Coprophilous Fungi. If. 89 
G. subulatum, Sacc., Syll. Fung, iv, 612 (1886); Mass. Brit. 
Fung. FI. iii, 455 (1893). 
Hab. — On Birds’ dung, Kew, Jan. 1901. 
Not hitherto recorded on dung. 
Didymosporae. Gymnodochium, gen. nov. 
Sporodochia subglobosa vel irregularia, superficialia, convexa, nuda, 
i. e. setis destituta; conidiis catenulatis i-septatis hyalinis in conidio- 
phoris distinctis acrogenis. — Genus Endodesmiae inter Tuber cularieas 
mucedineas sectionis Didymosporae solum comparandum ; ab hoc 
setarum defectu longe recedens. 
G. fimieolum, sp. nov. (Figs. 49-51). 
Sporodochiis minutis subglobosis vel irregularibus sparsis vel sub- 
gregariis albis ; conidiophoris distinctis cylindricis septatis circ. 
30x3-5/*; conidiis in catenulis longis flexuosis ordinatis, ellipsoi- 
deis, didymis, medio vix vel non constrictis, hyalinis, laevibus, 
9-10X4*5-5 /*• 
Hab. — In fimo Ovis vignei (Ural Wild Sheep), Kew, Feb. 1901. 
The conidia are borne — fifteen or more in a chain — at the apex of 
cylindrical conidiophores, which remain for some distance distinct 
from one another, until they merge into Jhe tissue of the sporodochium. 
The spores, as they arrive at maturity and fall off the ends of the 
chains, are slightly pointed at one end, and minutely truncate at the 
other. 
Myxomyceteae. Dictyostelium mucoroides, Brefeld, in 
Abhandl. d. Senckenb. Naturf.-Gesellsch. vii, 1-2 1, Taf. 1-3 (in 
sep.) (1869); Sacc. Syll. Fung, vii, 452 (1888); A. L. Smith in 
Trans. Brit. Myc. Soc. 1898-99, p. 114. 
Hab. — On Hares’ dung, Kew, March, 1901 ; on dung of Rabbit, 
Epping Forest, Oct. 1901. 
Smith ( 1 . c.) has already recorded the occurrence of this species in 
Britain ; it is remarked there that the Fungus * can only be seen under 
the microscope * ; in our specimens, however, the plants were clearly 
visible to the naked eye, the stalks being 1 mm. high. 
Arcyria albida, Pers. 
Hah. — On dung of the Flying-fox ( Pteropus medium , Temm.), 
Calcutta, India (I. H. Burkill, Aug. and Sept. 1901). 
Exactly agreeing with European examples of the species. Mr. I. H. 
Burkill supplied us with the following notes : ‘ The dung on which 
