SPH^ROXE^EI. 431 



1259. ©iplodia mutila. Fr. '' Poplar Diplodia." 



Black, stroma innate, perithecia confluent, globose ; superior 

 portion prominent, unequal, rugose; ostiola simple. — B. ^ Br. 

 Ann. JSf.H.noAOl. De.Not. Act. Tur. 1845, vii. Dec. 4,/. 7. 

 Sph. mutila. Fr. S.M. ii. p. 424. 



On dead poplar twigs. 



1260. Diplodia confluens. B. d- Br. " Confluent Diplodia." 



Perithecia confluent, spots small, depressed, somewhat col- 

 lapsed; ostiolum obsolete. — B. ^ Br. Ann. N.U. no. 408. D. 

 mutila Desm. exs. no. 1880. 



On ivngs of Daphne Laureola. July. Milton. Norths. 



Forming small, often confluent spots, snrrounde i by tlie free raised cnticle; 

 perithecia irregnlar, confluent, depressed, somewhat collapsed, with no 

 evident ostiolum: spores oblong. Forms far larger patches than ini>. mutila. 

 ^M.J.B. 



1261. Diplodia caespitosa. B. ^^ Br. "Csespitose Diplodia." 



Ceespitose, blaclv ; perithecia globose, ostiolum papillaeform; 

 spores oblong. — B. ^- Br. Ann. N. H. no. 409. 



On twigs of ivy. King's Cliffe. 



Bursting in little black tufts through the cuticle ; perithecia globose, 

 black ; spores pale-yellow, hyaline, oblong, with a broad distinct border ; 

 endochrome simple, without any distinct nuclei. — B. itBr. 



1262. Diplodia vulgaris. Lev. " Common Diplodia." 



Perithecia globose, innate, gregarious, covered with the cracked 

 epidermis ; ostiola prominent ; contents white ; spores bilocular, 

 — Lev. Ann. Sc. Nat. May 1846, p. 291. B. ^ Br. Ann. N.H. no. 

 410. Coohe exs. no. 340. 



On twigs of various trees. [United States.] 



{Fig 157.) 



1263. Diplodia herbarum. Lev. " Herbaceous Diplodia." 



Caulicolous, erumpent, gregarious, perithecia oblong, convex, 

 black,thenirregularlj depressed ; spores oblong, uniseptate, con- 

 tracted slightly at the septum, brown. — Lev. Ann. Sc. Nat. (1846) 

 v.^. 292. Sporocadus herbarum. Corda iii. /. 63. Coohe exs. no. 

 339. 



On stems of herbaceous plants. Common. 



