Stictis.] FUNGI. 213 



1. S. sphcErdlis^ Fr. {sphcEroid Stictis) ; bursting forth hemi- 

 spherical brovvn-blacli urceolate, orifice entire contracted, disc 

 plane black. Fr. Syst. Myc, v. 2. p. 194. Purt. 31 SS, 



On dead decorticated branches of the ash. Winter. 3Ir. Baxter. 

 — Introduced entirely on the authority of Mr. Purton : I have seen no 

 specimen. 



2. S. radidta, Linn, (eyelet-hole Stictis) ; immersed orbicular, 

 border entire or variously notched and laciniated snow-white 

 pulverulent. Pers. Syn. p. 674. Fr. Syst. Myc. v. 2. p. 194. 

 Grev. Scot. Crypt. Fl. t. 227. Baxt. I exs. n. SO.— Fez. mar- 

 ffinata, With. v. 4. p. 308. Sow. t. 16. — Melmiostroma fusari- 

 oides, Corda in St. Deutsch. Fl. t. 61. — Lycoperdon radiatum, 

 Linn. Sp. Plant, v. 4. p. 6'24. 



On wood, branches, twigs, stems of herbaceous plants, S:c. Aut. — 

 Spring. Common. 



3. *S'. pallida, Pers. (pallid Stictis) ; gregarious immersed 

 punctiform pallid, orifice subconnivent subelliptic. Pers. Obs. 2. 

 p. 74. t. G.f. 7. (fde Fr.) Fr. Syst. Myc. v. 2. p. 196. Scler. 

 Suec. ! n. 275 — Pez. punctiformis, Pers. Syn. p. 674. 



On wood. Appin, Captain Carmichacl. — Scattered, minute, elliptic 

 or subrotund ; two individuals sometimes growing close together and 

 having a conmion partition ; yellowish, surrounded by a narrow spurious 

 border of the same colour. The wood on which it grows is white, but 

 I do not perceive any peculiar discoloration round the orifice. 



4. a5>. Sicrostoma, Carm. (dot-mouthed Stictis) ; very minute 

 punctiform prominent blackish, opening with a minute round or 

 subelliptic orifice. Carm. MSS. 



On wood. Appin, Captain Carmichacl Scattered ; at first nearly 



white, with a minute orifice, round which it gradually assumes a darker 

 hue, and at length, under a high magnifier, appears when moist of a 

 subolivaceous black. Kesembling a minute Sj>h(cria, and apparently 

 distinct from S. hcmispharica, Fr. 



5. S. paralUla, Fr. (parallel Stictis); erumpent linear at 

 first closed, then open, disc reddish-brown obliterating the 

 margin black when dry. Fr. Syst. Myc. v. 2. ;;. 197. Scler, 



Suec. ! n. 95. Grcv. in Loud, llort. Ihit. p. 455 Ifyst. ahie- 



tinum, Pers. Syfi. p. 10]. 



On dead fir-wood. Probably very common, though apparently hitherto 

 only observed by JJr. (ircvillc. the hiibit is that olj/i/stcrinni, but if 

 attention be paid to the chanictcr given above, there will be little 

 danger of mistaking the plant intended. 



6. S. Idnga, Fr. (elongated Stictis) ; scattered immersed sur- 

 rounded by the prominent wood very long, attemiated at either 

 end, open througli its whole lengtli. Fr. Lid. Alfh. p. 105. 

 Syst. Myc. v. 2. p. 594. J/ystcrium longum, Pers. Syn. p. 99. 



On wood. Scotland, Hook. 11- rh. — "Very long, about \\ line. 

 Black, livid within, half immersed in the \NOod. Sometimes 2 — 3 

 specimens arc confluent." Vers. I. c. 



