842 SPH^EIACEI. 



0-14. Fclcl. exs. vo. 2047. MeJogramma oJigosporum^ B. ^ Br. 

 Ann. N.IT. no. 895, t. xi,/. 38. Spha^riamacrospora, Desm. Ann. 

 Sc. Nat. f 1 848), p. 350. Besm. exs. no. 175G. Ciirr. Micr. Journ. 

 (1859), Melanconis macrospora, Tvl. Ann. Sc. Nat. t. ix./. 19. iv. 

 ?. 5, /). 110. 



On dead bark. Twycross. 



Formins^ roundish patches bursting through the cuticle ; perithecia opaque, 

 rather rough; asci clavate ; sporidia shortly fusiform ("0022 in.) 'Oti m.m. 

 lone, at first surrounded by a hyaline border, changing from uniseptate to 

 triseptate; dissepiments, especially the central one, constricted. — B.d; Br. 



2522. Cucurbitaria naucosa. F'ckl. " Elm Cucurbitaria." 



Pycnidia. — Diplodia melaena, Lev. Rabh. F.E. 348. Fckl. 

 exs. 542. 



Macrostylospores. — One to four septate, muriform. — Fckl. 

 exs. no. 92. 



AscoPHORE. — Cfespitose ; perithecia collected in Leaps, glo- 

 bose, even, broTvnish-black, astomous ; asci clavate ; sporidia ob- 

 ovate, multicellular. — FcJd. Sym. Myc. p. 173. Fckl. exs. no. 

 2042. Sphceria naucosa, Fr. S.M.ii. p. 516. Kunze. M.H.u. p. 

 36. B. ^' Br. Ann.N.H.no. 974, ^ 17,/. 27. 



On elm. Jan. Batheaston. 



Sporidia -with vertical f nd transverse septa ("001 in.) '025 m.m. long. The 

 perithecia when old are almost black, the ostiola obsolete, the surfacesmooth 

 and shining, with generally a single fissure at the apex. — B. ^ Br. 



2523. Cucurbitaria populina. Fr. " Poplar Cucurbitaria." 



Cffispitose ; stroma compact ; perithecia ovate, even, black ; 

 ostiola papillfeform ; asci cylindrical, stipitate ; sporidia uniseri- 

 ate, uniseptate, pale brown. — Fr. S.V.S.p. 390. Sphcrria popu- 

 lina, Pers. Ohs. ii. t. 5,/. 10, 11. Fr. S.M. \\.p. 413. Fckl. exs. no. 

 966. Berk. 3Iag. Zool. 4' Bot.no. 96, wZ. ii. t. 7 a-c. Otthiapopv- 

 liria,Fckl. Sym. Myc. p. 170. 



On ash. 



2524. Cucurbitaria cupularis. Fr, " Cup-like Cucurbitaria." 



Caespitose ; perithecia globose, rugulose, mouthless, black, col- 

 lapsing, and then cup-shaped; asci cylindrical, stipitate ; sporidia 

 biseriate, cylindrical, curved, obtuse, hyaline. — Fr. S. V.S.p. 391. 

 Fckl. exs no. 968. Sphceria cupularis, Pers. Syn. t, 1, f. 9, 10. Fr. 



