902 SPH^RIACEI. 



181. Fchl. exs. no. 900. Coohe exs. no. 2G5. Sphceria coni- 

 formis,Fr.S.M.u.p.b08. Berk. Ann. N.H. no. 190. Grev. t. 

 239,/. 1. Curr. Linn. Trans, xxii. t. 59./. 126. De Not. Schema., 

 ^.48 {not Fckl. Sym. Myc. p. 136.) Fckl. exs.no.2\Q'^. Pleospora 

 acuta, Fckl. Sym. Myc. p. 135. 



On nettle stems. Common. [Mid. & Up. Carolina.] 



2709. Sphaeiria pellita. Fr. " Bearded Herb Sphasria." 



CoNiDiA. — Tufts broadly expanded, dark brown, branches 

 divergent, short ; conidia oblong, septate, hyaline, smooth. — 

 Brachycladium penicillatum, Corda. Ic.ii.t. 10,/ 63. Fckl. exs, 

 no. 57. 



AscoPHORE. — Gregarious ; perithecia conico-rotund, black, 

 encircled with hairs of the same colour ; ostiola papillasform ; 

 asci clavate ; sporidia crowded, multisejjtate, fusiform, yellow, 

 with a swollen joint (3rd or 4th). — Fr. S.M.ii.p. 503. Curr. 

 Linn. Trans, xxii. t. 59,/. 129. Pleosp)ora pellita, Tul. Carp. ii. 

 p. 268, t. 31,/ 10-13. Rahh. exs. no. 749. 



On dead herbaceous stems. 



Sporidia (-OOlS-'OOiein.) •035--04 m.m. 



2710. Sphaeria dolioluxn. Pers. ** Constricted Sphseria." 



Conidia. — Said to be Periconia byssoides, Pers. Syn. p. 686. 

 Fckl. exs. no. 1626. 



Spermogonia. — Mixed with the ascophores; spermatia minute, 

 hyaline. — Sphceria svffulta, Nees. Fckl. exs. no. 898. 



AscoPHORE. — Scattered; perithecia conico-rotund, papillary, 

 black, shining, folded concentrically ; sjioridia biseriate, yellowish, 

 slightly curved, 3-5 septate, constricted. — Pers. Ic. ^ Desc. t. 

 10,/ 5, G. Moug. exs. no. 571. Fckl. exs. no. 901. Eng.Fl. y.p. 

 275. Fr. S.M.ii.p.bOd. Fries, exs. wo. 321. Berk.exs.no. 290. 

 Curr. Linn. Trans, xxii. 2?. 329, xxv. j9. 259 Cryptosphceria doli- 

 olnm, Grev. t. 239,/ 2. Baxt. exs. 7zo. 31. Pleospora doliolum, 

 Tul. Carp. ii. p. 276. Fckl. Sym. Myc. p. 135. Leptosphceria 

 doliolum, De Not. Schema, p. 61. 



On herbaceous stems. [United States.] 



var. conoidea. Perithecia conical, truncate; sporidia curved, 

 triseptate. — De Not. Micro. Ital. dec. ix./ 7. Sphceria Helence, 

 Curr. Linn. Trans, xxii. t. 59,/ 137. 



On herbaceous stems. 



