884 SPH^RIACEI. 



2651. Sphseria phoxnatospora. B. 4" J^i'. " Little spored 



Sphieria." 



Immersed; perithecia depressed, ellipsoid; ostiola papillse- 

 form ; asci linear ; sporidia uniseriate, oblong-elliptic, minute, 

 hyaline, binucleate. — B. ^- Br. Ann. N.H. no. 647, 1. 11,/. 33. 

 Curr. Linn. Trans, xxii. t. 58,/. 94. 



On dead potato stalks. March. Gloucestershire. 



Immersed, and with the exception of the black punctiform ostiolum, quite 

 invisible, being concealed by the woody tissue. Contents of perithecia pale 

 salmon coloured. Asci extremely delicate, linear. Sporidia hyaline, uni- 

 seriate, oblong-elliptic, minute, obtuse, with a single nucleus at either ex- 

 tremity. Closely resembling the spores of a Phoma. — B. d; Br. 



Sporidia (■0003--0004 in.) 'COro- Ul m.m. long. 



h. ObtectcB. 

 Perithecia immersed in the bark, with a short, erumpent neck. 



f Rameales. 



* Sporidia cylindrical, curved or straight, simple, rarely sep- 

 tate, hyaline. — Ciyj^tosj^hceria, DeNot. 



2652. Sphseria lanata. Fr. "Woolly-brown Sphaeria." 



Perithecia covered, free, globose, clad with ferruginous-brown 

 wool ; ostiola erumpent, black ; sporidia minute, curved, hyaline ; 

 asci broadly elliptic. — Fr. /S.M. ii.^. 482. Berk. Ann. N.H. no. 

 185. Fries, exs. no. 159. Fckl. exs. no. 805. Enchnoa lanata, Fr. 

 S. V.S.J). 393. Fckl. Sym. Myc.p. 150, t. iv./ 15. 

 On birch. Appin. 

 Perithecia very large. 



2653. Sphsezia glis. B.^^Cwr. " Dormouse Sphseria." 



Perithecia depressed in the middle, nestling beneath the cu- 

 ticle, astomous ; mycelium amjjle, tomentose, brown ; sporidia 

 oblong, pale brown, curved, very obtuse, quadrinucleate. — B. ^ 

 Br. Ann. N.H. no. 884. Curr. Linn. Trans, xxii. /. 57,/. 1. Fdd. 

 exs. no. 2252. Enchnoa glis, FcJd. Sym. Myc.p. 150. 



On oak twigs. Sept. Weybridge. 



Completely concealed by the cuticle, which shows when removed a dense 

 mycelium containing numerous depressed astomous perithecia. Sporidia 

 (■0008-"0009in.), •02-"022 m.m. long, sausage-sbaped, very obtuse, 4-nucleate. 

 Intermediate between S. lanata and S. hirta. — B. 6: Br, Perithecia rather 



