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S PEC IF IC CHARACTER.
C r y p t o s p h æ r ia Doliolum ; sparsa vel gregaria, perilhecm comco-rolwidalis,
nigris, nitidis, itiedio ¡ d i c i s 2-3, irregulariter transverseque constrichs ; ore
obtuso papilliforml
Cr. scattered or gregarious ; perithecia roundish-conical, black, shining, irregularly
and transversely constricted by 2-3 folds; mouth obtuse, papilliform.
S p h æ r ia Doliolum, Pers. Icon, et Desc. Fung. 2. 1.10. f. 5. et 6.- S y n . Fw,g.
p. 78— Alb. et Schvein- p. 40.— Schmein. Fung. Carol. No. 192.— Hook.
FI. Scot. P t.2 . p . 7 .—Fries, in Vet. Ac. Handl. 1817, p .262.— Scler. Suec.
Exsicc. No. 321.—Syst. Mycol. v. 2. p. 509.—Holl. et Schmidt, Fxsicc.
No. 33.— Moug. et Nestl. St. Fxsicc. No. 571-— Purt. Midi. FI. v. 3. p. 283.
— Grev. FI. Fdin. p. 363.
H ab. On the dead stems of large herbaceous plants ; especially near the root
o i the Umbellifera;. Spring. Very frequent.
Perithecia mostly gregarious, sometimes scattered, very black, shining, between
roundish and conical, with a papilliform obtuse orifice. In general,
there are 2-3 transverse furrows, passing round the perithecia,
giving the appearance of convex folds to the intermediate spaces. These
farrows are seldom regular, and therefore the direction of the perithecia
is not always vertical. Thecce filiform. Sporidia linear-oblong, with
3-4 articulations.
What I have said regarding the production and situation
of the preceding species, applies with equal correctness to the
present one. I t is, besides, often found along with it, but generally
prefers the lower parts of steins.
Fig. 2. a, Cr. Doliolum, natural size, b. Group o f perithecia.
ditto, d, Thecæ. e, Sporidia.
c, Mouths o f