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2 6 0 5 . Sphæria c a llic a z p a . Curr. “ L a r g e - s p o r e d S p h æ r i a . ”
Perithecia large, almost globose; ostiola mamillate ; sporidia
broadly fusiform, slightly constricted, with a median septum and
1-3 near each end, greenish, at length brown, usually with hyaline
extremities.—Curr. Linn. Trans, xxii.p. 321, t, 58,f . 62.
On old palings. March. Blackheath.
Sporidia biseriate, very broadly fusiform (•0024-'003 in.) -OS-'073 m.m
fong, usually slightly constricted in the middle, with a median septum, and
trom one to three other septa close together at each end of the sporidium
ooiour greenish, beeoming brown with age, usually a hyahne tip at each end.
2 6 0 6 . Sp hæ ria A s p e g r e n ii. Fr. “ B l a c k t h o r n S p h æ r i a . ”
Subgregarious, black ; perithecia emersed, hemispherical, even,
shining ; ostiola simple, at length umbilicate, pierced ; asci linear ;’
sporidia uniseriate, oblong, triseptate.—Fr. Kunze, M.H. ii. p
40. B. & Br. Ann. N.H. no. 879, t. 1 1,/. 26. Fr. S.M. ii.79. 465.
Melanomma Aspegrenii, FcM. Sym.Myc.p. 159, i .3,/. 29.
On blackthorn.
- “ I'iseriate but not concatenate, oblong, triseptate, enucleate (’OOOS
in.) Vii m.m,
2 6 0 7 . S p hæ ria J e n y n s ii . B .& B r . “ J e n y n s ’s S p h æ r i a . ”
_ Perithecia semi-immersed, suhpruinose ; ostiola conical or cylindrical
: asci clavate ; sporidia cymbiform, at length triseptate.—
B. & Br. Ann. N.H. no. 875, t. 10,/. 22.
On dead wood. Sept.—Dec.
Half immersed in the wood, but not accompanied by any black stain • pe-
ntheoia suhpruinose or rugose ; ostiola conical or cylindrical, sometimes
slightly compressed ; asoi clavate ; sporidia biseriate ('0012 in.) -03 m.m
long, cymbiform, at length triseptate.—.B. 4 Br.
2 6 0 8 . Sp hæ ria pæ c ilo s tom a . B. 4 Br. “ F u r z e - tw f o
S p h æ r i a . ”
Perithecia half-free, subglobose, opaque ; ostiola variable, obsolete,
conical, cylindrical ; asci short ; sporidia cymbiform, acute.
—B. & Br. Ann. N.H. no. 876, t. 10, f . 23.
On twigs of furze. Twycross.
^ Perithecia quite free above, subglobose. opaque j ostiolium very variable
in form, obsolete, conical, compressed, or abruptly cylindrical ; asoi clavate,
short ; spondia ('001 in.) -025 m.m. long, cymbiform, acute at either extremity,
or even appendiculate, containing four nuclei. Allied to S. Jenynsii
B 4 b F he^eloped, smaUer, with shorter asoi and smaller sporidia .--
2 6 0 9 . S p hæ ria h r a c h y th e le . B .& B r . “ Elder Sphæria.”
Perithecia semi-immersed, globose ; ostiola short, papillæform;
asci cylindrical ; sporidia large, subfusiform, constricted
in the centre 1-5 septate.—B. & Br. Ann. N .H . no. 877,1.10, f .
24.
On decorticated elder. Feb. Batheaston.
Perithecia rather large, scattered, half-immersed, globose, attenuated
above into a short papillæform ostiolum ; asoi cylindrical ; sporidia (-0013 iu.)
•03 m.m long, subfusiform, with one side more convex when seen laterally,
strongly constricted in the centre, at first uniseptate, at length 3-5 septate ;
endochrome dark.—B. & Br.
2 6 1 0 . S p hæ ria v il i s . Fr. “ Solitary pertuse Sphæria.”
Solitary ; perithecia convex, obtuse, small, black ; base plane ;
ostiola papillate, deciduous ; sporidia oblong, obtuse, triseptate,
constricted at the septa, yellowish.—Fr. S.M.ii. p. 466. Berk.
Ann. N.H. no. 184. Fckl.exs. no. 935. Melanomma vilis, FcM.
Sym. Myc.p. 160.
On rotten oak wood.
2611- S p hæ ria m a s to id e a . Fr. “ Naked Ash Sphæria.”
Scattered, hlaok, shining ; perithecia conical, semi-immersed,
even ; ostiola minute, papillæform, then pierced.—Fr. S.M. ii.
79.463. Berh. Ann. N.H. n o .183.
On dead ash twigs. King’s Cliffe. [Low. & Mid. Carolina.]
B . F k u m p e n t e s .
Perithecia at length erumpent, almost superficial.
a. Obturates.
Perithecia at first innate, then erumpent and naked; ostiolum
papillæform.
* Parasitic.
2 6 1 i . S p hæ ria n ig e r r im a . Blox. “ Clustered Parasitic
Sphæria.”
Perithecia irregularly ovate or conical, often superimposed,
forming a black tubercle; ostiola somewhat elongated and
rounded ; sporidia biseriate, hyaline, subelliptic, at length multiseptate.—
Curr. Linn. Trans. XXÜ.7J. 272. B. & Br. Ann. N. H.
no. 860, i.lO ,/. 19.