Ncemaspora.'l FUNGI. ^55 



curved, glued together into an innato-erumpeiit inimarginate 

 discoid stratum. — Name, /?<5?/5, a spindle, 



1. F» tronelloides, Grev. (^Tremella-like Ftisarhini) ; hemi- 

 spherico-depressed soft orange-red. stroma not distinct, sporidia 

 very long pellucid curved. Grev. Sc. Cnjpt. Fl. t. 20. Baxt. ! 

 Ox. n. 30. Fr. Sf/st. 3Iyc. v. 3. p. 470.— Tremella UHiccb, 

 Fers. Syn. p. 628. — Dacrymyces Urticcc^ Fr. Syst. Myc. v. 2. 

 p. 2S[. Moug. &; Nest. ! n. 39G. 



On decaying nettle-stems. Very common. There is a species on 

 Hypna in the Apj)in collection, which 1 cannot distinguish ; though, 

 possibly, in recent individuals there might be sufficient characters. 



2. F. roseum, Lk. (^rose-coloured Fusarium^ ; hemispherical 

 rather firm rose-coloured, stroma convex, sporidia pale nearly 

 straight. Lk. Sp, "2. p. 105. Fr. Syst. Mijc. v. 3. p. 471. 



On the stems of various plants, as Beans, Tulips, Jerusalem Arti- 

 chokes, &c. Apethorpe, Norths. Mev. M. J. Berkeley. — Forming 

 little gregarious red dots. 



141. CoRYNEUM. AVe5. Coryneum. 



Sporidia fusiform (or clavate), multiseptate, adnate by a 

 pedicel, densely and vertically crowded into a disc, at first glued 

 together Name, xo^yv?;, a club. 



1. C. pulviudtu?n, Schm. (pulvinate Coryneum) ; disc convex, 

 sporidia oval. Myc. Heft. 1. t. 2./. 18. Moug. 4- Nest. ! n. 574, 

 — C. umbonatum (pulvinatuni), Fr. Syst. Myc. v. S. p. 474. 



On twigs of Sycamore. Oundle, Norths. Rev. M. J. Berkeley. 



2. C. macrosporium^ Berk, {long-seeded Coryneum') ; sporidia 

 fusiform 7 — 12-septate pellucid above greatly elongated and 

 curved back. 



On beech twigs. Apethorpe, Norths, Ttev. M. J. Berkeley. — Disc 

 slightly depressed, articulations of the sporidia with a central paler .«pot. 

 Thi.s very curious species approaches somewhat in structure to L\ 

 iiiarginatuyn. 



Tribe 2. Stilbosporei. Sporidia glued together into a 

 nucleus, without any perithecium, under the cuticle of plants, at 

 length bursting forth together with the gelatine or free. 



142. NiEMASPORA. Fr. Niemaspora. 



Sporidia simple, coloured, collected into a cellular nucleus, 

 at length flowing forth together with the gelatine in the form 

 of tendrils. — Name, vrtiMo., a thready and (Ttopo;, seed. 



1. iV. crorea, Pers. (saffron-yellow Nnnaspora') ; nu<It'U«; 

 pallid, sporidia (at length) curved very slender orangr. I\rs. 

 Syn. p. 109. Scler. Succ. .' n. 107. Moug. S)- Ne.st. .' n. 177. 

 (in the specimens* before me sporidiferous). Desm. Ann. drs Sr. 

 Nat. r. 19. t. 5./. 3. (conidiferous). — Sphcrria profusay Sow. ' t. 



