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FUNGI NEW TO BRITAIN. 
By Annie Lorrain Smith, F.L.S., and Carleton Rea; Cw, 
MA. &e. 
With Plates 14, 15 & 16. 
Urophtyctis Alfalfae P. Magn. Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. xx. 
(1902), p. 291, pl. xv. 
Magnus has published a long account of the occurrence of this 
fungus, but without definite measurements. The resting spores 
are globose with a flattened side in which are several pores. 
They are contained in hollow chambers formed by the cells of 
the host plant. 
On roots of Lucerne, Herne Bay. E. S. Salmon. 
Gard. Chron. XXXIX. 1906, p. 122. 
Ooospora lateritia Sacc. Malpighia XII, 1898, p. 218, pl. VIII, 
Hes 
Tufts cushion-like, scattered, sealing-wax red, I-2mm. in 
diameter. Sterile hyphae creeping, septate, branched, 3-4» 
thick, beset with small lateral] outgrowths which bear the chains 
of conidia; Conidia globose cuboid, 4 x 3-4p, dull reddish. 
On decaying leaves, Luton. Mr. Saunders. March, 1906. 
Oospora sulphurella Sacc. and Roum. Syll. IV. 21 (1886). 
Tufts effused, velvety, light yellow ; sterile hyphae creeping, 
fertile hyphae short, upright; conidia in chains, elliptical, 
84. x. Dih. 
On decaying bark. (Ardennes, Italy, Vienna.) 
On Holly, Benthall, W. B. Allen, April 1906, and on Prunus 
spinosa near Perth, Mr. J. Menzies, February, 1907. 
Acrostalagmus galeoides A. L. Sm. sp. n. 
Tufts small, loose, white ; vegetative hyphae branched sep- 
tate; fertile hyphae erect, slender, the upper part with numerous 
branches arranged in whorls on the main stalk, branches 5 to 8 
Cr more in a whorl, slender, 10-2» in length, about 2-3» wide at 
the base, tapering upwards and ending in a slight swelling, on 
Which the spores are borne; spores numerous, forming a head, 
easily falling: off, cylindrical, 4-6 x tp, colourless. 
Collected at Epping Forest Foray by Mr. Hughes, on a de- 
Caying bracken. 
