798 



SPH^RIACEI. 



2395. 



Nuxnxnularia Bulliardi. 



Nummularia." 



Tul, " BulUard'a 



Determinate, quite plane, continuous, externally and inter- 

 nally black ; peritbecia immersed, ovate ostiola globose, sliglitly 

 prominent ; sporidia round, or elliptical, brown then black. — 

 Tul. Carp. ii. p. 42, t. v.f. 11-19. Hijpoxylon nummularium, Curr. 

 Linn. Trans, xxii. t. 46,/. 59. FcM. exs. no. 1062. Bull. t. 468,/. 

 4. Berk. Outl.p. 386. Sph. nummularia^ Fr. S.M. ii.p. 348. Eng. 

 Fl.Y.p.24.0. S. macula, Tode. f. 106. S. diffusa, Sow. ^. 373. 

 Schm. M.H. i. i./. 16. Moug. exs. no. 374. 



On wood and bark. [United States.] 



Hard, orbicular, elliptic or longitudinally effused from the confluence of 

 one or more indi\T.duals, \-2 in. broal, 1 line thick, separable from the 

 matrix, even, very slii^htly papillated under a lens j ostiola distant ; peri- 

 thecia laree, immersed.— i^^rie.?. (Fi^. 380.) 



Sporidia (•0004--0006 in.) •01--015 m.m. 



Gen 345. 



^''li*'"' It? 



EUTYPA, Tul. 



Stroma fused with the matrix. 

 Peritbecia immersed, sometimes 

 in the matrix, papillate ; para- 

 physes few ; sporidia clustered, 

 linear and curved, or ovate and 

 straight, simple, pale (sometimes 

 dark coloured). — Tul. Carp. ii. p. 

 52. (Fig. 381.) 



Fig. 381. 



* Sporidia hyaline. 



2396. Eutypa Achaxii. Tul. " Acharius' Eutypa." 



Scattered ; peritbecia immersed, globose ; ostiola proceeding 

 from a black spot, minute, convex, slightly prominent, at length 

 umbilicate ; sporidia biseriate, colourless, slightly curved. — 

 Tul. Carp. ii. 79. 53. i. l,fig. 8-20. Sp}h(Eria eutypa, Fr. S.M.'n. 

 p.4c7S. Fries, exs. no. 15,348. Eng. Fl.Y.p.'iQl . Curr. Linn. 

 Trans, xxii. t. 58,/. 73. Berk. exs. no. 178. >S'. decomponenSj Sow.- 

 t. 217. Eutypa maura, FcTcl. exs. no. 1050. 



On dead branches. Common. 



Very much resembling Eutypa lata. Sporidia C0302--0003 in.) 'OOS-'OOZS 

 m.m. {Fig. 381.) 



