TUBETIACEI. 



743 



Gen, 311. 



AMYLOCARPUS, Curr. 



Common integument thick, con- 

 volute ; asci soon absorbed, saccate ; 

 sporidia globose, clothed with ra- 

 diating threads,amylaceous. — Berk 

 Out!, p. 377. {Fig. 346.) 



Fig. 346. 



2247. 



Amylocarpus encephaloides. 



Amylocarpus." 



Curr. " Currey's 



Small, globose, somewhat flattened, dull yellow, surface mi- 

 nutely convolute ; asci broadly clavate ; sporidia spherical, colour- 

 less, with long delicate sharp rays projecting in all directions. — 

 Curr. Proe. Boy. Soc. (1857),/). 119, ivitlifigs. 



Growing gregariously on fragments of wood, on the sands by 

 the sea shore at Sketty, near Swansea. 



Eacli individual presents the appearance of a small ronnd somewhat flat- 

 tened body, of a dull yellow colour, and with an unevenness of surface caused 

 by numberless convolutions of the integument. The diameter of the largest 

 did not much exceed |-th in. Externally with a strong resemblance to Dacry- 

 myces deliqiiescens. The integument is of considerable thickness formed of 

 several layers of cells, the outer large and rounded, the inner long and flat. 

 The asci are broadly clavate, with a very short stem springing from threads 

 proceeding from the inner surface of the integument. They are absorbed at 

 an early period, and the sporidia form a dense mass. Sporidia globular, 

 colourless, furnished with long delicate sharp rays, projecting from the sur- 

 face in every direction. Each sporidium with an internal nucleus, or oil 

 drop. Spores agoijth in. diameter. 



(Fig. 346.) 



Gen. 312. 



Fig. 347. 



FACHYPHZ.CBUS, Tul. 



Common integument warty, opening by 

 a terminal aperture ; base distinct ; asci 

 clavate ; sporidia spherical. — Tul. Hyp. p. 

 130. Berk Outl.p. ^11. {Fig. 347.) 



Tul. " Black Pachy. 



2248. Fachyphlceus melanoxanthus. 



phloeus." 



Globose, angular, verrucose — with a distinct absorbing base — 

 black, internally olivaceous yellow, marbled with obscure lines, 



