FUNGI OF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF BIRMINGHAM. 277 
Botrytis coccotriclia, SacTQ. “ Fung. Ital.,” fig. 694. On oak chips. 
Kenilworth. Named by Mr. Phillips. New to Britain. July. 
Peronospora nivea, Aug. On umbellifers. Sutton ; Clent. May, June. 
P. gangliformis, Berk. On Scabiosa, Langley. Oct. 
P. densa, Rabenh. On Bartsia Odontites, Harborne. Aug. 
P. effusa, Grev. Sutton; Solihull; Water Orton, etc. May, June. 
P. grisea, Ung. Marston Green ; Solihull; Wixford. May—Aug. 
P. arboresceus. Berk. On Poppy, Wixford. Aug. 
P. ficariae. Tub On Banunculus rejiens, Sutton. May. 
Cystopus candidus. Lev. Wixford ; Earlswood ; Sutton, etc. Aug. 
Dactylium obovatum, Berk. Sutton, on willow twigs. Feb. 
Menispora ciliata, Corda. Sutton; Harborne. Nov.—July. 
Arthrobotrys oligospoi’a, Fresen. Edgbaston. New to Britain. Pro¬ 
bably accompanying Sordaria fimiscda. April. 
Fusisporium aurantiacum. Link. Sutton. Dec. 
Ovularia sphaeroidea, Sacc. “Fung. Ital.,” fig. 979. On leaves of Lotus 
coniiculatus, Solihull, Berkswell. New to Britain. Aug. 
ASCOMYCETES. 
Sphaerotheca castagnei. Lev. On hop, Berkswell. Aug. 
Erysiphe graminis, DC. Harborne, Sutton, Wixford, etc. July, Sept. 
E. tortilis. Link. On leaves of Cornus, Kenilworth. Aug. 
Helvella crispa, Fr. New Park, Middleton. Oct. 
Rhizina undulata, Fr. Sutton Park ; Coleshill. Aug., Sept. 
Peziza cochleata, Huds. Sutton ; Edgbaston. June—Aug. 
P. villosa, Pers. Edgbaston ; Four Oaks Park. Aug., Sept. 
P. coronata. Bull. On nettle stems, Sutton. Nov. 
Helotium aeruginosum, Fr. Oak impregnated with the mycelium of 
this fungus, Crackley Wood, Kenilworth. July. 
Helotium lutescens, Fr. Sutton ; Edgbaston Park. Sept. 
Hypomyces Baryanus, Tub On Nyctalis parasitica, Solihull; New 
Park, Middleton. New to Britain. Named by Mr. Plowright. 
Aug.—Oct. 
Hysterium curvatum, Fr. Marston Green. Aug. 
Nectna aquifolia. Berk. Sutton Park ; Four Oaks. April.—Sept. 
N. flavida, Fr. Sutton, on dead wood. Nov. 
Hypoxylon rubiginosum, Fr. Sutton ; Marston Green. May.—Nov. 
Eutypa lata, Tul. Marston Green, on maple. May. 
E. scabrosa, Fckb Marston Green. May. 
E. velutina (Wallr.) Marston Green, on maple. Named by Mr. 
Plowright. May. 
Melanconis aceris, Plowright. Marston Green. New. May. 
Rosellinia ligniaria (Grev.) On dead wood, Sutton. Named by Mr. 
Plowright. May. 
Stigmatea Robertiani, Fr. Barton Green. Aug. 
ICE-GEOOVED BOULDEES. 
One of the most interesting points in an admirable paper on the 
“ Basalt Boulders of the Rowley Hills,” by Dr. Crosskey, lately 
published in the Transactions of the Birmingham Philosophical 
Society, refers to the remarkable manner in which some of the grooves 
pass round the corners of the boulders ; so that a broad deep groove, for 
example, may begin on one face of a boulder, be continued round a 
tolerably sharp corner of the stone, and end on the next face. 
