SPH^RTACEI. 867 



N'ot. Sfer. Ital. no. 20. FcJd. Sym. Myc. p. 244. Rahh. exs. no. 257. 

 Ces. Hedw. t. xiv. B.f. 2-5. 



On cow dung, in dense patches. Bristol, &c. 



[United States.] 



The above description of the fruit does not correspond with that of the 

 Rev. M. J. Berkeley, who states that the sporidia are filiform, flexuons, con- 

 taining a row of nuclei. This applies possibly to the immature sporidia 

 only. 



2595. Sphaeria stexcoxaxia. Sow. " Naked Dung Spharia." 



Black, shining ; perithecia globose, rigid, even ; ostiolnm pa- 

 pillfefomi ; sporidia uniseriate, brown, eventually quite opaque, 

 ellijDtical or almond-shaped. — Soiv.t. 3b7 , f. 1. Fr. S.M. ii.;>. 

 455. Eng. Fl. v. p. 264. Citrr. Linn. Trans, xxii. t. 67, f. 3S. 

 Rahh. F.E. no. 830. Hypocopra stercoraria^ Fckl. Sym. Myc. p. 

 241. 



On dung. 



Rather large, firm, thick, not collapsing; perithecia are immersed in a de- 

 cided stroma even when solitary. Sporidia ('0012 in.) *03 m.m. 



2596. Sphaexia fimicola. Rob. " Asses' Dung Sphreria." 



Perithecia solitary, or few together ; ostiola penicellate ; spo- 

 ridia ellijDtic, brown, with a large oil globule, green when young. 

 — Desm. £3:5.720.2061. B. ^- Br. Ann. JV.H. no. 1097, S.sterco- 

 rar-ia, var. Curr. Linn. Trans, xxii. t. 57,/. 39. 



On asses' dung. Rhyl. 



Delicate, linear, stylospores occur at the mouth of the perithecia ('QiJU' 

 in.) -017 m.m. long. Sporidia (-OOOG-'OOOS in.) •015--02 m.m. long (-QOOtin.) 

 "01 m.m. broad. " Ostiola formed of a number of processes arranged in a 

 penicellate manner, each consisting of a single row of irregularly shaped 

 cells, the upper cell being pointed. Sporidia mostly uniseriate, greenish at 

 first, then darker, probably eventually black, elliptical, "0010 in. long." — 

 F.C. 



2597. Sphaexia papavexea. B.&Br. " Poppy-head Sphteria." 



Crowded ; perithecia globose, areolate and covered with a white 

 veil, except the ostiola ; ostiola large, plane, orbicular, radiato- 

 sulcate ; mouth round ; sporidia elliptic, subnavicular, brown. — 

 B. ^- Br. Ann. N.H. no. 612, t. 7,/. 14. 



On rotten stumps. March. Batheaston. 



Widely effused, crowded, springing from a brown mycelium ; perithecia 

 globose, black, finely areolated, covered, with the exception of the orbicular 

 multisulcate ostiolnm, with a white filmy veil ; asci linear ; sporidia elliptic, 

 navicular, brown. The ostiolnm resembles the stigma of a poppy, being sepa- 

 rated by an abrupt line from the perithecium ; the perithecia, though crowded, 

 do not form a confluent mass, but are distinct. — B. 4" Br. 



