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2 5 4 7 . L op h io stom a a z u n d in is . De Not. “ Seed
Lophiostoma.”
P e n th em covered sub-erumpent, globose, rugulose, black
ostiolum thick, naked, compressed, labiate; sporidia biseriate
yellowish, 3-5 septate, slightly curved, pointed at each extremity
— Schema di Class, p. 46. Cooke Trans. Bot. Edin. ¿ 6 / 9
Sphceria anindinis, Fr. Sys. Myc. vol. H.p. 510. B. & Br. Ann
Nat. H ig no. 639,27. Kunze. exs.no.55. Curr. Linn. Trans
p. dJ7. Bne rktF. exs. no. 87. Fckl. exs. no. 926. Bung
On reeds and grasses. ¡;Low. Carolina.]
( P l . v r f i t 9 : lT b f r : " ; p o “ fuUginea.--2). Notarù.
2 5 4 8 . lo p h io s t om a s em ilih e r a . DeNot. “ Half-free
Lophiostoma.”
Scattered; perithecia minute,ovate-elliptical, semi-immersed
black shining; ostiolum compressed, cristate; asci clavate
spondia fusiform, straight, or curved, acute at each extremity
qumque-septate.—NcAma di Class, p. 46. CookeTrans. Bot Edin
vol. IX. bphæria semilibera, Desm. exs.no. 1787. Ann. Sc Nat
ser.ni. vol. yi.p. 78, 1846. B. & Br. Ann. N.H. no. 641. Fckl
€XS, 710, 1705.
On the culms of reeds and grasses.
Sporidia (-OSS-'OS) m.m. long.
Gen. 3 5 6 . SPHÆ R IA , Hall.
Penthecia black carbonaceous, pierced at the apex, mostly
papillate, superficial or erumpent, without any stroma; sporidia
simple or septate, hyaline, or coloured, variable. {Fig 393 )
Series A . Perithecia free . . . .
B. Perithecia covwed, then erumpent
and naked . . . .
C. Perithecia at first innate, then erumpent
above ....................................
Superfioiales.
Mrnmpentes.
Suhtectce.
SUPBBPICIALES.
Simple. Perithecia bicorticate,
seated on an effused villous subiculum,
or superficially on the flattened
matrix, free, at first veiled.—■
Fr. S.M.H. p. 321.
a. Byssisedæ.
Fig. 393.
Perithecia smooth, seated on a
tomentose subiculum.—Fr. S.M. ii.
p. 322.
* Sporidia coloured, simple.
2 5 4 9 . Sphæ ria th e len a . Fr. “ Large nestling Sphæria."
Perithecia confluent, globose, thin, papillate, brown-black,
emerging from a purplish evanescent subiculum ; sporidia black-
brown, opaque, elliptical or slightly curved.—Fr. S.M. H.p. 441.
Fries, exs. no. 49. Gurr. Linn. Trans, xxii. t. 57, / . 8. S. aquila,
Eng. Fl. v. p. 259.
On decayed wood. Appin.
Subiculum dense, interwoven, superficial, loosely adherent, indeterminate ;
peritbecia large, even, smooth,wholly emerging from the subiculum, at length
confluent, and the subiculum is totally obliterated. Sporidia sometimes with
a large nucleus (-OOOgin.) '022 m.m.
2550. Sphæ ria a q u ila . Fr. “ Brown nestling Sphæria.”
C o n i d i a .—Forming a thickened effused subiculum; flocci
brown; conidia subglobose, minute.—Alytosporium fuscum. Link,
sp. i.p. 23. Sporotrichum fuscum, Lk. Obs. i.p. 35. Fckl.exs.no.
139.
A s o o p h o b b .—Perithecia gregarious, globose, firm, papillate,
brown black, emerging from a persistent brown, tomentose, subiculum;
sporidia dark brown, almost opaque, almond-shaped or
subcymbiform, or oblong.—Cooke exs. no. 270. F r .S .M . ii.p .
442. Berk. Ann.N.H.no. 180. Curr. Linn. Trans, xxii. ¿.57,/.
4. Moug. exs. no. 965. Schm. exs. no. 58. Tode. f . 79. S. byssis-
eda, Eng. Fl. Y.p. 260. Eoselliniaaquila, Tul. Carp.ii. p. 250, t.
33, f . 1-6. FcU. exs. no. 963. DeNot. Sfer. Ital. t. Y . f . 18.
On rotten sticks. Common. [United States.]
Sporidia C0006--0008 in.) •015--02 m.m. (Fig. 393.)