SPH/ERIA. 319 , 



7. pHOMA. Nucleus grumosus in tuberculo a ma- 

 trice formato inclusus, sporidiis per ostiolum 

 simplex sine lege rejccitis. 



**** 'XYLOMACEL Asci obsoleti. Sporidia innata» 



Innati • 



15. ACTINOTHYRIUM. Peritbecium scutiforme, 

 radiato-fibrosum, sporidia fusiformia obtegens. 



16. LEPTOSTROMA. Perithecium uniforme, abs- 

 que ostiolo, sed totum secedens, discura tenu- 

 issimum denudans. 



A, Xyloma^ B, Ectostroma. C, AsUroma. D. Dej^mzea^ 



L SPH/ERIA Hall. 



Liclien-Agaricus. Mich. gen, p^ 105. Valsa. i^cop. Carn^ 

 II, p. 398. Aecidium. Hill, hist, p. 62. SphscriaB 

 spec. Hall. Hist III. p. 120. Tod. Meckl. 2* 

 77. 7« Pers. syn, p. i. Nees syst^ p, 284.Hypoxylon 

 Zc Variolaria* Bull. Ch, p. i68> i8i- Poronia» 

 Willd, Cordyceps, Sphaeria, Ceratostoma, Lophi- 

 um. Fries Obs. 2. 



CHAR. Peritheca rotundata, integra, clausa, 

 stromate communi jund:a 1. solitaria ; singula apice 

 ostiolo perforata; intus nucleo molliori fluxili \„ 

 deliquescente ; exsiccata 1. gelatina sine lege re- 

 jed-a evacuata. Asci elongati, paraphysibus immix- 

 ti, convergentes , deliquescentes. Sporidia varia, 

 subannulata (theculee). 



HIST. Genus jara immortalis Micheli deter- 

 minavit, quod adoptavit judiciosus Haller nomine a 

 Theophrasto jam a forma spharica imposito ; 

 summus vero Linnseus, in exlerna facie nimis 

 acquiescens, cum Clavaria, Peziza, Lycoperdo & 

 Mucore ob analogiam remotiorem junxit. Restituere 

 vero omnes, qui in his plantulis accuratius inquae- 

 fiverunt, Weber, Tode, Hoffmann aliique. In plu- 

 ra genera disponere lentaverunt Bulliard, Wiilde- 

 now, Fries in Obs. 2., at forsan minus faste, sal- 

 tim praemature. Sed olim certe subdividendum^ 



