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1269. Diplodia fitricola. Berl. " Fibrous Diplodia." 



Spots pallid or obsolete ; peritliecia minute, elongated ; spores 

 small, elliptic, somewhat constricted in the centre. — BerJc. in 

 Rook. Journ. 1853,^. 42, t. 3,/. 12. Ann. N.H. no. 741. 



On Lombardy poplar. Xov. King's Cliffe. 



Perithecia minute, more or less elongated, following the course of the 

 fibres, rather delicate, easily lacerated, either scattered or disposed in dis- 

 tinct patches, sending off a few fibres from their base; spores minute, '00025 

 in. ('006 m.m.) long, subelliptic, generally slightly constricted in the centre, 

 pale yellow-brown, uniseptate, or very rarely acquiring a second septum. — 

 M. J. B. 



1270. Diplodia oospora. Berli. *' Egg-spored Diplodia." 



Spots olivaceous ; perithecia minute, elongated ; spores small, 

 obovate, brown. — Berk. HooJc. Journ. 1853, />. 42, t. 3,/. 11. Ann. 

 N.H. no. 14.2. 



On bleached willow. Xoy. King's Cliffe. 



Patches oblong, olive-brown from the fibres of the mycelium ; perithecia 

 minute, elongated ; spores minute, obovate, yellow-brovrn, uniseptate, •0003 

 in. long,'00025 in. broad (,"0076 X '006 m.m.), much darker than in.D.fJjricola. 

 —J/. J. B. 



1271. Diplodia tecta. B. S) Br. '' Covered Diplodia." 



Perithecia covered, gregarious, raising the epidermis, the 

 cuticle covering the ostiola, blackened and shining ; spores large, 

 oblong. — B. 4' Br. Ann. N.H. no. 411. 



On dead leaves of cherry-laurel. Common. 



The leaves are rough, with little elevated pustules disposed often in dry 

 discoloured patches, marked in the centre with a shining black speck; spores 

 oblong, endochrome simple (?). — B. d: Br. 



1272. Diplodia consors. B. <5' Br. " Laurel Diplodia." 



Perithecia gregarious, covered ; epidermis polished, becoming 

 blackened, dehiscent in the centre, whitish ; spores small, oblong. 

 —B. ^' Br. Ann. N.H. no. 412. 



On leaves of cherry-laurel. Common. 



Forming broad patches, perithecia covered, indicated by small shining 

 black dots, which open in the centre by an irregular orifice, the edges of 

 which are white ; spores only two-thirds the length of those of B. tecta, ob- 

 long-elliptic, uniseptate. — B. d' Br. 



1273. Diplodia arbuticola. Fr. " Uva-ursi Diplodia." 



Gregarious, confluent, covered with the blackened epidermis ; 

 perithecia irregular, black, astomous ; disc at length erurapent, 



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