846 SPHfcTlIACEI. 



On PJuIadcIphis coronarius. Apetliorpe. 



The papilla is blackish, bursting the epidermis longituclinally and fre- 

 quently itself loncritndinal.--3/./.5. Sporidia •04m.m. ("0015 in.) long, "016 

 m.m. ("0005 in.) broad. 



2531. Massaria inquinana. Tode, " Large -spored 



Massaria ." 



Pycnidia. — Solitary ; microstylospores whitisli, narrowly 

 OTate-oblong, or cylindrical, obtuse, straight, simple. 



AscoPHORE. — Gregarious ; perithecia immersed, globose, 

 even, smooth, covered with the epidermis ; papilla erumpent, 

 black ; sporidia ovate-oblong, dark brown, triseptate, large, in- 

 volved in mucus. — CooJce exs. no. 258. Fckl. Sym. Myc. t. 6,/. 

 7. Fckl. exs. no. 80.3. Berk. Outl. p. 402. Massaria Bulliardi, 

 Tul. Carp. ii. p. 236. Sphceria inquinaas, Tode.f. 85. Fr. S.M. 

 ii. p. 456. Nees.f. 356. Eng. Fl. v. p. 269. S. ellipsosperma, Sow. 

 t. 272,/. 3. Varwlaria, Bull. t. 492, /. 3. Sphceria gigaspora, 

 Desm. Berk. Outl. p. Z^^. Curr. Linn. Tra?z5. xxii. ^?. 326, ?. 59, 

 y. 100. Cooke exs. no. 2ol . SphcBria Corni. Mont. Ann. Sc. Nat. 

 i.p.MO.t. 13,/. 6. 



On branches of sycamore, maple, birch, cornel, &c. 



By an error Stillospora maxrosperma, B. & Br. is referred to this species at 

 p. 468. (See no. 1391 ante), instead of Melanconis Berkehii, Tul. no. 2457. 



2532. Massaria bufonia. Tul. " Oak Massaria." 



Scattered ; perithecia globose, rather depressed ; ostiola short, 

 perforating the bark ; asci cylindrical ; sporidia dark brown, 

 uniseriate, oblong, uniseptate, involved in mucus. — Tul. Carp. ii. 

 p. 237. Spha^ria hufonia. B. ^ Br. Ann. N.H. no. 629, t. 10,/. 13. 

 Curr. Linn. T?-ans.xxn. t. 59,/. 102. 



On small dead branches of oak. Easton. 



Scattered over the branches, which are rough with the little penetrating 

 ostiola. Perithecia globose, slightly depressed ; ostiolum central, papil- 

 Iseform, with scarcely any neck. Asci cylindrical, containing a single row of 

 oblong uniseptate sporidia, which have a thick gelatinous coat, which ulti- 

 mately vanishes. — B. d' Br. 



Sporidia (•OOOS-'OOll in.) •02--025 m.m. long. 



2533. Massaria eburnea. 2rd. " Pale-spored Massaria." 



Pycnidia. — Large, depressed, covered with the cuticle ; sty- 

 lospores cylindrical, oblong, with 7 or 8 endochromes, hyaline, 

 oozing- out in an irregular mass. — Septoria princeps, B. ^ Br. 

 Ann. N.H. ("1861;, vii. ;). 380, M5./ 1 1 . 



