SPH^RIACEI. 869 



On Tvood. 



Like very small specimens of S. moHformis, but differing altogether in the 

 fruit. 



2602. Sphaeiria vesticola. B, <fr Br. " Garment Sphseria." 



Perithecia gregarious, ovate, oblique, attenuated above, some- 

 "what clothed below ; asci linear ; sporidia lemon-sbaped, black. 

 — Ann. N.H. no. 874. 



On the lining of an old gown. Dec. Batheaston. 



Perithecia gregarious, olive-black, ovate, attenuated above, oblique, rough 

 below with a few obscure flocci or furfuraceous prominences ; asci linear ; 

 sporidia at first concatenated, then free, lemon-shaped f*0007 in.) "0177 m.m. 

 long, germinating at either extremity. The asci are soon absorbed. — B. d: Br. 



2603. Sphaeria caudata. Curr, " Tail-spored Sphceria." 



Perithecia small, scattered, or few together, conical or snbglo- 

 bose, with a conical ostiolum ; sporidia biseriate, with a pointed, 

 subelliptical brown head, »nd an elongated colourless tail. — Curr. 

 Linn. Trans, xxii. ^. 320, t. 58,/. 50. 



On rotten wood. Twycross. 



This species is very peculiar in ihe form of its sporidia, the length of 

 which, including the tail, is ('002 in.) "05 m.m., or of the head alone ('0008 

 in.) "02 m.m. The perithecia are sometimes naked, sometimes almost.buried 

 in the soft rotten wood. — F. C. 



d. FertuscB. 



Perithecia smooth, flattened at the base, sub-innate, pierced, 

 innato-superficial. — Fr. S.M. \i.p. 322. 



2604. Sphaeria pertusa. Pers. " Pierced Sphaeria." 



Scattered, black ; perithecia emergent, conic, subrugose, 

 pierced by the falling off of the conic ostiolum ; asci clavate ; 

 sporidia biseriate, oblong-lanceolate, subconstricted, uniseptate, 

 quadrinucleate. — Fr. S.M. ii. j9.464. Fries, exs. no. 389. Eng. Fl. 

 v.p. 266. FcJd. exs. wo. 931. B.^-.Br. Jnn. ^\H. no. 87 S,t. 10, 

 /*. 25. Curr. Linn. Trans. :s.:ku. t. b8, f. 63. Trematosphceria per- 

 tusa, FcJd. Sym. Myc.p. 162. 



On elm boards. Dec. — Feb. [Low. & Mid. Carolina.] 



Differing from the typical form in not having any black stain. Asci cla- 

 vate, elongated ; sporidia biseriate, oblongo-lanceolate, for the most part 

 strongly constricted in the centre, uniseptate (•0007-"0008in.) •0177-'02 m.m. 

 each articulation containing two nuclei ; occasionally two additional septa 

 are formed, and the sporidia are curved either even, or constricted at the 

 commissures. — B. d; Br. 



