486 TORULACEl. 



1449. Sporidesmium abruptum. B. ^^ Br. " Abrupt 



Sporidesmium." 



Pulvinate, very shortly stipitate, confluent with the spores, 

 which are oblong, septate, with unequal articulations. — B. ^ Br. 

 Ann. N.H. no. 1042, 1. 14,/. 8. 



On dead wood. March. 



ForminE^ little pulvinate tufts, externally resembling a villous Sphceria. 

 Spores oblongo-clavate, confluent with the stem, septate, the lower articula- 

 tion and the uppermost short, the second from the top very long. Spores 

 (•0025 X '0006 in.) '06 X "015 m.m. 



Sporidesmium fungorum. Berh. See Sphceria epochnum, 

 B. ^ Br. 



Gen. 158. CONIOTHECIUM, Corda. 



At length naked ; spores multicellular, irregular, conglutinate. 

 —Berh.Outl.p. 327. 

 Neither of the British species are autonomous. 



CoxioTHECiuM AMEXTACEARUM, Corda. a couditiou of VaUa 

 salicina, Fr. 



CoxioTHECiuM BETULixuM, Corda. a condition of Diatrype 

 lanciformis, Fr. 



Gen. 159. DICTYOSPORIUM, Corda. 



Spores linguaeform, erect, plane, cellu- 

 lar ; cells sub-concentric. — Berk. Outl. p. 

 328. {Fig. 194.; 



Fig. 194. 



1450. Dictyosporium elegans. Corda. *' Elegant Dictyos- 



porium." 



Tufts black, effused ; spores tongue-shaped, acute above, or 

 rounded, rarely contracted in the middle, base then attenuated 

 or cordate ; cells diaphanous, yellowish, walls becoming thick- 

 ened, brownish or black. — Corda.n.f.2d. B. ^ Br. Ann. N.H. 

 no. 4:58. Fay.f.2DD. Corda.Anl.t.B.f.4:,no.7-d. 



On barked oak trees. Feb. Somerset. [Low. Carolina.] 



(Fig. 194.; 



