828 • SPIIJERIACEI. 



2479. Valsa rhodophila. B.&Br. " Rose-twig Valsella." 



Pustules minute, convex, raising the cuticle ; ostiola minute, 

 even, shining; asci clavate ; sporidia cylindrical, oblong, curved. 

 £.4' Br. Ann. N.H.7io.8b5. 



On dead rose twigs. Orton Wood. 



Pustules minute, lifting up the cuticle, which separates from them ; disc 

 convex ; ostiola minuti?, shining, even; asci clavate, containing eight 

 sausage shaped sporidia (0001 in. J '01 m.m. long. — B.d: Br. 



2480. Valsa quernea. Curr. " Cluster-spored Valsella." 



Perithecia ? 



Sporidia slightly curved, simple, linear, colourless, sub-hyaline, 

 crowded at the apex. — Ciut. Linn. Trans, xxii. t. 4:8, f. 141. B. 

 4' Br. Ann. N.H. no. 856. 



On oak twigs. 



Sporidia (•0002-'0003 in.) •005--007 m.m., crowded together at the apex of 



tlie ascuSj as in many Pezizoe. 



S CircinatcB. 



2481. Valsa pulchella. Fr. " Beautiful Valsella." 



Spermogonia. — Perithecia conico-cylindrical, mixed with the 

 ascophorous perithecia ; spermatia linear, straight. — Tul. Carp. 

 ii./?. 109. 



AscoPHORE. — Perithecia globose, decumbent, circinating ; 

 ostiola very long, flexuous, obtuse ; asci obovate, linear ; spori- 

 dia cylindrical, curved, simple, obtuse, hyaline. — Fr. S.V.S.p. 

 412. Fckl. exs.no. Q18. S. pulchella, Fr. S.M.'ii. p. 4tOQ. Fries, 

 exs. no. 146. Nees.f. 333. Moug. exs. no. 279. Eng. Fl. y.p. 251. 

 Cryptosphceria pulchella, Grev. t. 67. Calosphceria princeps. Tul. 

 Carp. u.p. 109. t. 13,/. 17-22. 



On branches of birch and cherry. Chiefly in subalpine dis- 

 tricts. [United States.] 



2482. Valsa quaternata. Fr. " Quaternate Valsella." 



Spermogonia. — Nucleus pallid ; spermatia, at length curved, 

 very slender, orange. — Noeniaspora crocea, Moug. exs. no, 111 . 

 Fckl. exs. no. 634, 635. Eng. Fl. Y.p. 355. 



AscoPHORE. — Perithecia generally grouped four together, 

 naked, decumbent; ostiola short, obtuse, even, pierced ; sporidia 

 biseriate, almost colourless, cylindrical, curved. — Fr. S.V.S.p. 



