sph^ronejiei. 425 



1238. Sphaeronema subulatum. Tode. "Awl-shaped 



Sphseronema." 



Perithecia grumous, between conical and subulate, acute, yel- 

 lowish ; globule paler. — Fr. Obs.i.p.l87. Fries, exs. no.'^2o. 

 Grev.t.lSd. Tode. f. 117. Fng. Fl.v.p. 281. FcJcl.exs.no. 773. 

 Bisch.f. 3532. Bail. 1. 14. 



On hard blackened Agarics. [Mid. Carolina.] 



At first sight resembling a Stilhura. Yaries considerably in form, being 

 Bometimes almost linear. (Fig. 153.^ 



1239. Sphaeronema vitreum. Corda. '■ Glassy 



Sphceronema." 



Perithecia minute, transparent, pale yellow, more or less in- 

 flated below, with a long neck, fimbriate ; spores oblong, obtuse, 

 or subtruncate ; globule pale yellow. — Corda.\.f.2%7. S.hle- 

 pharistoma. Berk. Mag. Zool. S,- Bot. no. 57, 1. 16, f. 4, ^ ?io. 196. 

 Berk. exs. no. 189. 



On Russula adusta, Lactarii, nettles, &c. 



Perithecia scarcely exceeding half a line in height, often much more mi- 

 nute, varying greatly in form, but in general more or less inflated at the 

 base, occasionally conico-subulate, often confluent, mostly furnished with a 

 long, distinct, slender neck, the orifice of which is fringed with a single row 

 of distinct filaments, which are the apices of those of which the perithecium 

 is composnd. Sporidia larger than in -S'. soJjv.lato.m^ flowing out and formi 

 an elongated subpersistent pale yellow globule. — B. <L' Br. 



1240. Sphaeronema leucoconium. B.S^'Br. "White 



Sphseronema." 



Gregarious; perithecia hyaline, plano-convex, depressed, rather 

 irregular, seated on snow-white flocci ; spores minute, elliptic. — 

 B. 4' Br. Ann. N.H. no 405. 



On decaying roots of beet. Xov. Bang's Cli£fe. 



Forming a thin stratum, consisting of minute, depressed, sub-hemispheri- 

 cal, or irregular white perithecia, simply pierced with a minute pore, and 

 seated on branched white threads, of which a few spring from the sides. 

 There is no papillaaform or elongated ostiolum, but the convex perithecium 

 is merely pierced in the centre.— B. cL* Br. 



1241. Sphaeronema epimyces. Berk. '" Parasitic 



Sphgeronema.''' 



Gregarious, immersed m purplish spots, perithecia globose, 

 papillate, black; nucleus white; spores — ? — Berk. Outl. p. 

 315. SphcBria epimyces^ i^r. /S.M. ii.jj. 499. Berk. Ann. N.H. 

 no. 187. 



