TOEULACEI. 



481 



Gen. 154. BISFORA, Corda. 



Flocci tomiparous, moniliform, com- 

 posed of didymous spores. — BerJc. Outl. 

 p. 326. {Fig. 190.) 



1433. Bispoza monilioides. Cd. 



" Beaded Bispora." 



Flocci aggregate ; spores oval, obtuse, 

 barrel- shaped. — Corda, Icon. i. /. 143. 

 Fres. t. Q,f. 46-54. Torula antennata. 

 Pers.M.E.i.p.21. Berk. exs. no. 215. 

 ^&- 190. Eng. Fl.Y.p. 359. llomlia antennata. 



Grev. t. 255. FcJd. exs. no. 74. Cooke exs. no. 346. 



On old stumps. Common. [Mid. Carolina.] 



Forming intense black velvety patches on tlie cut surface of stumps, chips, 

 &c. (Fij. 190.) 



Gen. 155. 



SEPTONEWA, Corda. 



Flocci tomiparous, moniliform, com- 

 posed of multiseptate spores. — Berl\ 

 Outl. p. 327. {Fig. 191.) 



Fig. 191. 



1434. Septonema spilomeum. Berk. " Point-like Septonema."' 



Sori small, punctiform; threads branched; articulations oblong- 

 elliptic, rather rough, triseptate. — Berk. Hook. Journ. 1845, iv.^. 

 310, 1. 12 J. 5. B. ^' Br. Ann. N.H. no. 466. 



On old fence rails. Guernsey. [U. Carolina, Ohio.] 



Forming little scattered sori about the size of a poppy seed ; threads 

 branched, articulations oblongo-elliptic, triseptate, one or more of the septa 

 occasionally containing an oil globule, border of articulations pellucid, rough 

 with little scabrous prominences. Very distinct in the punctiform habit, 

 and in the nature of the articulations. — M. J. B. {Fig. 191.) 



1435. Septonema irregulare. B.&Br. " Irregular Septonema." 



Effused, thin black, irregular; spores oblong. — B. ^ Br. Ann. 

 N.H. no. 94.2, t. Id, f. 13. 



On liying apple twigs. Apethorpe. 



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