262 FUNGI. [Sphceria. 



Sporidia cylindric, curved consisting of e'ght articulations, each con- 

 taining a sporidiolum. 



118. S, hirsuta, Fr. {shaggy Sphceria) ; perithecia siihglo- 

 bose and ovate tuberculate black, covered with scattered hairs 

 of the same colour, ostioluni obsolete. Fr. Syst. Myc. v. 2. p. 

 449. iS. acinosa ; perithecia globose and subdepressed black- 

 brown. Batsch, Cont, 1./. 179. Sow. t. 386./. 3. 



On dry wood. On Walnut, Stibbington, Hunts. J^ev. M. J. 

 Berlidey. — Mr. Sowerby's specimens were found on plaster, as appears 

 from the remains still adhering to the paper on which they were glued, 

 though the plant itself has fallen off. This makes it very doubtful 

 whefher his plant is the same with that of Fries. 



1 19. S. pilosa^ Pers. {small hairy Sphcsria) ; black, perithe- 

 cia minute roundish-ovate nearly even beset with short hairs, 

 ostiola simple. Fers. Ic. Sf Descr. t. 10. /. 9, 10. Fr. Syst. 

 Myc. V. 2. p. 450. 



On wood. Very common. — »S. scopida, Sow. proves, on microscopi- 

 cal examination, ChcEtomium elatum. 



120. S. hispida, Tode, (hispid Sphceria) ; black, perithecia 

 ovato-conic confluent with the ostiola clothed with short scat- 

 tered hairs. Tode. I c. f. 84. Fr: Syst. Myc. v. 2. p. 450. 

 Fl. 2. p. 92. S. lignaria, ^Grev. Scot. Crypt. Fl. t. 82. 



On wood. Appin, Capt. Carmichael. 



121. S. cdlva, Tode, (bald Sphceria); perithecia scattered 

 depresso-globose papillary even black beset below with shorfc 

 hispid hairs above smooth and shining. Tode, Fung. Meek. f. 

 83. Fr. Syst. Myc. v. 2. jo. 451. Grev. Fl. Ed. p. 364. 



On wood and brr.nches. Auchindenny woods, Dr. Greville. Ape- 

 thorpe, Korths. Rev. M. J. Berlielcy. — My specimens are hispid all 

 over when young and gradually become smooth above. Sporidia. 

 broadly elliptic. ^S. calva. Johnst. ! Fl. Berw. appears to me a form of 

 /S'. comaia : it certainly does not belong to the present division. S. 

 sphinctrina. Sow ! t. 386, f. i., is Calicium turbinatum. 



Div. 19. Denudat^. Subiculum none. Perithecia soon 

 smooth, rounded at the base nearly free ; ostiola persistent. 



122. S. Peziza, Tode, (Peziza-like Sphceria);^ gregarious 

 soft, perithecia globose even subpapillary orange-pink, concave 

 when collapsed. Tode, Fimg. Meek. f. 122. Moug. 4' Nest.! 

 n. 483. Fr. Syst. Myc. v. 2. p. 452. Scler. Suec. ! n. 235. 

 Grev. Sc. Crypt. Fl. t. 186. /. 2.— «. villifera. Hoffm. Bot. 

 Tasch. 2. t. 12. f. 2. Nees, Sysl.f. 361.— &. globifera. Peziza 

 hydrophora, Bull. t. 410. /. 2. Soiv. t. 23. Lycoperdon hy- 

 drophorum, With. v. 4. p. 347. 



On very rotten wood. Not common. — The sporidia are represented 

 by Greville as contained in very slender asci so as to give them a moni- 

 liform appearance ; in Mougeot and Nestler's specimens I find them 



