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SPOTTING bits of rush leaves with its little black mouths, and an additional blackish stain. The sphærules are underneath, in the middle of the leaves, in clusters, between the upper and under skins, their mouths penetrating one side only.

FORMING elliptical and pointed black scattered wings on the stalk of the Brake, Pteris aquilina. The sphærulæ are inserted underneath in the same form, and are round and black. Rev. Mr. Kirby. TAB. CCCXCV.

Dicks. fasc. 4. t. 12. fig. 7.

{{larger|{{smallcaps|First}} observed on wood covering a drain, near Mead Place, Nov. 24, 1797. It runs a yard or two under the planks on which it is found, branching and dividing continually. The male fructification, or farinaceous part, white, at the flattish and mostly acuminated ends: this part is often attached to the wood. The sphærulæ, or capsules, are roundish, situated in the swelling or larger parts, which are mostly twisted spirally, as well as fome of the other parts of the fungus. The branches are often extended beyond the capsules.

{{center|{{smallcaps|Fig. 2. S. Reptans.}}}} THIS was found on a piece of rotten wood in Kensington Gardens. The black crustaceous substance, of which the Sphæriæ are usually composed, seems in this to have been in a fort of fluid state, running into branches, at the ends of which the oblong capsules are formed, turning upwards: the upper part holds the sphærule, which is rather oblong, the ends being somewhat capitate and whitish. {{nop}}