SPH^EIACEI, 815 



seriate, colourless, eliptico-aciimiiiate, triseptate, sometimes 

 slightly curved and constricted. — Fr. S.V.S. p. 385. Fckl. exs. 

 no. 598. Curr. Linn. Trans, xxii. t. 4J,f. 88. Cooke exs, no. 236. 

 S. strumeUa,F'?\ S.M. \\. p. 365. Fries, exs. no. 115. Moug. exs. 

 no. 9, 60. Eng. Fl. v. p. 244:. Diaporthe strumella, Fckl. Sym. 

 Myc.p. 205. 



On dry currant branches. Common. [United States.] 



Sometimes it bursts througli longitudinally. Sporidia ("OOOS-'OOOS in.) 

 •0127-'015 m.m.long. 



2446. Diatarype nucleata. Curr. " Nucleate Diatrype." 



Perithecia ovate or globose, with rather short ostiola, col- 

 lected in elongated irregular patches, surrounded by a dark 

 line; sporidia linear-acuminate, constricted in the centre, quadri- 

 nucleate, colourless. — Curr. Linn. Trans, xxii./). 270, t. 46,/. 76. 

 B. ^' Br. Ann. N. H. no. 833. 



On furze. Jan. Weyb ridge. 



Sporidia (•0007--0003 in.) •0177--02 m.m. long. 



2446. Diatrype Badhami. Curr. " Badham's Diatrype." 



Perithecia single and in masses, deeply imbedded in the wood ; 

 surface of inner bark much blackened ; sporidia narrow, sub- 

 elliptic, 3-4 nucleate, appendiculate at either end. — Curr. Linn. 

 Trans, xxii. t. 46,/. 80. B. ^- Br. Ann. N.H. no. 836. 



Sporidia ('OOOo-OOOB in.) ■0127-'015 m.m. long, biseriate, colourless, 

 usually 4 nucleate, with a minute hyaline appendage at one end, which is 

 invisible in the ascus, narrowly almond shaped. In habit and appearance 

 resembling D. i/icequalis.—F.C. 



2447. Diatrype ferruginea. Fr. " Rusty Diatrype." 



Bursting forth transversely, subrotund, unequal, black ; stroma 

 pulverulent, ferruginous ; ostiola aggregate, round, spinulose ; 

 sporidia very long, linear, acuminate at the ends, colourless, with 

 many nuclei.— Fr./S.F.^.;). 385. FcU. exs. no. 1038. S. ferru- 

 ginea, Pers. Obs. i. t. 5,/. 1, 2. Moug. exs. no. 377. Fr. S.JI. ii.p. 

 363. Fries, exs. no. 305. Eng. Fl. v. p. 244. Curr. Linn. Trans. 

 xxii. t. 47,/. 94. Melograminafemigineurn, Fckl. Sym. Myc. p. 

 226. 



On hazel branches. Common. 



Ostiola even, very variable, sometimes almost obsolete, sometimes very 

 long, slender, flexuous, equal, obsoletely circumscribed — Fries. 



