H f
V ii' ■ ■'
i oe i j I '
¿%
S P H Æ R IA SANGUINEA.
Orange-red Sphæria.
C la s s a n d O r d e r CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI, « « » — N a t . O r d . H Y P O X Y L A ,
De Cand, Grev,
gener ic character.
Receptaculum 0. Penthecia cornea, libera, sessiles aut suhimmersa, sparsa vel
congesta, ore interdum elongato, aliquando n u lh ; intus massa gelatinosa spo-
rulifera instructa.
Receptacle 0. Perithecia corneous, free, sessile or somewhat immersed,
scattered or crowded, the mouth sometimes elongated, a t others wanting.
Interior filled with a gelatinous sporuliferous mass.
S P E C IF IC CHARACTEH.
Sphær ia s a n g u in e a ; sessilis, minuta, sparsa, mollis, peritheciis ovatis, rarius
subglobosis, loevibus, papillatis, aurantiaco-sanguineis.
Sp h . sessile, m in u te , sca tte red , o f a soft s u b s ta n c e ; p e rith e c ia ovate, ra re ly
subglobose, smooth, o ran g e -red , orifice pap illa te .
S p h æ r ia sanguinea, Sibth. Fl. Ox. p . 404.— Bolt. Fung. t. 12 1 . f. l .— Sow.
Fung. t. 254. (>)— Pers. Syn. Fung. p . 81— With. Bot. Arr. ed. 6. v. 4.
p. 464.— Belli. Fl. Cant. ed. 3. p. 572.— Wahl. FL Lapp. p. 521.—Dc
(find. Fl. Franç. ed. S. v. 2. p . 297— Ejusd. Syn. p . 62.— Winch, Bot.
Guide, V. 2. p . 1 0 7 .-P u r t. Midi. Fl. v. 3. p. 279.~Schrvein. Fung. Carol.
No. 197.~Nees, Syst. t. 44. f. S 6 0 .-F r ie s , Syst. v. 2. p . 453— Scl. Suec.
Exsicc. No. 264. & 127.
S p h æ r i a e rythrococ cos, Ehrenb. Ber. p . 29-
H y p o x y lo n p hoe n ic eum , Bull. Champ, p . 1 7 1 . t . 487. £ 3.
HAm On wood, branches of trees, &c. in th e spring. Frequent. About
Edinburgh.
Perithecia (o r sp h e ru le s ) v e ry m in u te , sessile, s ca tte red , o r occasionally in
g ro u p s o f few to g e th e r, ovate, w ith a m in u te , papiUate orifice, smooth,
somewhat sh in in g a n d o f a w ax y ap p ea ran c e, a n d soft substance. Spo-
ridia ro u n d ish .
This species most commonly occurs on bare wood, as fallen
trees deprived of their bark, &c. There is a variety, however,
which occurs on dead Stromatosphærioe, in a more aggregated
form : this is of a roundish figure, and must not be confounded
with S. episphoeria.
Fig. 1 . a, Sphæria sanguinea, nat. size, h, Perithecia, magnified, c Thecæ
and Sporidia.
VOL. I I I .