SPH^EONEMEI. 



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Gen. 127. 



NEOTTIOSFORA, Desm. 



Perithecia concealed, with a central 

 perforation; spores hyaline, crested. — 

 Berh. Outlp. 820. {Fig. 169.) 



Fig. 169. 

 1360. Neottiospora caricum. Besm. '* Sedge Xeottiospora." 



Amphigenous ; perithecia scattered, minnte, rusty brown, at 

 length nmber, nestling in the parenchyma of the leaf, covered by 

 the blackened cuticle ; tendrils orange ; spores minute, sub- 

 hyaline. — Desm. Ann. Sc. iVcti. 1843. xix.^. 346. Desm. exs.no. 

 1338. B. 4- Br. Ann. N.H. no. 435. Puihli. F.E. no. 42. Sphceria 

 caficina. Desm. exs. no. Ill . 



On dead leaves of Car ices. 



Eemarkable for the appendage of short hyaline threads, with which the 

 spores are furnished at one extremity. {F'-'J- 169.) 



Gen. 128. 



EXCIFULA, Fr. 



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Perithecia delicate, hispid, 

 open above (excipuliform) ; 

 spores hyaline, attenuated, 

 but not appendiculate. — Berh. 

 Outl.p.2,21. {Fig. 110.) 



Fig. 170. 

 1361. Excipula stxigosa. Fr. " Grass Excipula." 



Innate, sessile, flattened, concave, strigose, black, disc pale ; 

 spores fusiform, curved, accuminate. — Fries exs. no. 136. Eng. Fl, 

 v./?. 296. Pezizastrigosa. Fr. S.M.ii.p.lO^. Corda. Icon. i\\. 

 f. 78. Lib. exs. no. 349. Kl. exs. no. 1236. 



On culms and leaves of grass. (F'ig. 170.) 



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