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FUNGI OF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF BIRMINGHAM 
P. fusca, Pers. Driffold Lane, Sutton. Feb. 
P. cyatlioidea, Bull. Sutton, on a decayed stump. May. 
P. vinosa, A. and S. Driffold Lane, Sutton. Sept. 
P. cinerea, Batscli. Driffold Lane, Sutton; Alvecliurch. Sept.—May. 
P. fusarioides, Berk. Sutton, Harborne, etc. Sept,—May, 
Helotium aciculare, Fr. Sutton Park. Sept., Oct. 
H. pallescens, Fr. Driffold Lane, Sutton. Oct.—April. 
H. claro-flavum. Berk. Driffold Lane, Sutton, on bark. Sept. 
H. pruinosum, Jerd. Sutton, on Hypoxylon and Diatrype stiyma. May. 
Dermatea dryina, Cooke. Sparkliill, on the bark of a felled sycamore. 
This unpublished species has been determined for me by Mr, 
Phillips, Oct. 
Ascobolus furfuraceus, Pers. On horse dung, Sutton, etc. Feb.—April, 
A. glaber, Pers. On horse dung, Selly Oak. Feb. 
A. minutissimus. Bond. On cow dung, Water Orton; Harborne. 
Determined by Mr. Phillips. As this species has not hitherto 
been found in Britain, I append the description :—“ Omnium 
minutissimus, sub lente vix conspicuus, semper sparsus; siccus 
nigricans, fulvus, margine nigro ; paraphysibus clavatis, luteo- 
virentibus.” Boudier, Mernoire sur les Ascobolees. About 
l-12th mm. broad, flattened, with a distinct dark margin; disc 
yellowish-brown. Asci broad, decidedly tapering below, 50 p x 13 y. 
Spores biseriate, elliptical, hyaline, 9-10 /a x 5-6^. Paraphyses 
very few. Sept., Oct. 
A, pilosus, Fr. On horse dung, Halesowen ; Sutton. Feb.—May. 
Bulgaria inquinans, Fr. Sutton Park ; Sutton. Sept.—Nov. 
B. sarcoides, Fr. Sutton Park, on a stump, amongst moss. Oct. 
Phacidium ilicis, Fr. Sutton Park, May. 
Rhytisma acerinum, Fr. Water Orton, Hampton, etc. Aug.—Oct. 
Hjsterium pulicare, Pers. Marston Green, on hazel. May. 
Stegia ilicis, Fr. Sutton Park, Halesowen, etc. Jan.—Dec. 
PYRENOMYCETES. 
Torrubia militaris, Fr. Sutton Park, Sutton, Sparkhill, etc. Sept., Oct. 
Epichloe typhina. Berk. Hampton-in-Arden ; Harborne. July, Aug. 
Hypomyces aurantius, Tul. Sutton Park; Sutton. On Folyporus 
spumeiis and Ay. ostreatus. Oct.—Feb. 
Nectria ciimabarina, Fr. Abundant everywhere. Sept.—Mar. 
N. coccinea, Fr. Sparkhill, on a felled trunk. Oct. 
N. peziza, Fr. Driffold Lane, Sutton. Oct.—Feb. 
N. sanguinea, Fr. Sparkhill, on a felled sycamore. Oct. 
N. episphseria, Fr. Driffold Lane, Sutton, on Hypoxylon. April. 
N. mammoidea, Ph. and PI. Sutton Park, on an old stump, April. 
Xylaria hypoxylon, Grev. Abundant everywhere. Sept.—Mar 
Hypoxylon concentricum, Grev. Driffold Lane, Sutton. Nov. 
H. coccineum. Bull. Driffold Lane, Sutton ; Halesowen. 
H. multiforme, Fr. Driffold Lane, Sutton, on birch. 
H. fuscum, Fr. Marston Green, on hazel. 
Dothidea ulmi, Fr. Solihull; W. H. Wilkinson. 
D. trifolii, Fr. Hampton-in-Arden. 
D. graminis, Fr. Common everywhere. 
D, filicina, Fr. Common ; Sutton Park, Harborne, etc. 
Diatrype verruca3formis, Fr. Marston Green, on hazel. 
D. stigma, Fr. Wylde Green ; Sutton Park ; Halesowen. July—Feb. 
D. disciformis, Fr. Driffold Lane, Sutton. Nov.—April. 
D. ferruginea. Fr. Marston Green, on hazel. May. 
Melanconis stilbostoma, Tul. Sutton ; Edgbaston. July. 
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