ob- 
served, it will be noticed that several have occurred on the 
dung of exotic animals. We obtained this dung, through 
the kindness of Mr. C. Bartlett, Superintendent, fresh from 
the Zoological Gardens, Regent’s Park, and kept it subse- 
quently under bell-jars at Kew. 
