2 5 8 6 . Sphæria c o lla b e n s . Otirr. “ Collapsing Sphæria,”
Perithecia subglobose, with an impressed ostiolum, which is
often furrowed or rimóse ; sporidia biseriate, fusiform, swollen
or constricted in the middle, with several nuclei, colourless —
turr. Linn. Trans, xxii.p. 320,¿. 58,/. 51.
On bark and wood.
var C u r r ey i. Blox. Contents of perithecia rose-red;
epondia rarely exceeding -0010 in. mlongtH.-Sphoeria Curreyi
Blox. Curr. Linn. Trans. xxH.p. 320. Berk. Outl. p. 396.
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2 5 8 7 . Sphæria p u iv is c u la . Curr. “ Powdery Sphæria.”
Perithecia yery small, black, rather shining, conical or subglobose,
crowded or scattered ; ostiola minute, mamillate ; spori-
ffla curved, or cymbiform, colourless, triseptate.— Curr. Linn
rraws.xx1i.79. 320, ¿.58,/. 52.
On wood.
cjmhhorm, colourless or greenish when
■ ■ septa, or at least with the endochrome divided into four
portions, giving an appearance of three septa, sometimes the endochrome is
Î Sporidia coloured.
2 5 8 8 . S p hæ r ia c o n flu e n s . Tode. » Confluent Sphæria.”
Perithecia subglobose, rugulose, seriato-confluent, black, depressed
around the ostiola.—To* t. 10, f. 87. B. & B r Arm N
H.no. 597. Fr. S.M.H.p. 342. Fckl.exs.no. 2177.
On decayed wood, as oak, willow, &c. Bristol.
2 5 8 9 . Sp hæ ria m am m æ fo zm is .
Sphæria.”
Pers. “ Mamillate
Large, black ; perithecia thin, globose, even ; ostiolum papillæform
; sporidia dark, clear brown, subcymbiform, variable in
s iz e .-P m . Syn, p. 64. Ic. Piet. t. 5 ,f. 6,7. Moug. exs. no. 380.
Fr. S.M. ii.79. 455. Fries exs. no. 387. Eng. Fl. Y .p . 264. Curr.
Linn. Trans, xxii. t. 57, f . 37. Eosellinia mammaiformis, Fckl.Sym.
Myc.p. 149. Hypoxylon globulare. Bull. t. 444, f . 2. Fchl. exs. no.
1060.
On decayed sticks, &c. [Low. & Mid. Carolina.]
"ormis, and though sometimes slightly depressed,
I08--00I6 in.) -02--035 m.m.
Much larger than S.^
not collapsing ; sporidia ('
2 5 9 0 . Sphæ ria obducens. Fr. “ Naked Rail Sphæria.”
Crowded, small, black; perithecia ovato-rotund, unequal,
rigid ; ostiola subpapillæform ; sporidia crowded, yellowish-
brown, multipartite, subelliptical.—Fries, exs. no. 119. Berk,
exs. no. 177. Mag. Zool. & Bot. no. 100. Fr. S.M. ii. p. 456. Tul,
Carp. ii. p. 245, t. 28, f. 4-13. Fckl. exs. no. 2024. Cucurbitaria
miskibutris. B e Hot. Act. Tur. (1853), p. 126. S. plateata, Curr.
Linn. Trans. xxH. t. 57,/. 35. Trichospora obducens, Fckl. Sym.
Myc. p. 161.
On pales. Apethorpe.
Very like S.pulvis pyrius, except in the sporidia, wMoh are (-OOOS-'OOlOin.)
‘02-'025 m.m.
2591. S p h æ r ia p u l v i s - p y r iu s . Pers. “ Gunpowder
Sphæria.”
Crowded, black ; perithecia ovato-globose, rugose, sulcate in
the middle ; sporidia straight, or slightly curved, triseptate,
slightly constricted, pale brown.—Pers. Syn.p. 86. Fr. S.M. 11.
79. 458. Fries exs. no. 120. Grev. t. 152. Cooke, exs. no. 379.
Eng. F I . y .p . 265. Moug.exs.no.381. Curr. Linn. Trans.xxH.
t. 57,f . 32. Fckl. exs.no. 937. (Fr. El. ii.79. 82. Eng. Fl. v. 253,
including S.dioica,Moug.exs.) Melanomma pulvis-pyrius, Fckl.
Sym. Myc.p. 160.
On old wood, bark, &c. Common. [Low. & Mid. Carolina.]
Sometimes crowded, at others scattered and naked, rarely suhcuticular.
Distinguished without difficulty from S. moHformis hy its much smaller size,
less tuberculate surface, and suhrimose ostiolum. Spondia CUÜÜ5 in.) UlZ?
m.m.
2 5 9 2 . Sphæzia epochnii. B . & B r . “ Olive-patoh Sphæria.”
C o n i d i a .— Piocci effused, very delicate; conidia pellucid,
dark-green, elongated, triseptate, incrassated at the apex.
Sporidesmium fungorum. Berk. Outl.p. 327. Sporidesmium atrum,