SPH^RTACEI. 



843 



S.MAI p. 416. Fries, exs. no. 231. Moug.exs.no. 111. Eng. FL 

 r.p. 254. Nitschkia Fuchelii, Nke. FcJcL Sym. Myc. p. 165, t. 3, 

 /• ^* 



On dead branches QDlum, elm, &c.). 



Gen. 353. 



GIBBERA, Fr. 



C^espitose ; perithecia between waxy 

 ^' and horny, acnleolate, astomous ; spo- 

 ridia translucid.— i^r. S.V.S. p. 402. 

 Cooke Brit. Fungi, p). 158. 



(Fig. 390.) 



2525. Gibbera vaccinii. 



" Cowberry Gibbera.'" 



Fr. 



Cfespitose, superficially innate ; peri- 

 thecia subglobose, mouthless, jet black, 

 at first yillous, then naked ; sporidia 

 uuiseriate, nearly colourless, almost 

 almond-shaped, slightly constricted, 

 Fig. 390. uniseptate. — De Not. Sfer. Ital. t. 93. 



Curr. Linn. Trans, xxii. t. 58, /. 49. 

 Sph. Vaccinii, Soic. t. SlS.f. 1. Fr. S.M. ii. p. 4.09. Fi^ies exs, 

 no. 51. Fng. FL v. p. 254. Jloug. exs. no. 665. 



On living branches of Vaccinium Vitis-idcea. 



Disposed in roundish tufts whicli generally become confluent, and form 

 longitudinal, irregular masses immediately beneath the bunch of leaves. — 

 M.J.B. Sporidia ('0006 in.) '015 m.m. long. (Fig. 390.) 



2526. 



Gibbera Saubinetii. Jlont. " Herb Gibbera." 



Emergent ; perithecia solitary or aggregated on a bro^vn 

 stroma, globose, rugulose, at length collapsed and umbilicate ; 

 asci diffiuent; sporidia fusiform, hyaline. Innately curyed, 3-5 

 septate. — Jlont. Syll.p. 252. B. cj-Br. Ann. N.H. no. 868. Mont. 

 FL.Alg.p.M^. 



On herbaceous stems and elm twigs. 



[Low. & Mid. Carolina.] 



This has the violet walls oi N. pnUca/ris, but the fruit is much larger, that 

 on elm may be considered as a variety with ovate perithecia and rather larga 

 sporidia (-0012 in. long) and rather torulose. The sporidia of the tjpicalf-jrm 

 are ("001 in.) 025 m.m. long. 



Gibbera pulicaeis, Fr. — See Nectria pulicaris. 



