2 6 2 5 . Sp hæ ria c ii ih o s a . Pert. » Tendril Fphæria.”
S p e rm o g o n ia .— Spermatia ovato-cylindricai, hyaline.
CoNiD^ —On the tips of threads, ovate, triseptate, darkbrown.—
UcH. N?/m. J/ÿc. 77. 127.
perithecia immersed, subglo-
bose,_ fibrillous ; ostiola rugged, subfalcate, spinulose ; sporidia
bisenate elhpfacal, colourless.—Per«. 7c. PmA t. 24, f 3. Fr S
M. II. p. 475. Fries, exs. no. 346. Eng. Fl. v. 79.267. Curr. Linn
IsuFmT, fPcTklF. 'SFy m. Myc. p. 127. Ceratostoma cirrho-
On soft rotten wood. [Mid. Carolina.]
Perittecia curiously fibrillons,
2 6 2 6 . Sp hæ ria p llif e r a . Fr. “ Thread-beaked Sphæria.”
S p e rm o g o n ia .— Spermatia oblong-ovate, simple, hyaline.
^ A scophore.— Gregarious, naked, black; perithecia very small,
f i m capillary, very long, acuminate ; sporidia ?
V 7 9RR Y Hees.f. 354. Eng. Fl.
y.p. 266. Ceratostoma piliferum, Fckl. Sym. Myc. p. 128
On pine wood. [Low. & Mid. Carolina.]
2 6 2 7 . S p hæ ria lig n e o la . P .^ B r . “ Smooth-beaked
Sphæria.”
elon7 ated®7 t immersed ; neck
Æ w . 883, i i i 7 29" ^ uniseptate.—P . & Br. Ann.
On decayed oak. Jan. Somerset.
2 6 2 8 . Sphæ ria am p u lla sc a .
Cooke. “ Flask-fruited Sphæria.”
Peritheciagregarious or scattered,
immersed, globose, black ;
ostiola nearly three times as long
as the diameter of the perithecia,
flexuous; asciampullæform,truncate
above, attenuated below;
sporidia inordinate, narrowly lanceolate, obtuse, with a largè nucleus
near each extremity, hyaline.
On rotten oak. Feb. Shere. (Dr. Capron.)
The very peculiar form of the aaci is sufSoient to distinguish this specie».
They are -0025--003 in. long. Sporidia ('0005 in.), -0127 m.m. long.
(Fig. 395.)
2 6 2 9 . Sphæ ria lampad ophoia . B .& B r . “ Clustered Beak
Sphæria.”
Perithecia gregarious, globose, dingy, pruinose ; neok long,
flexuous, irregular ; sporidia fusiform, curved, multiseptate.—B.
&Br.Ann.N.H.no.882,t. 1 1 , / . 28.
On decayed wood. Oct.—April.
Gregarious; perithecia middle-aized, globose, brownish, pulverulent, or
suhtomentose ; neck elongated, irregular, flexuous. Sporidia linear-fusiform
(■003 in.) -075 m.m. long, multiseptate. .With the habit of S. rostrata, but with
different fruit.
2 6 3 0 . Sphæ ria stylophora. B . & B r . “ Patchy Beak
Sphæria.”
Perithecia at flrst covered, at length free, disposed in orbicular
patches, ovate, attenuated upwards ; ostiola longer than the
perithecia ; asci broadly clavate ; sporidia fusiform, hyaline, uniseptate,
appendiculate at either end.—B. &.Br. Ann. N.H.no.
976, Í. 1 7 ,/2 9 .
On Acer platanoides. Mossburnford.
At first covered, then exposed; perithecia collected in little orbicular
patches, ovate, attenuated above, with styliform ostiola longer than them-
selves ; asci broadly clavate j sporidia biseriate, hyaline, fusiform, uniseptate,
appendiculate at either end.—B. 4 Br.
C. SUBTEOTÆ.
Perithecia at first innate, concrete with the matrix, at length
naked above ; ostiola simple, sub-erumpent.—Fr. S.M. ii. p. 322.
a. Immerses.
Perithecia immersed in the perennial parts of plants ; neck
short and erumpent.
* Endoxylce.
2631. Sphæzia liv id a . Fr. “ Livid Sphæria."
Scattered ; perithecia subglobose, nestling in a prominent elliptic
grev tubercle formed from the wood ; ostiola pierced ; spor