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forma, p o ly sp o ra . Sporidia crowded, numerous, oblong,
narrow, rounded, or somewhat pointed at the ends.— Sphceria
ditopa, Fr. S.M. ii. p. 381. B. & Br. Ann. N.H. ix. no. 631. t. 10,
/ . 15*. Curr. Linn. Trans, xxii. t. 58, f 89. Fckl. exs. no. 799!
Cooke exs. no. 384. Cryptosphceria ditopa, De Not. Schema.
forma, o c to sp o ra . Sporidia biseriate, oblong-elliptio, obtuse
at either end, biseptate.—Sphceria conformis, B. & Br. Ann. N.
H. no. 635, t. 11, /. 19. Curr. Linn. Trans, xxii. t. 58, f 88.
On dead alder twigs.
Both forms are usually associated together. Messrs. Tulasne consider
them as a minor condition of Valsa suffusa, to which we are at present unwilling
to a/sent without further evidence. The sporidia in the polysporous
PonOT'Znq® i" m-v'oo { 0007- 0008 in.) ‘0177- 02 m.m. long. and iu the octosporous form
I Sporidia mostly fusiform, 4-nucleate or multiseptate, hyaline.
2 6 6 4 . S p hæ ria v e p z is . De Laer. “ Hidden Bramble
Sphæria.”
Perithecia very small, punctiform, just penetrating the bark
with their minute ostiola ; sporidia biseriate, colourless, subfusiform,
wide in the centre, sides flexuous, usually elongated at
each end into a hyaline, mucronate appendage, quadrinueleate
— Babh. F .E . no. 443. Fckl. exs. no. 1224. Sphæria rubi, Curl
Lmn. Trans, xxii. t. 58, f 91. Sphæria rostellata,f minor, Desm.
exs. no. 783. Diaporthe repris, Nke. Pyr. Germ. p. 300.
On bramble. Sept. Weybridge.
2 6 6 5 . S p hæ ria s e p in c o la . Fr. “ Hidden stem Sphæria.”
Gregarious ¡ perithecia covered, globose, opaque, subrugose,
white within, with a central nucleus, pierced with a simple ostiolum
; asci slender, clavate ; sporidia biseriate, oblong, subfusiform,
hyaline.—F r S.M. ii. p. 498. Fng. F l. v. p. 271. B. & Br.
Ann. N.H. no. 636*. 1.11, f. 21. Fckl. exs.no. 2026. Cooke exs.
no. 263. S. Gardner^ Berk. Fl. F o r f
On various plants. [Up. Carolina.]
Fuckel describes the sporidia as triseptate,
2 6 6 6 . Sp hæ ria p e r s is t e n s . B .S ;B r . “ P e r s i s t e n t r o s e *
S p h æ r ia .”
Scattered, adnate to the wood, at length exposed by the decay
of the bark, and naked, subglobose ; ostiola minute, distinct
; asci clavate ; sporidia biseriate, hyaline, fusiform, constricted
in the centre, curved, with four sporidiola.—B. & Br.
Ann. N .H no. 637,1.11,/. 22.
On dead shoots of rose. Mar. King’s Cliffe.
Scattered over the branohea, and so immersed in the baric as not to form
any pustules, exposed and persistent when the matrix is decayed, globose,
with a minute distinct ostiolum. Asci clavate, containing two rows of
sporidia. Sporidia hyaline, fusiform, straight when seen from behind,
slightly curved when seen laterally, constricted iu the centre, eaoh division
containing two globose sporidiola.—B. & Br.
2 6 6 7 . Sphæ ria iu te rm ix ta . B.4 Br. “ Mixed rose
Sphæria.”
Very minute, scattered, covered with the cuticle, black ; perithecia
depressed, convex above, perforated ; asci clavate ; sporidia
biseriate, hyaline, clavato-fusiform, triseptate.—B. & Br.
Ann. N.H. no. 639,1.11,/. 24.
On rose twigs.
Mixed with S.fuscdla, but smaller. Scattered, seated beneath the ontiole ;
perithecia very minute, convex, depressed, perforated in the centre, ”1®®“ !
asoi clavate ; sporidia biseriate, hyaline, clavato-fusiform, triseptate. ih e
asci are large for the size of the perithecia.—B. & Br.
2 6 6 8 . Sphæ ria p u s illa . Ourr. “ Parallel little Sphæria.”
Perithecia small, globose, bursting in somewhat parallel lines
through the surface of the wood; sporidia biseriate, colourless,
slightly curved, with many nuclei, fusiform.— Gurr. Berk. Outl.
p. 399. Sph. seriata, Curr. Linn. Trans, x x i i . p. 329, t. 52, f . 121.
On wood.
Sporidia ('0008 in.) "02 m.m. long.
2 6 6 9 . Sphæ ria A shw e llian a . Oi/rr. “ Covered Fir Sphæria.”
Perithecia? sporidia uniseriate or biseriate, colourless or
greenish, elliptical, mostly pointed at each end, slightly constricted
in the middle, 1-4 septate, hyaline.—Curr. Linn. Trans,
x x i i . p . 327, t. 52, f 107.
On flr branches. Oct. Weybridge.
Sporidia (-0010-'0014 in.) •025-'035 m.m. long.
2 6 7 0 . Sphæ ria c ly p e a ta . Nees. “ Shining capped Sphæria.”
Gregarious ; perithecia depressed, covered with the innate,
blackened epidermis ; ostiola emergent, conico-truncate ; asci
2 p 5