854 SPH^EIACEl. 



2551. Sphaezia Desxnaziexii. B. S) Br. " Desmazieres' 



Sph^ria." 



Subiculiim very "widely effused, tomentose ; peritliecia large, 

 nestling, globose, here and there confluent, somewhat scabrous ; 

 ostiola papilla?form ; asci elongated ; sporidia elongated-cymbi- 

 form, 6-7 nucleate, brown. — B. 4' Br. Ann, N.H. no. 618, t. 9,/. 

 1. Curr. Linn. Trans, xxii. t. bl ,f. 2. . 



On the ground in woods. Aug. — Oct. 



Spreading widely over the ground, fallen leaves, etc., and covering them 

 with a mouse-coloured tomentose subiculum which consists of somewhat 

 branched anastomosing threads, tips often subdivided, forming little racemes, 

 surmounted by oblong conidia. Perithecia large, half immersed in the subi- 

 culum, which in age acquires a darker hue, somewhat scabrous, dull pitchy 

 black, or plumbaginous, globose, with a central papillseform cstiolumj asci 

 elongated, clavate ; inner membranC} furnished with an oblong process at the 

 tip ; sporidia large, cymbiform, elongated, subacuminate, at first hyaline, 

 with two or three variously sized globules, at lengch dark brown, containing 

 six or seven globose nuclei. — B. SBr. Sporidia ("0013 in.) '03 m.m. 



** Sporidia coloured, septate. 



2552. Sphaeria phaeostioma. Mont. " Large-spored Ground 



Spbteria." 



CoNiDiA. — Apical on the threads of the subiculum, oblong, bi- 

 septate, dark-brown. — Fchl. Sym.Myc.p. 166. 



AscopHORE. — Perithecia gregarious, crowded, subovoid, black, 

 rugulose, semi-immersed in a thick, blackish-brown subiculum ; 

 asci cylindrical ; sporidia cylindrical, slightly curved, triseptatc, 

 colourless at each end, clear brown in the middle. — Mont. Syll.p. 

 226. D. R. 4- M. Fl. Alg. t. 26, /. 2. B. ^- Br. Ann. N.H.no. 605. 

 Curr. Linn. Trans, xxii. t. bl ,f. 12. S. tristis, var Q. Eng. Fl. v. 

 jo. 260. C/ia^tosphceria 2^hceostro?Jia)FckL St/ni, Myc. p. 166, t. 2, 

 /. 40. Rabh. F.E. no. 51. 



[Mid. Carolina.] 



Sporidia (•0014--0016)-035- 04 m.m. 



2553. Sphaeria racodiuxn. Fr. " Brittle nestling Sphteria." 



Perithecia subglobose, rugulose, hairy, black, papillary, emerg- 

 ing from a broad, black, tomentose subiculum ; sporidia biseriate, 

 pale brown. 7-septate. — Fr. S.M.ii.p). 449. Fries, exs.no, 310. 

 Eng. Fl. v. p. 261. Curr. Linn. Trans, xxii. t. bl ,f. 15. Berh. exs. 

 720.283. Lasiosphceriaracodium, FcJd. Syni. Myc. p. 147. Fckl. 

 exs. no. 951. 



