370 Rev. M. J. Berkeley and Mr. C. E. Broome on British Fungi: 



Allied to S. pulvis pyrius ; but the fruit is different, in addi- 

 tion to other characters. 



Plate X. fig. 21. a. Single perithecium magnified; b. ascus and spo- 

 ridia more highly magnified j c. threads of mycehum within tissue of 

 matrix. 



874. S. (Denudatse) vesticola, n. b. Peritheciis gregariis ovatis 

 obliquis sursum attenuatis deorsum subvestitis ; ascis linearibus ; 

 sporidiis limoniiformibus nigris. 



On the lining of an old gown, with Peziza testacea. Bath- 

 easton, Dec. 1858, C. E. B. 



Perithecia gregarious, olive-black, ovate, attenuated above, 

 oblique, rough below, with a few obscure flocci or furfuraceous 

 prominences. Asci linear ; sporidia at first concatenated, then 

 free, lemon-shaped, '0007 inch long, germinating at either ex- 

 tremity. 



. This has many points in common with Schizothecium fimicola, 

 Corda. The asci are soon absorbed ; and then the structure is 

 just what Corda figures. The shape of the perithecia is the 

 same; but there is no fissure. 



Mr. Currey suggests that this may be a form of S. copro- 

 phila, Fr. In that species, however, we find filiform sporidia. 

 It is true that in filiform multinucleate sporidia the endochrome 

 of the upper articulation sometimes undergoes a change analo- 

 gous to that which takes place in some Algae ; and therefore 

 Rabenhorst's S. coprophila may be the same as ours, though it 

 presents dark elliptic instead of filiform hyaline sporidia. In 

 the present plant, however, no such change takes place. 



875. S. (Pertusse) Jenynsii. Peritheciis semi-immersis sub- 

 pruinosis, ostiolis conicis 1. cylindricis ; ascis clavatis ; sporidiis 

 cymbiformibus demum triseptatis. 



On dead wood. Bottisham, Sept. 29, 1823, Rev. L. Jenyns. 

 Batheaston, Dec. 1851, C. E. B. 



Half-immersed in the wood, but not accompanied by any 

 black stain; perithecia subpruinose or rugose; ostiola conical 

 or cylindrical, sometimes slightly compressed. Asci clavate ; 

 sporidia biseriate, '0012 inch long, cymbiform, at length tri- 

 septate. 



Plate X. fig. 22. a. Ascus ; b. sporidia magnified. 



876. S. (Pertusse) poecilostoma, n. s. Peritheciis semiliberis 

 subglobosis opacis ; ostiolo variabili, obsoleto, conico, cylindrico ; 

 ascis brevibus ; sporidiis cymbiformibus acutis. 



On twigs of Ulex. Twycross, Rev. A. Bloxam. 



Perithecia quite free above, subglobose, opake ; ostiolum very 

 variable in form, obsolete, conical, compressed or abruptly cylin- 

 drical, Asci clavate, short; sporidia '001 inch long,|[cymbiform, 



