206 llev. M. J. Berkeley on British Fungi. 



observation of one of the forms assumed by Sphceria peduncu- 

 lated, Dicks., in which the receptacle is quite thread-like, and 

 the perithecia naked. This resemblance became still stronger 

 when the sporidia were submitted to the microscope, being 

 furnished with a groove on one side exactly as in that species. 

 1 did not observe, however, that they had any gelatinous coat. 

 It is probable that Sphceria fiUformis will be found to resemble 

 it in structure. 



95. Sphceria riccioidea, Bolt. Brit. Fung. tab. 182. S. par- 

 melioideSy Mont, in Ann. de Sc. Nat. v. 6. p. 333. tab. 18. 

 fig. 4. This species, though figured both by Tode and Bolton, 

 has been entirely neglected by authors till its recent discovery 

 by Dr. Montagne. He has, however, overlooked Bolton's sy- 

 nonym, whose figure and description, as far as they go, are 

 with the exception of the cross section tolerably correct, and 

 consequently has given it a new name, which must of course 

 give place to that originally imposed by Bolton, Tode having 

 published his plant under a different genus. 



96. Sphceria populina, Pers. var. on ash. The asci and spo- 

 ridia of this species are figured in the Magazine of Zoology 

 and Botany, v. ii. t. J, f. a. b. c. 



97* Sphceria sinopica, Fr. El. 2. p. 81. On shoots of ivy, 

 King's Cliffe. My specimens when young are frosted with a 

 yellowish meal. In other respects they appear to be what 

 Fries describes. Having found it abundantly I shall be able 

 to publish specimens in the fourth fasciculus of British Fungi. 

 In some points it resembles Sp. Lamyi, Desm., but the asci 

 are linear. Sporidia elliptic uniseptate, each articulation some- 

 times containing a single sporidiolum. 



98. Sphceria acervata, Fr. Syst. Myc. v. 2. p. 416. Berk. 

 Brit. Fung. Fasc. 3. n. 1/4. On a dead apple-tree. Ape- 

 thorpe, Norths. 



99. Sphceria pardalota, Mont. Ann. d. Sc. Nat. n. s. v. 1. 

 p. 304. tab. 12. fig. 1. Berk., Brit. Fung. Fasc. 3. n. 175. On 

 dead stems of Convallaria multiflora. Milton, Norths. Com- 

 municated by Mr. J. Henderson. 



100. Sphceria obducens, Schum. b. minor. Fr., Scler. Suec. 

 ed. nov. n. 119. Berk. Brit. Fung. Fasc. 3. n. 177- On pales. 

 Apethorpe, Norths. 



