SpJicBria."] 



FUNGI. 267 



it appears to have escaped, the specimens before me occurr'ng in com- 

 pany with a Phi/sai'um preserved in his Herbarium. 



1-12. >S'. cirrhosa, Pers. {tendril-like Sphceria) ; scattered 

 black, perithecia immersed snbglobose fibrilloiis, ostiola rugged 

 subfalcate spinulose. Pers. Syn. p. 59. Tc. Pict. t. 24. /. 3. 

 Fr, Sijst. Mijc, V, 2. p. 475. Scler, Suec, ! 7i. 346 — b.fiisca^ 

 Alb. 4' ScJnvein, p). 29. 



On soft rotten wood. Appin, Captain Carmichael. Cotterstock. 

 Apethorpe, Norths. Re7\ 31. J. Berhelcij. — This appears to be a 

 very variable species, sometimes scattered, with the perithecia curiously 

 fibrinous, the fibrillce occasionally brown ; sometimes, in harder wood, 

 collected in rows or into little fascicles, and almost destitute of fibrillar. 



143. S. rostelldta, Fr. (ininiite hcahed Spli(Brict) ; gregarious 

 black, perithecia covered siibrotund at length depressed above, 

 ostiola erumpent cylindric or slightly attenuated. Fr. Obs. 1. 

 t. 3. /. 3. Syst. Myc. v. 2. p. 476. S. Rubi, 3Iarf. Erl. p. 



487. 



On branches of roses and brambles. Appin, Captain Carmichael. — 

 Minute-growing beneath the epidermis and having much the habit of 

 ^S". acuta. 



Div. 23. Obtect.t:. Perithecia elongated info a short neck 

 permanently immersed in the perennial parts of plants. 



144. S. evtypa, Fr. {iceU-marked Sphcerid) ; scattered, peri- 

 thecia immersed globose, ostiola proceeding from a black spot 

 minute convex slightly prominent at length umbilicate. Fr. 

 Syst. Myc. v. '2. p. 478. Scler. Sued n. 15. 348. S. decom- 

 ponens, Soic. ! t. 217. 



On dead branches. Very common. — Very much resembling 5". lata 

 and S. milliaria. S. toitaculata. Sow. appears to be the present 

 species with an umber-brown mucedinous production springing from 

 the ostiola. 



145. S. livida, Fr. (livid Sph^riu) ; scattered, perithecia 

 snbglobose nestling in a prominent elliptic grey tubercle formed 

 from the wood, ostiola pierced. Fr. Syst. Myc. v. 2. p. 479. 

 Scler. Suec. ! 9i. S16. 



On dried branches. Appin, Captain Carniicharl. — The specimens 

 rofcrrcd to this species occur on small dead branches of Ivy, still cover- 

 ed v.'ith the cuticle. The spots arc not so regular as in Fries' speci- 

 mens, rounded, when there is but one [)erithecium, subclliptic when 

 there arc two together, and not ilistinctly defined at the base ; jieri- 

 thccia immersed in the wood dcpresso-globosc not stutled, furnished 

 with a short neck ; ostiola rather j)roM)incnt at length (apparently) 

 pierced. The whole plant closely rtsembles the figure of Sowcrby re- 

 ferred to by Fries, S. sn/>i?ninnsa, Soir. ! t. S7'2. f. 8. I finil on deail 

 decorticated ivy branches apparently the same s|)ecics, only there arc 

 several j)crithccia beneath each black elliptic spot, and the spots are 

 2 — 3 lines long. 



146. S. anscJina, Pers. (goose- skin Spkicria) ; perithecia 



