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GENUS 132. ERIOSPORA. B d& Br. * 
Stroma multicellular. Spores ejected by a common orifice, 
quaternate, filiform, seated on short sporophores. 
1.—Eriospora leucostoma, B d Br. A. N.H., No. 438, with a 
figure, on dead leaves of juncus. The only species. 
ORDER 13. MELANCONIEI. LK. t 
Perithecium obsolete, or quite wanting. 
GENUS 133. MELANCONIUM. Li. 
Spores, simple, oozing out in a dark mass. 
1.—Melanconium, bicolor. Mees t 2, figure 27, on birch. Spye 
Park. 
2,.—Melanconium magnum. Grev t 349, Keynsham, on Walnut. 
We possess two out of three British species. 
GENUS 134. STEGONOSPORIUM. Cada. } 
Spores unilocular, the endochrome transversely septate, or 
cellulose, oozing out in a black mass. 
1.—Stegonosporium cellulosum Cda, on dead branches of sycamore, 
Batheaston. The only British species. 
GENUS 135. sTILBOSPoRA. P.§ 
Spores, septate, oozing out in a black mass. 
1.—Stilbospora ovata P., on beech, Batheaston. Grev. t 212, 
figure 2. 
2.—Stilbospora macrosperma P. Corda, in Sturm, t 21, on oak, 
Batheaston. The stylosporous form of Massaria inquinans, 
Two species out of three British. 
GENUS 136. ASTEROSPORIUM. Kzz. || 
Spores stellate, oozing out in a black mass. 
* Eriospora, from erion, wool and sporos, a seed. 
+ Melanconium, from melas, black and konis dust. 
{ Stegonosporium, from stego, to cover, and sporos, a seed. 
§ Stilbospora, from stilbo, to shine, and sporos-seed. 
II Asterosporium, from aster, a star and sporos-seed. 
