SPH^EIACEI. 783 



Sporidia (-0005 in.);0127 m.m. 



Tulasne unites N. inaurata with this species. 



" Fungus octosporus simul et macrosporus, sporis saepius niuticis.=iV". 

 aquifolia, B. 



Fungus polysporus et microsporuSj vel octosporus cum sporis minimis et 

 appendiculatis.=uy. inaurata, B," 



2352. Nectxia inaurata. B. <^' Br. " Small-spored Holly 



Nectria." 



Cfespitose ; peritliecia globose, then depressed, at length 

 "brown tinged with red, frosted with yellow ; ostiola papilla3form, 

 at length impressed, naked, black-brown ; asci and sporidia of 

 two kinds, some clavate, with numerous small curved sporidia, 

 others cylindrical, with eight elliptic sporidia, appendiculate at 

 both ends.— ^. 4- Br. Ann. iV.H. no. 781*. Gard. Chron. 22nd 

 July, 1854. Tul. Carp. iii. p. 87. 



On dead holly. Bath. 



The larger asci are clavate, containing curved, minute sporidia, not ex- 

 ceeding (•00015 in.) "0035 m.m. The smaller cylindrical asci contain eight 

 elliptic, uniseptate sporidia ("OOOS-'OOOG in.) •0125-'015 m.m. long, furnished 

 ■with a delicate, hyaline appendage at either end. 



2353. Nectria Ralfsii. B. 4' Br. " Ralfs's Nectria." 



Ca^spitose ; perithecia thick, orange, densely clothed with 

 whitish meal, strongly collaj^sed when dry, mouth obscure, papil- 

 lasform ; asci clavate ; sporidia elongated, uniseptate. — Ann. 

 N.H. no. 780. 



On dead branches (beech and furze). 



Csespitose. Perithecia orange, globose, but strongly collapsed, when dry 

 covered with whitish furfuraceous scales ; mouth generally obscure, some- 

 times minutely papillgeform ; asci clavate ; sporidia oblong, elongated, uni- 

 septate, with one or two nuclei in each division, varying greatly in size, 

 from ('OOOG-'OOl in.) •015-"025 m.m. long. The hymenium is sometimes ex- 

 posed, apparently from the splitting off of the upper portion of the peri- 

 thecium. 



2354. Nectria hirta. Blox. " Hairy Nectria." 



Perithecia minute, subglobose, with a slightly ptrominent 

 ostiolum, of a pinkish- salmon colour, covered with prominent 

 white hairs ; sporidia biseriate, curved, colourless, tapering 

 slightly at each end, multisej)tate. — Curr, Linn. Trans, xxiv. t. 

 25,/. 24. B. <^ Br. Ann. N.H. no. 1101. 



On decaying rails. Twycross. 



A small but beautiful species, remarkable for its hairy perithecia, and the 

 great size of its sporidia, which differ entirely from the ordinary form of 

 fruit in Ntctria. Sporidia ^'003 in.) '075 m.m. long. 



