S66 SPH^RIACEI. 



Gi^ev. t.ldi. Epocliniumfungorum, Fr. S.M.iii.p,^^^. Eng.Fl. 

 Y.p.362. 



AscoPHORE. — Peritliecia at first conical, then subglobose, 

 collapsed, crowded, olive-black, granulated; asci clavate ; spori- 

 dia uniseriate, fusiform, constricted in the middle, at length tri- 

 septate, pale-brown. — B. ^Br. Ann. N.H. 1866, no. 1111 , t. 5, f. 

 36. 



On Corticia, &c. March. 



The Epoclinium forms a thin stratum, -whicb overmns various species of 

 Corticmm. The conidia are at first uniseptate. Perithecia at first pale 

 bottle-green, crowded in the centre of the Epochnmm., then black-green, 

 granulated, sometimes depressed at the summit, with a minute pore. Asci 

 clavate, containing a single row of triseptate fusiform. Sporidia ("OOl-'OOll 

 in.) ■025-'03 m.m. long, strongly constricted in the centre, at length pale 

 brown. The sporidia are at first uniseptate, with two nuclei in each division. 

 — B. Sf Br. 



**# Sj^oridia OToid, simple, dark-coloured, sometimes caudate 



=Sordaria, De Not. 



2593. Sphseria sporoYxnia. Coolie. " Four-jointed dung 



Sphferia." 



At first covered, then emergent, scattered, punctiform ; peri- 

 thecia ovoid, collapsing, shining, black ; sporidia biseriate, dark 

 opaque, rich brown, consisting of four joints, which frequently 

 separate when the sporidia escape from the ascus. — SphcEria 

 stercoris^ Fr. El. ii. p. 104. S. stercoraria, Fr. S.M. ii./). 455. 

 Curr. Linn. Trans, xxii. t. hi ,f. 40. FcM. exs. no. 903. Sporormia 

 intermedia, Awd. in.Hedw. 1868, p. 67 (not Hijpocopra stejxoris, 

 Fckl.J 



On dung. Shere. (Dr. Capron.) 



Sporidia ("0018 in.) '04 m.m. long. This can scarcely be regarded as be- 

 longing to the present section of simple-spored species. 



2594. Sphaeria coprophila. Fr. " Cow-dung Sphferia." 



Effused ; perithecia subglobose, connate, or scattered, covered 

 with a thin, evanescent, whitish tomentum, at length naked, black ; 

 papillae globose, black ; asci clavate ; sporidia ellipsoid, opaque, 

 with a hyaline appendage, twice as long as the sporidia. — Fr. 

 S.M. ii. p. 342. B. 4' Br. Ann. N.H. no. 596. Hypoxylon copro- 

 philum, Fr. >S'. F.^.^7. 384. FcJcl. exs. no. 1057. Sph. incana, 

 Steph. Ann. N.H. ser. i. vol. iv. ^j. 252. Sordaria copropliilaj De 



