rill d
i l i i U
On Phüadelphus coronarius. Apethorpe.
The papilla is blackish, bursting the epidermis longitudinally and fre-
quently Itself longituffinal.-M .J .B . Sporidia -04m.m. {'0015 in.) long, -016
m.m. ( 0005 in.) broad. si
2531. M a s sa r ia in q u in an s . Tode. “ Large-spored
Massaria.”
P ycnidia.— S o l i t a r y ; m i c r o s t y l o s p o r e s w h i t i s h , n a r r o w l y
O Y a t e - o b l o n g , o r c y l i n d r i c a l , o b t u s e , s t r a i g h t , s im p l e .
A scophore. - G regarious ; perithecia immersed, globose
even, smooth, covered with the epidermis ; papilla erumpent’
black ; sporidia ovate-ohlong, dark brown, triseptate, large in volved
in mucus.— Goofe exs. no. 258. FcU. Sym. Myc. t ’g f
7. FcU. exs._ no. 803. BerTc. Outl. p. 402. Massaria Bulliardi
Tul. Carp.H. p. 236. Sphceria inquinans, Tode.f. 85. Fr S M
P- 269- ellipsosperma. Sow.
i. 3 7 2 , / 3. Variolaria, Bull. t. 492, / . 3. Sphceria gigaspora,
Desm. Berlc. Outl. 398. Curr. Linn. Trans, xxii. p, 326, t. 59
/ 100. Coohe exs. no. 257. Sphceria Corni.Mont. Ann Sc Nat
i.jo. 340, ¿. 1 3 ,/. 6.
On branches of sycamore, maple, birch, cornel, &c.
p. 4b». (bee no. 1391 ante), instead oi Melanconis Berkeleii, Tul. no. 2457.
2 5 3 2 . M a s sa r ia b u fo n ia . Tul. “ Oak Massaria.”
Scattered ; perithecia globose, rather depressed ; ostiola short,
perforating the bark; asci cylindrical; sporidia dark brown,
uniseriate, oblong, uniseptate, involved in mucus.— Tul. Carp ii'
p . 237. Sphæria bufonia. B. & Br.Ann. N.H.no. 629, t 10 f . l 3
Curr. Lmn. Trans, x x ii. t. 59, f . 102.
On small dead branches of oak. Easton.
branches, wbiob are rough with the little penetrating
ostiola. Perithecia globose, slightly depressed j ostiolum central paniL
læform, with scarcely any neck. Asoi cylindrical, containing a single ^0 ^ 0 7
S 3 e i - r s t ’. “ ^
Sporidia ('OOOS-'OOll in.) "02--025 m.m. long.
2 5 3 3 . M a s sa r ia ebu rn ea . lul. “ Pale-spored Massaria.”
P y c n i d i a . - Large, depressed, covered with the cuticle • stv-
iospores cylindrical, oblong, with 7 or 8 endochromes, hyaline
oozing out in an irregular maiis.— Septoria princeps, B & B r’
A n n .N .H .(1 8 6 \) ,Y w .p .3 8 0 ,t.l5 .f.ll.
A s c o p h o r e .—Hypoderma!, pniviniform or conical, depressed
or subtrnncate ; perithecia circinating, with long necks ; asci
large, ohovate-cylindricai, obtuse, 8-spored ; sporidia elliptical
or broadly ovate, quadrilocular, constricted at the joints, obtuse,
smooth and pallid.—Tul. Carp. ii. yi. 239, t. 25, f . 5-9. Coolce
Seem. Journ. t. 4 5 ,/. 9. FcU. Sym. M y c .t .6 ,f8 . FcU.exs.no.
2158. Coohe exs. no. 371. Sphæria pupula, var. minor, Desm. exs.
(1851), no. 1764. Ann. Sc. Nat. ( 1852), xviii. p. 362.
On beech. Shere, January, 1866 (Dr. E. Capron). {Fig. 391.)
2 5 3 4 . M a s s a i ia Cuiirei. Tul. “ Currey’s Lime Massaria.”
P y c n i d i a .— Mixed with the ascophores ; stylospores broadly
ovate, unilocular.
A s c o p h o r e .— Perithecia black, acutely papillate; sporidia
biseriate, dark brown, lageniform, uniseptate, with a gelatinous
coat.— Tul. Carp. ii.p . 231. Sphæria Tiliæ, Curr. Linn. Trans.
xxii. t. 59, f . 104.
On lime.
“ I t is not uncommon, and cannot be mistaken for any other if attention
be paid to its fruit, and to its growing upon lime.”—UC.
2535. M a s s a r ia h o lo sch ista .
Tul. “ Bioonio Massaria.”
P y c n i d i a .— Sublentiform, black, covered ; stylospores brown,
12-20 connate, in a stellate manner, at length ejected in tendrils.
Prosthemium stellare, Reiss. Bot. Zeit. 1853, t. 3, f . 28-31. B. & Br.
Ann. N.H. no. 939,1.15, f . 10. (See also fig. 173, ante.)
A s o o p h o r e . — Perithecia greenish-hlaok, at length collapsed,
surrounded hy whitish flocci ; sporidia biconical, mucous; septum
passing through the gelatine.— Tul. Carp. ii. p. 234. Sphæria
holoschista, B . & B r . Ann. N.H. no. 977,t. 17,/. 30.
On aider. West of England.
Peritbecia blaclrish-green, collapsed, and then looking like a Pm ra sur-
rounded by whitish hairs. Sporidia surrounded by gelatine biconical, uni-
septate, constricted at the septum, which passes com^etely through the
muoous envelope, length when the gelatine has been absorbed ( 0015- 001»
in.) ’03- 04 m.m. long.—B. & Br.
** Sporidia simple=77?/yiocqpTO.
2 5 3 6 . M a s sa r ia fim e ti. Fr. “ Dung Massaria.”
Spermatia cylindrical, straight, hyaline, simple.
A s o o p h o r e .—Crust-like,immersed, black; perithecia oblong.