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CUCURBITARIA B e r b e r id i s .
Berberry-stem Cucurbitaria.
C l a s s a n d O b d e h CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI, iiran—N a t . O h d . HYPOX YLA ,
De Cand. Grev.
GEN ERIC CHARACTER.
Spheruloe corneoe, cæspilosoe, liheræ, receptáculo insidentes, raro primo inclusæ ;
intus massa gelatinosa sporulifera repletæ.
Spherules corneous, tufted, free, fixed on a receptacle, sometimes at first included.
Interior filled with a gelatinous sporuliferous mass.
S P E C IF IC CHARACTER.
Cucurbitaria Berberidis ; erumpens, sphoeridis congestis, rotundis, nigris, astomis,
rimoso-rugosis, receptáculo sessilis ; sporulis magnis, ovalibus.
C. spherules bursting through the bark ; crowded, round, black, mouthless
rimoso-rugose, sessile on the receptacle ; sporules large, oval.
Cucurbitaria Berberidis, Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. 1 . p. b lÿ .— Grev. FI. Edin.
ined.
Sphær ia Berberidis, Pers. Disp. p. 3.—Ejusd. Syn. p. 52.—Alb. et Schmein.
Consp. Fung. p. 25.—De Cand. FI. Franç. ed. 6. v. 2. p. 293.—Ejusd. Syn.
p. 6 1 .—Schmein. Syn. Fung. Carol. Sup. No. 129.—Nees’ Syst. p. 78.
t. 41. f. 324.
Hab. On the dead stems and branches of the Common Berberry (Berberís
vulgaris). About Edinburgh. Spring.
Whole plant 2-4 lines in length, bursting longitudinally through the bark,
in an oblong elliptical form. Spherules sessile on the thick, blackish,
subcorneous receptacle, black, rugose, rather numerous, very crowded,
yet free, the surface rugose and cracked in a tesselated manner. No
orifice is perceptible. When in perfection, the spherules are white within,
and filled with a gelatinous mass, containing the sporules in their
hyaline club-shaped tubes. Sporules large, oval, yellow.
I have already figured one species of this genus at Plate 50.
of this work. The present one is not common, and, except in
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