876 SPH^RTACEl. 



2625. Sphaeria clrrhosa. Pert. " Tendril Fphseria." 



Spermogonia. — Spermatia ovato-cylindrical, hyaline. 



CoNiDiA. — On the tips of threads, ovate, triseptate, dark- 

 brown. — Fckl. Sym. Myc.p. 127. 



AscoPHORE. — Scattered, black; perithecia immersed, subglo- 

 bose, fibrinous ; ostiola rugged, subfalcate, spinulose ; sporidia 

 biseriate, elliptical, colourless. — Pers. Ic.JPict. t. 24,/. 3. Fr.S. 

 M. ii. p. 475. Fries, exs. no. 346. Eng. Fl. v. p. 267. Curr. Linn. 

 Trans, xxii. t. b8,f. 71. FcJcl. exs. no. 1804. Ceratostoma cirrho- 

 sum, Fckl. Sym. Myc. p, 127. 



On soft rotten wood. [Mid. Carolina.] 



Yariable. Sometimes scattered, with the perithecia curiously fibrillous, 

 the fibrillse occasionally brown, sometimes, in harder wood, collected in rows 

 or little fascicles, and almost destitute of fibrilles. Sporidia (•0004-*0005 in.) 

 •01-"012o m.m. long. 



2626. Sphaexia pilifeira. Fr. '« Thread-beaked SphaBria." 



Spermogonia. — Spermatia oblong-ovate, simple, hyaline. 



AscoPHORE. — Gregarious, naked, black; perithecia very small, 

 globose, even ; ostiola capillary, very long, acuminate ; sporidia ? 

 — Fr. S.M. ii. p. 472. Fries, exs. no. 25. Nees. f. 354. Eng. Fl. 

 y.p. 266. Ceratostoma piliferum, Fckl. Sym. Myc. p. 128. 



On pine wood. [Low. & Mid. Carolina.] 



2627. Sphaeria ligneola. B.S^^Br. "Smooth-beaked 



Sphaeria." 



Perithecia globose, subglaucous, smooth, inomersed ; neck 

 elongated, obtuse ; sporidia elliptic uniseptate. — B. ^ Br. Ann. 

 N.H.no.SS3,t. 11,/. 29. 



On decayed oak. Jan. Somerset. 



Perithecia scattered, immersed in the wood, globose, smooth, black, with 

 a Blight glaucous bloom; neck about as long as the perithecia, obtuse. Spo- 

 ridia (•0U03-'000i in.) 'UOZo-'Ol m.m. long, binucleate, at length uniseptate. 

 Resembling young S. cirrhosa, but perfectly smooth and glaucous, and by no 

 means fibrillose. — B. d: Br. 



2628. Sphaeria axnpullasca. 



Cooke. " Flask-fruited Sphaeria." 



Perithecia gregarious or scat- 

 tered, immersed, globose, black ; 

 ostiola nearly three times as long 

 as the diameter of the perithecia, 

 flexuous; asciampullEeform, trun- 

 cate above, attenuated below; 



