STICTIS. 381 



multiseptate, 230 — 240 X 1*5 — 2/x ; paraphyses filiform, 

 very slender. 



Stictis arundinacea — Pers., " Myco. Eur.," i. p. 336 : 

 Fries, " Sys. Myco.," ii. p. 195 ; " Summa Veg. Scan.," 

 p. 373 ; Gill., " Champ.," p. 179. Stictis graminum — 

 Desm. (?). 



On Phalaris arundinacea, Linn. 



About J of a line broad. 



Name — Arundinacea, the specific name of the grass 

 on which it is found. 



TWyn, North Wales ! 



6. Schmitzomia nivea. (Pers.) 



Scattered, immersed, at first covered by the whitened 

 epidermis, which at length splits longitudinally and falls 

 away, revealing the elliptic, pallid hymenium; asci 

 cylindrical or cylindraceo-clavate ; sporidia 8, linear, 

 thickened near one end, pointed, multinucleate, 100 X 3/x ; 

 paraphyses filiform, slender, adherent. 



Stictis nivea — Pers., " Myco. Eur.," iii. p. 339 ; Fries, 

 "Sys. Myco.," ii. p. 196; Berk., "Ann. Nat. Hist.," No. 

 167; Cooke, " Eandbk.," No. 2223. Propolis nivea— 

 Fries, " Summa Veg. Scan.," 372. Schmitzomia, nivea — 

 De Not., " Disco., 8. Naimacyclus pinastri — Fckl., 

 " Symb. Myco.," Nacht ii. p. 50. 



Exs.— Desm., No. 763 ; Moug. and Nest., No. 1095 ; 

 Rabh., "Herb. Myco.,"ii. 712 ; Rabh., "Fung. Eur.," 812; 

 Fckl., "F. Rh.," 1110; Phil., " Elv. Brit.," 149; Cooke, 

 " Fung. Brit.," ii. 661 ; Sacc, "Myco. Ven.," 1200 \ " Erb. 

 Crit. Ital.," ii. 890 ; Roumg., " Fung. Gal.," 542. 



On pine-leaves. Common. 



Name — Niveus, snow-white. 



Near Shrewsbury ! 



Genus III. — Stictis. Pers. 



Disc orbicular, immersed, at first urceolate, closed, 

 then open, marginate, persistent ; sporidia elliptic, oblong- 

 elliptic, fusiform or linear. (Plate XII. fig. 75.) 



