SPH^RTACEI. 859 



beset below witb short hispid hairs, above smooth and shining. 

 ^Todef. 83. Fr. S.M. \i.p. 451. Eng. Fl. v,;;. 262. 



On decayed wood and branches. 



*i Sporidia hyaline, septate or nucleate. 



2569. Sphaeria zuutabilis. Pers. *' Cliangeable Sphceria." 



Perithecia subglobose, covered with a yellow or greenish, then 

 ferruginous down ; ostiola subpapillieform, blackish ; sporidia 

 biseriate, colourless, curved, acuminate; endochrome 4 partite. 

 — Pers. Ic. ^' Desc. t. 7,/. 6. Fr. S.M. ii. p, 447. Sturm, t. 64. 

 Curr. Linn. Trans, xxii. t. 57,/. 20. 



On hard wood, oak, &c. [Mid. Carolina.] 



Sporidia ('OOOS in.) '02 m.m. long. 



2570. Sphaeria scabra. Curr. " Rough Furze Sphaeria." 



Perithecia very hairy, seated on a dense subiculum, erumpent; 

 sporidia biseriate, fusiform, constricted in the middle, colourless, 

 with many nuclei. — Curr. Linn. Trans, xxii./). 315, t. 57,/. 13. 



On furze. Oct. ^\"eybridge, 



Sporidia (•0012.-0014 in.) -OS-'OSo m.m. long. 



2571. Sphaeria callixnorpha. Mont. " Hairy Bramble 



Sphasria." 



Perithecia minute, gregarious, globoso-depressed, ovoid, even, 

 black, shining, j^ajjillate, surrounded by erect, black hairs ; spori- 

 dia cymbiform, triseptate. — Mont. Syll.p. '221. B. 4' Lr. Ann. 

 N.H. no. 872. Mont. Ann. des Sc. Nat. ser. ii. vol. i.p. 306, t. 13, 

 /. 5. 



On bramble. Leicestershire. 



It is doubtful whether this is really distinct from S. ruhorum, Lib. M. 

 Westendorp unites them, but we have never examined an authentic speci- 

 men of Montagne's. 



2572. Sphaeria macrotricha. B.^Br. "Long-haired 



Sphceria." 



Subiculum creeping ; perithecia ovate, clothed below with long 

 hairs, attenuated above and naked, collapsing with the papil- 

 la?form ostiola ; asci clavate ; sporidia fusiform, uniseptate, 6- 

 nucleate. — B. ^ Br. Ann. N.H. no. 619, t. 9,/. 2. 



On dead leaves of Carex panicidata and Beech mast. 



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