SPH^EIACEl. 877 



sporidia inordinate, narrowly lanceolate, obtuse, witb. a large nu- 

 cleus near each extremity, hyaline. 



On rotten oak. Feb. Shere. (Dr. Capron.) 



The very peculiar form of the asci is sufficient to distinguish this species. 

 They are •0025--003 in. long. Sporidia ('0005 in.), -0127 m.m. long. 



(Fig. 395.) 



2629. Sphaeria lampadophora. B.ikBr, " Clustered Beak 



Sphceria." 



Perithecia gregarious, globose, dingy, pruinose ; neck long, 

 flexuous, irregular ; sporidia fusiform, curved, multiseptate. — B. 

 ^Br.Ann.N.H.no.m2,L 11,/. 28. 



On decayed wood. Oct. — April. 



Gregarious; perithecia middle-sized, globose, brownish, pulverulent, or 

 Bubtomentose ; neck elongated, irregular, flexuous. Sporidia Knear-fusiform 

 ("003 in.) "075 m.m. long, multiseptate. .With the habit of S. rostrata, but with 

 differ ent fruit. 



2630. Sphaezia stylophora. B.d;Br. " Patchy Beak 



Sphaeria." 



Perithecia at first covered, at length free, disposed in orbicu- 

 lar patches, ovate, attenuated upwards ; ostiola longer than the 

 perithecia ; asci broadly clavate ; sporidia fusiform, hyaline, uni- 

 eeptate, appendiculate at either end. — B. 4'- ^^. Ann. N.H. no. 

 976, M7,y. 29. 



On Acerplatanoides. Mossburnford. 



At first covered, then exposed; perithecia collected in little orbicular 

 patches, ovate, attenuated above, with styliform ostiola longer than them- 

 selves ; asci broadly clavate ; sporidia biseriate, hyaline, fusiform, unisep- 

 tate, appendiculate at either end. — B, (^ Br. 



C. SUBTECT^. 



Perithecia at first innate, concrete with the matrix, at length 

 naked above ; ostiola simple, sub-erumpent. — Fr. S.2I. ii. p. o'22. 



a. Immersce. 



Perithecia immersed in the perennial parts of plants ; neck 

 Bhort and erumpent. 



* EndoxylcB. 



2631. Sphaexia livida. Fr. " Livid Sphceria." 



Scattered ; perithecia subgiobose, nestling in a prominent ellip- 

 tic grey tubercle formed from the wood ; ostiola pierced ; spor- 



