934 FUNGI. [Sphceria. 



being destitute of any yellow tinge. The sporidia also as mentioned 

 above are very different. 



6. S.HooMri, Kl. {Dr. HooJiers SphcEria); carnose, head glo- 

 bose lilac tuberculated, stem slender sinning black. Klotzsch ! 

 in Hook. Herb, ivith a figure. 



In srassy spots amongst moss. June. Inverary, Messrs. Hooher 

 and klotzsch,—'' Solitary. Steni coriaceous, simple, 2 inches high, 

 i._a of a line thick, the'apex of the same colour as the head. Head 

 globose, 2 lines thick ; perithecia prominent, filled with a gelatinous 

 filamentous mass." Kl. 31SS.—T\\\?, species appears to resemble S. 

 purpurea, Sc/mm., and to difier principally in its less tuberculated 

 head and long stem. Fries, however, says_ that Schumacher's plant 

 when living was carmine, which alters the point materiall}'. 



7. S. alutdcea, Pers. ( pcde tan-coloured Sjjhceria) ; carnose 

 soft, head clavate, pallid tan or white confluent with the stem. 

 Pers. Comm. Clav. p. 12. Nees, Sijst.f. 304. Fr. SijsU Myc. 

 V, 2. p. 325. Sp/i. clavata, Soiv. ! t. 159. 



In fir plantations on the ground amongst leaves. Autumn. Rare. 

 Newmarket Heath, Rev. J. Hemsted. Costesy, Norf., Sowerbij.-^ 

 " Simple, 2—3 inches high very even and brittle, at first dirty-white, 

 slightly villous, then quite smooth and even, tan-coloured ; sometimes 

 entirely white, at length tuberculated with the prominent perithecia. 

 Head obtuse." Fr. I c. 



** Perithecia black, 



8. S. digitdta, Linn, {fingered Sjjhceria) ; between fleshy 

 and corky tufted, clavulte round reddish brown then black, tips 

 barren acute, stem smooth. Pers. Syn. p. 6. JVees, Syst. f. 

 307. Fr. Syst. Myc. v. 2. p. 326. Hurt. 3ISS. Clav. digi- 

 tata, Linn. Sp. PI. 1652. Bull. t. 220. Xylaria digitafa, 

 Grev. Fl. Ed. p. 356. 



On worked wood and stumps of trees. Frequent according to Br. 

 Greville and Mr. Purton. — " Stems connate at the base, whence the 

 plant is ramoso-digitate. Substance with a simple central pith. Peri- 

 thecia immersed, when young whitish from the innate veil^ scarcely pul- 

 verulent, soon changing to brown." Fr. I. c. 



9. S. polymorpha, Pers. (variable fingered Sphceria) ; subcar- 

 nose gregarious turgid irregular, dirty white tlien black, cla- 

 vulse bearing perithecia on every part. Pers. Comm. p. 17. 

 Nees, Syst. f. 307, B. Fr. Syst. Myc. v. 2. jj. 326. Scler. 

 Sued n. 221; Grev. Sc. Crypt. Fl. t. 237. S. digitata. Sow. 

 t. 69. Clav. digitata, With. v. 4. p. 357. Xylaria poly morpha, 

 Grev. Fl. Ed. p. 355. 



On stumps of trees. Common.— The central substance is disposed 

 in diverging rays and in consequence, as observed by Sowerby the frac- 

 ture is conical. 



10. S. Hypoxylon, Linn, {fiat-horned Sphceria) ; corky sim- 



