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2 4 5 8 . Melanconis lanciformis. Tul. “Lanceolate Melanconis.”
C o n id ia .— Pustules disc-like, flattened ; conidia clavate ;
sporophores attenuated.— Coryneum disciforme, Corda. Ic. iii.
91. Rahh. exs. no. 278. Cooke exs. no. 351. B. & Br. Ann. N .H
no. 450.
S t y l o s p o r e s . - Tnfts solitary, black, innate, at flrst covered,
then erumpent; stylospores black, BXihglohosB.— Coniothecinm
hetulinum, Corda. i.f. 25. B. & Br. Ann. N.H. no. 461.
P y o n id ia . Pustules beneath the epidermis woolly, multilo-
culm- within ; stylospores large, with septate peduncles, davate,
at length deciduous, effused, oblong-elliptic, mnltilocular.-
Hendersoniapolycystis, B . & B r. Ann. N.H. no. 415.
A s c o p h o r e . - Bursting forth transversely, lanceolate, convex,
black at first cinereous within, then blackish; ostiola at length
slightly prominent ; sporidia biseriate, pale clear brown, flatly
elliptical, rather obtuse, tips frequently pellucid.—Tul. Carp. ii.
I .16. Fckl. exs. no. 1996. Diatrype lanciformis, Fr. S V S p 385
S. lanciformis. F r .S .M . ii.p. 362. Friesexs.no. 73. E n g .F l v'
II. 243. Curr. Linn. Trans, xxii. t. 47,/. 91. Rahh. exs. no. 248.
S. hetulina. Sow. t. 371,/. 6.
On birch bark.
Sporidia ('002 in.) '05 m.m. long.
coSeclH correctly referred to this species by Mr. P. Cnrrey. HTenudlaesrnsoen sieaepmolsy ctyos ttihsink
2 4 5 9 . Melanconis longipes. Tul. “ Elongated Melanconis.”
C o n i d i a .— Erumpent, disciform, black ; stroma placentseform,
brown within ; comdia fusiform, acute at each end, septate, brown,
with a terminal colourless apiculus.—(7or?/«eMW Kunzei) Corda.
/c. iv ,/. 131, Curr. Quart. Journ. Micr. Sc. v. (1857), 127.
Rahh. exs. no. 779. Fckl. exs.no. 228. (See no. 1397, ante.)
A s c o p h o r e .— Erumpent, suborhicular, convex, reddish-brown,
at length black, nearly of the same colour within ; ostiola rather
prominent, four sided ; asci clavate ; sporidia lanceolate or sub-
cymbiform ; endochrome quadripartite.—TaZ. Carp. ii. p. 139.
Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 4, t.v. p .m . Diatrype quercina, B. &. Br.A n n .
n i l . no. 839. (not Tulasne or Persoon.) S. quercina, Fr. S.M.
it. p. 362. Fng. Fl. v. p. 243. Berk. Ann. N.H. no. 172. Curr.
Linn. Trans, xxii./. 90. Stromatosphceria quercina, Grev. F l. Fd.
p. 358 (in part). Valsa arcuata, Curr Linn. Trans, x x ii./ 167.
On oak branches.
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Gen. 3 5 1 . V A L SA , Fr.
Perithecia carbonaceous, perfect,
circinating, elongated into converging
necks ; ostiola erumpent, joined
together, or ending in a common
disc.—Ur.N.fli. Berk. Outl.p. 389.
{Fig. 388.)
Eig. 388.
Series 1. Valsella. Sporidia simple, hyaline.
a. Circumscriptce.
2 4 6 0 . V a lsa p zun astxi. Fr. “ Sloe Valsella.”
S p e r m o g o n ia .—Cells set in a depressed conceptaculum ; disc
erumpent, dirty brown ; tendrils reddish ; spermatia cylindrical,
minute.—Cytispora rubescens, Fr. S.M.ii. p. 542. Fckl. exs. no.
627. Fng. Fl. v.p. 281.
A s c o p h o r e .—Lentiform, stroma formed of the bark ; ostiola
elongated, crowded, 4-6 angled, sulcate, subdivergent ; sporidia
biseriate, almost colourless, minute, curved.—Fr. S .V .S .p . 411.
Fckl. exs. no. 596. Sphæria prunastri, Pers. Syn. p. 37. Moug.
exs. no. 378. Fr. S.M .ii.p . 380. Fries, exs. no. 226. Fng. F l.v .
p. 246. Curr. Linn. Trans, xxii.p. 275. Berk. exs. no. 29. Cooke
exs. no. 237.
On branches of sloe. [Mid. Carolina.]
Bursting forth transversely. Sporidia ('0003 in.) '007 m.m.
2 4 6 1 . V a lsa s te llu la t a . Fr. “ Stellate Valsella.”
S p e r m o g o n ia .—Spermatia cylindrical, curved.— Cytispora sp.
Fckl. Sym. Myc. p. 196.
A s c o p h o r e .—Suhrotund, immersed ; stroma white, or dirty-
white,circumscribed ; ostiola short,ovato-globose,radiato-stellate;
asci elliptical; sporidia biseriate, very pale yellowish, simple,
slightly curved, rounded at the ends,—Fr. S .V .S .p . 411. Fckl.
exs.no. 597. Sphceria stellulata, Fr. S .M .ii.p . 381. Fries, exs.
no. 442. Fng. Fl. v. p. 246. Curr. Linn. Trans, xxii. t. 47, f . 120.
Berk. exs. no. 79. Cookeexs. no. 382.
On elm branches. [United States.]