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NEW OR NOTEWORTHY FUNGI :— Part II. 



By W. B. Grove, B.A. 



(Tab. 256, 257.) 



(Concluded from p. 134.) 



44. Leptosplmria cnieirta Sacc. Midi. ii. 318 (1881"*; Syll. Pyr. 

 ii. 25 (1883). 



Perithecia gregarious, the matrix dirty reddish, erumpent, 

 superficial, globose, ^-i mm. diam., somewhat smooth, shortly 

 papillate, black; asci cyliudrical-clavate, shortly stipitate, 90 /x x 

 10 //,, 8-spored ; sporidia fusoid, rather acute at each end, some- 

 what curved, 25-27 p. X 4-|-5 /x, 3-septate, the second cell slightly 

 swollen, olivaceous honey-coloured. (Sacc. I.e.). 



On rotten stems of <'anlnus, nestling among the woody fibres, 

 near Three Shire Oak (St.).- The spores reached 30^; the 

 perithecia sometimes subconical, opening by a wide pore, at length 

 superficial. 



45. MetasphcBria rubella Sacc. Syll. Pyr. ii. 161 (1883) — Lepto- 

 sphceria r. Sacc. et Malbr. Mich. ii. 598 (1882) — non Spharia 

 riibella Pers. 



Perithecia innato-erumpent, the matrix sanguineo-violaceous, 

 globose-conical, papillate, then depressed, | mm. diam., black; 

 asci cylindrical, 150 |U, x 7 /* ; sporidia distichous, fusoid, nearly 

 straight, 25-26 f* x 4-5 //, triseptate, 4-guttate, hyaline, not or 

 scarcely constricted. (Sacc. I.e.). 



On dead stems of Cavdnus, near Three Shire Oak (St.), April, 

 May. The broad pale violaceous stain very conspicuous. In my 

 specimens the perithecia were globose-lenticular, scarcely erum- 

 pent ; the sporidia 32-43 jj. x 5-7 /-t, somewhat curved, obtuse at 

 each end, 1- then 3-septate, fusiform when young, but when mature 

 with the second cell considerably swollen ; the guttse ultimately 

 disappearing, but the sporidia always perfectly hyaline ; para- 

 physes numerous, filiform, articulate. On the upper part of the 

 same stems were Ophiohoius (tcioii hiatus Duby, and O. porphi/roffu7ius 

 Sacc, both easily recognisable by the conical protruding ostiola. 

 On the lower part of many, where the woody fibres were laid bare, 

 was Leptosplmria cruenta Sacc, from which, however, this species 

 appears to be distinct, for the hyaline sporidia were probably 

 mature and the habit is different. 



46. Splmrulina intermu-ta Sacc Fung. It. 347 (1878) ; Syll. Pyr. 

 ii. 187 {im'd). —Splutria int. B. & Br. Cooke, Haudbk. p. 889. 

 Var. ABBEEviATA milii. 



Perithecia collected in short parallel lines, surrounded by the 

 ruptured epidermis ; asci long collected into a globose bundle, 



* The ground, on which this and the other fungi mentioned herein from 

 " near Three Shire Oak " were found, is actually in Stail'ordshire, but is only a 

 few yards distant from Warwickshire and a part of Worcesterwliire. 



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