364 Kev. M. J. Berkeley and Mr. C. E. Broome on British Fungi. 



This appears to be nearer to CtJ-cumscripice than Lif/nosa ; but 

 our specimens are in bad condition. 



838. D. (Versatiles) sordido, B. & B. On oak twigs. Wey- 

 bridge, Sept. 1856, F. Currey. 



Sporidia oblong, very obtuse, uniseptate, constricted at the 

 septum, -001 inch long, germinating at two lateral points on 

 cither articulation. 



This is what Mr. Currey refers to Sjjhceria angulata in his 

 paper in the 'Linn. Trans. 3' but the plant of Fries has oblong 

 curved sporidia, and belongs to the Incusa. Spharia sordida, P., 

 is now a species of Mehgramma. 



839. D. (Versatiles) quercina, Fr. Summ. p. 385 ; Sph(e7-ia 

 quercina, Pers. Disp. Meth. p. 2. On oak branches. Budloe, &c., 

 C.E.B. &M.J.B. 



Asci clavate j sporidia lanceolate or subcymbiform, '0018 inch 

 long ; endochrome quadripartite. 



It is very doiibtful whether V. arcuata, Currey, is more than 

 a form of this ; it is clearly not a true Valsa, The fructification 

 is very like that of Melogramma Quercuum (Moug. & Nest. 

 no. 770). The species given by Desmazieres is merely D. verruccE- 

 formis. 



840. D. (Versatiles) Hystrix, Fr. Summ. p. 385 ; Spharia 

 Hystrix, Tode, Fung. INIeck. f. 127. On bark. Cornwall, J. 

 Ralfs, Esq. 



Sporidia sausage-shaped, 0-0002 inch long. 



The species, of which the sporidia are figured by Mr. Currey, 

 was gathered in Italy, and marked by De Notaris, and is some- 

 thing very different. 



841. D. (Versatiles) py7rhoc7/stis, n. s. Irregularis, disco 

 piano 1. concavo, ostiolis nigris punctato; stromate pallido; 

 peritheciis rufulis ; sporidiis ellipticis uniseptatis binucleatis. 



On hazel twigs. Batheaston, C. E. B., March 1854. 



Irregular; disc plane or concave, studded with the black 

 shining ostiola ; stroma within pallid ; perithecia brown ; asci 

 clavate; sporidia biseriate, '001 inch long, elliptic, obtuse or 

 slightly pointed, uniseptate, slightly constricted, with two large 

 nuclei. 



The brown perithecia, pallid stroma, and pecuhar fruit are 

 the characteristics of this species. 



Plate IX. fig. 10. Asci and sporidia magnified. 



842. D. (Concrescentes) incarcerata, n. s. Cortici immersa, 

 epidermidem discutiens; peritheciis globosis, ostiolis conicis 

 elongatis ; ascis clavatis ; sporidiis biscriatis oblongis utrinque 

 acutis medio constrictis uniseptatis 4-nucleatis. 



On rose stems. Twycross, Rev. A. Bloxam. 



