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S P H Æ R IA E P iS PHÆ R lA .
R e d P a ra sitic Sphæria.
S P E C IF IC CHARAC TER .
S p hæ ria episphæria; sessiüs, minuta, moUis, aggregata vel sparsa, Icevis, san-
guinea, perühecm subghbosis, collabescentibus, ostioh papîllifm-mi.
Sph. sessile minute, soft, aggregated or scattered, smooth, blood-red, perithecia
subglobose, collapsing, the orifice papilliform.
S p h æ r ia e p ip h æ r ia , Tode, Fung. 2. p. 2 1. f. 8 9 -P e r s . Syn. Fung. p. 5 7 -
1 2 8 .-D C Cand. F l Franç. v. 6. p . 1 4 2 .-N e e s , Syst.
7 "’ Z p- Myeol y. 2.
p. 4 5 4 .-S c h r . Suec. No. 2 6 5 .-S c h v e in . Fung. Carol No. 140.
Hab. OnStr^tosphoeriastignui,decorticans,&o. Winter and spring. Lass-
wade, and elsewhere near Edinburgh.
P e r ü h ^ h sessile upon the surface of several species of Stromatosphoeria,
scattered or somewhat aggregated, very minute, o f a soft substance, sub-
t ìi! ÌT n ’2 r™ " ® collapsed, blood-red, orifice larger
‘Hi V'
I believe tbis brilliant little Sphæria is never found except
upon a few species of Hypoxyla, wbicb F r i e s refers to the
same genus with itself, but which I have denominated Stroma-
tosphoenæ. There cannot be a greater contrast than between
the sombre unattractive hue and appearance of the latter and
the lively colour and berry-like form of its minute parasite.
Fig. 2. a, Sph. episphoeria, on Stromatosphoeria decorticans, nat. size, b Perithecia,
magnified, c, Theèæ and Sporidia.