SphcBria.-] FUNGI. 233 



adhere together; accompanied by more sXenCier paraphi/ses. There is 

 little doubt, notwithstanding the differences mentioned above, that the 

 plant of Dickson is the same with that now before me, as the figure 

 evide.itly represents an anomalous form arising from the larva having 

 been deeply buried in the ground. The asci and sporidia are quite 

 different from those of other Sphcpricc, except the lew allied species 

 which compose the first section of the present division. Nothing can 

 be more close than the resemblance between the asci and their sporidia 

 to the filaments of some JMonema or Schizunema ; indeed both in this 

 species and S. uphlucjlussoicks I have sometimes seen more than two 

 rows of sporidia, and the asci, when squeezed, split, like the frond in the 

 last mentioned genus, into as many threads as there are rows of sporidia. 

 This, however, requires confirmation, as I may possibly have been de- 

 ceived. The analysis given in Kunz, Mj/c. Heftc, o'i S. op/iioglossoides^ 

 is quite correct, except that the sporidia are more elliptic than there 

 represented. This alone is sufficient to show that Sp. gracilis, Grev. 

 is not, as Fries supposes, that species; the sporidia in Dr. Greville's plant 

 being cylindrical and truncate, as appears by his analysis which, though 

 imperfect, is confirmed by the very similar sporidia of S. capitata and 

 ;S\ militaris, in both of which they form w ithin the asci two moniliforin 

 threads. 



3. S. capitata, Holinsk. (jjcUow- stemmed SpluErid) ; carnose, 

 head ovato-globose bay brown, stem yellow at length blackish. 

 Pers. 31>jc. Eur. 1. t. 10./ 1—4. Moug. S^- Nest. ! (xs. n. 763. 

 Ft. Si/st. Mijc. V. 2. p. 824. Spit, agariciformis, Bolt. t. 130. 

 Soiv.! t. 354. CI. capitata, Ilolmsh. Ot. \. with a fig. With. 

 v.4.p. 317. 



In |)ine woods, parasitic on Elaphomgces granrdatus. Very rare. 

 Eamsden wood about Highfield near Halifax. Bolton. Holt. Nor- 

 folk, Bcv. Robert Francis — " Often tufted. Stem 1 — 4 inches high, 

 2 — 4 lines thick, equal, smooth, lemon-coloured, at length fibroso-stri- 

 gose and blacki^i. The colour of the head borders on yellow, red- 

 brown and black." Fr. I. c. 



4. S. ophioghssoidcs, Elir. (^adders tongue Splucria) ; carnose 

 head clavate brownish-black, stem olive black rooting. Pcrs. 

 St/n. p. 4. Mi/c. Eur. t. 10. / 5, G. Moug. ^- JScst. ! n. 5G5. 

 Ft. S//st. iVt/c. v. 2. p. 324. Scler. Suec. w. 301. C/. parasi- 

 tica, With. V. 4./;. 318. 



In woods, parasitic on EI(i}>homyccs muricalus. Very rare. Near 

 Norwich, Mr. Pitc/iford. — Head \ — I inch or more long, yellow within 

 as well as the stem which at the base divides into long roots. Some- 

 times tufted. 



5. S, gracilis, Grev. (Mr. Trivv1yan\^ Sphrria) ; carnoso 

 head smooth ronndi>ii ovate brown, stem rooting elongated 

 cylindrical equal somewhat llexnous, sporidia cylindrical. Grev. 

 Sc. Cri/pt. Fl. t. 80. 



On tile ground in moist mossy places. Shetland, IT. C. Trtvch/atiy 

 Fsf/. — Fries in the Fhurhus conceives that this is synonymous with 

 the foregoing species, but it appears to dililr cnlirely in form and in 



