This plant I have had in my collection for three or four
years, and knew not to what to refer it, till F r ie s , with great
kindness, sent me his published collection, entitled “ Sclero-
myceti Suecise,” a most useful work, and constantly quoted in
his Systema.
The most remarkable circumstance in this species, is the
great size and number of the sporidia in each theca. I have
frequently seen ten, which exceeds that of every other species
I am acquainted with.
Fig. 1. C. elongata, var. simplex. Fig. 2; Usual and more perfect state c f the
same plant, natural size. Fig. 3. Stroma divided vertically, with the mature
sessile perithecia. Fig. 4. A perithecium removed. Fjg. 5. Thecce and paraphyses.
Fig. 6. Sporidia.— Magnified.
