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303. CERATOSTOMA, Fr.
Perithecium soft, memhranaceous. Ostiolum subulate, pencilled
at the tip, or simply papillæform. Asci soon disappearing.
Sporidia oozing out and forming a mass at the ostiolum.
1. caprinum, Fb-. Amongst rubbish.
3. Zobelii, B. (S. Zobelii, Tul. Fmg. Hyp. p. 186, with fig.). On
tniffles.
303. MASSARIA, De Not.
Perithecium suhcarhonaceous. Ostiolum papillæform. Sporidia
septate or simple, oozing out and staining the matrix.
1. foedans, Fr.=S. amblyospora, B. andBr. (no. 62, with a Jig.). On
elm.
2. inquinans, Fr. On dead branches.
3. firaeti, Fr. On dung. (Hypocopra, Pr. Subgenus, spores simple.)
304. HERCOSPORA, Fr.
Perithecium suhcarhonaceous, cup-shaped, open ahove, covered
by the bark, and differently coloured. Papilla heterogeneous,
erumpent.
1. pupula, Fr. On coronanus.
305. PYRENOPHORA, Fr.
Nucleus slowly formed, immersed in a sclerotioid mass
which performs the office of a perithecium. Ostiolum at length
slightly prominent. Sporidia multiseptate.
1. pbseocomes, Fr.; Grev. t. 61. On grass.
306. GIBBERA, Fr.
Perithecium between waxy and horny, at length free, radiato-
rimose from the centre. Always closed.
1. Vaccinii, Fr.; Sow. t. 373. /. 1. Oh living branches of Vaccinmm
2. pulioaris, Fr. On various branches, as fig, alder, etc.
3. Saubinetii, Mont. (no. 865). On herbaceous stems.
307. DICHAINA, Fr.
Perithecia subcarbonaceous, elliptic, closed, bursting by a
longitudinal fissure. Nucleus and asci diffluent, innato-
erumpent.
1. rugosa, Fr. On living bark of oak and beech.
3. strobilina, Fr. On fir-cones. Not ascigerous, Curr. I. c. p. 329.
308. CAPNODIUM, Mont.
Parasitic. Mycelium creeping, black, consisting of branched,
articulated, even or moniliform threads. Perithecia elongated,
frequently branched, composed of confluent threads, the tips of
which are often free at the apex.
1. elongatum, B. and Bern. (no. 900), On pear-leaves, and shoots.
O r d e r 27. PEBISPOBIAGEI.
Perithecia subglobose, always closed, except by decay, mostly
membranaceous. Nucleus never diffluent.
309. PERISPORIUM, Fr.
Peridium subglobose, without any manifest thallus or appendages.
Asci clavate. Spores indefinite.
1. princeps, B. On dead wood.
3. Arundinis, Fr. (no. 230), is a very doubtful production.
810. LASIOBOTBYS, Kze.
Erumpent. Central peridium between fleshy and horny,
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