Rev. M. J. Berkeley and Mr. C. E. Broome on British Fungi. 369 



868. Spharia (Csespitosae) Saubinetii, Mont. Syll. On herba- 

 ceous stems, Twycross, Rev. A. Bloxam. Ou eloi twigs, Batli- 

 easton, C. E. B. 



This has the violet walls of S. pulicaris, but the fruit is much 

 larger. The Batheaston plant may be considered as a variety 

 with ovate perithecia and rather large sporidia. In Mr. Bloxam's 

 plant they are -001 inch long; in the Batheaston plant '0013, 

 and at length torulose. 



869. S. (Csespitosce) nigerrima, Blox., Curr. I c. p. 272. Para- 

 sitic on several species of Diati-ype. Gopsall, Rev. A. Bloxam. 

 Mossburnford, A. Jerdon, Esq. St. Catharine's, near Bath, C.E.B. 



Asci clavatc; sporidia biscriate, hyaline, subelliptic, but often 

 swollen on one side like the frustules of Eunotia, at length multi- 

 septate, with one or t^o vertical dissepiments, -OOOSS-'OOOS 

 inch long. 



The perithecia are sprinkled over with short stiff bristles ; 

 they appear at first like the ostiola of the Diatnjpe, in conse- 

 quence of which the species is included by Currey in Versailles. 

 It approaches very near to Dothidea. 

 Plate X. fig. 19. a. Perithecia magnified ; h. ascus ; c. sporidia magnified. 



870. S. (Csespitosffi) barhula, n. s. Csespitosa ; peritheciis glo- 

 bosis collapsis subtiliter pilosis ; sporidiis oblongis uniseptatis. 



On bark of pine. Wraxall, March 1815. 



Forming little tufts ; perithecia globose, collapsed when dry, 

 astomatous, clothed with a few short scattered hairs ; sporidia 

 oblong or subelliptic, "0005 inch long, uniseptate. 



Perhaps too near to <S. Chcetomium, Cord. S. helicospora, 

 B. & B., and S. Eres, B. & B., are allies. 



Plate X. fig. 20. Sporidia magnified. 



871. S. (Csespitospe) apotheciorum, Mass. Lich. p. 26, fig. 41. 

 On Parmelia subfusca. Benarth, Conway, 1851, Rev. C. Ba- 

 bington. 



Fruit just like that of Phacopsis varia, Tul. 



872. S. (Yillosje) callimorpha, I\Iont. Syll. p. 227. On bram- 

 bles. Leicestershire, Rev. A. Bloxam. 



873. S. (Deuudatse) rhytidodes, n. s. Gregaria atra; peri- 

 theciis e mycelio maculseformi oriundis subglobosis rugoso-sul- 

 catis; ostiolo papillaeformi ; ascis elongatis; sporidiis biseriali- 

 bus 3-6-septatis torulosis. 



On ash pollards. Batheaston, Jan. 1852, C. E. B. 



Mycelium black, forming dark stains, on which are seated 

 subglobose laterally sulcate perithecia with a papillseform ostio- 

 lum; asci elongato-clavate ; sporidia biseriate, •001--0013 inch 

 long, cymbiform. 



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