SPH^RIACEl. 861 



twined, variable, frequently divided in the middle. — Batsch.f. 

 181. Hedw. Crypt, t. 38. Fr. SJI. ii. p. 456. Fries, exs. no. 266. 

 Fng. Fl. Y.p. 264. Berk. Outl. t. 24,/. 5. Curr.Linn. Trans, xxii. 

 t. bl ,f. 29. Berh. exs. no. 268. S.reptans, Sow. t. 395,/. 1. Bom- 

 hardia fasciculata, Fckl. Sym. Myc. p. 164. Fckl. exs. no. 940. 



On rotten stumps. 



Sporidia (•0016--0020 in.) •03o--05 m.m. 



" Apparently varying much in the length of the ostiolum. I have seen 

 once or twice a bead-like appearance in the sporidia, arising from the break- 

 ing np of the endochrome into divisions, I suspect it may sometimes be mul- 

 tiseptate."— i^'.C. 



2576. Sphaeria spezxnoides. Hoffin. " Crowded naked 



Sphaeria." 



Densely crowded, black ; perithecia rigid, globose, minutely 

 rugulose ; ostiola obsolutely papill^form ; sporidia biseriate, 

 colourless, curved ; endochrome sometimes bipartite. — Hoffm. V. 

 C. t. 3,/. 3. Moug. exs. no. 486. Fr. S.M. \\.p. 457. Curr. Linn. 

 Trans, xxii. ^. 57,/. 36. Eng. FI.y. p. 265. Fries exs. no. 237. 

 Grev. t. 6. Light t.^l. S. bombardica, Bolt. 1. 122. Sow. t. 372,/. 

 4. Leptospora spennoides, Fckl. Sym. Myc. p. 143. Fckl. exs. no. 

 939. Leptospora pseudo-spermoides, Awd. Fckl. exs. no. 2175. 



On rotten stumps. Common. [Mid. Carolina.] 



Spreading for several inches in a continuous crust, rarely scattered. 

 Sporidia (-0008 in,) -02 m.m. 



2577. Sphsexia moriformis. Tode, " Mulberry Sphseria." 



Crowded, black ; perithecia obovate, corrugato-tuberculate ; 

 ostiolum simple ; sporidia crowded, uniseptate, colourless, linear, 

 slightly curved, granular. — Todef. 90. Moug. exs. no. 382. Fr. 

 S.M. \\.p. 458. Friesexs.no. 125. Eng. FI.y. p. 265. Curr. Linn. 

 Tj^ans. xxii. t. 57,/. 30. S. claviformis, Sow.t. 337. S. rugosa, 

 Grev. t. 39. S. rubiformis, Sow. t. 373,/ 2. Bertia moriformis, 

 Fckl. Sym. Myc. p. 164. Fckl. exs. no. 999. 



On wood, branches, &c. [United States.] 



Very variable in form. 



2578. Sphaeria innumera. B. ^^ Br. "Numerous Sphferia." 



CoNiDiA. — Thinly effused, at first bright green, then oliva- 

 ceous ; conidia very copious, globose, dull greenish. — Sporotri- 

 chum virescens,Link. Sp.l,p. 16. Dematiumvirescens^Pers. M. 

 E. t. l,p. 14. Fr. S.M. iii.p. 363. 



