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



. Allied to S. pubis pyrius ; but the fruit is different, in addi- 

 tion to other characters. 



Plate X. fig. 21. a. Single perithecium magnified; b. nscus and spo- 

 ridia more highly magnified; c. threads of mycelium within tissue of 

 matrix. 



874. S. (Denudatse) vesticola, n. s. Peritheciis gregariis ovatis 

 obliquis sursum attenuatis deorsum subvestitis ; ascis linearibus ; 

 sporidiis limoniiformibus nigris. 



On the lining of an old gown, with Peziza testacea. Bath- 

 easton, Dec. 1858, C. E. B. 



Perithecia gregarious, olive-black, ovate, attenuated above, 

 oblique, rough below, with a few obscure flocci or furfuraceous 

 prominences. Asci linear ; sporidia at first concatenated, then 

 free, lemon-shaped, "0007 inch long, germinating at either ex- 

 tremity. 



This has many points in common with Schizothecium fimicola, 

 Corda. The asci are soon absorbed ; and then the structure is 

 just what Corda figures. The shape of the perithecia is the 

 same ; but there is no fissure. 



Mr. Currey suggests that this may be a form of S. copro- 

 phila, Fr. In that species, however, we find filiform sporidia. 

 It is true that in filiform multinucleate sporidia the endochrome 

 of the upper articulation sometimes undergoes a change analo- 

 gous to that which takes place in some Algse; and therefore 

 Rabenhorst's S. copropMla may be the same as ours, though it 

 presents dark elliptic instead of filiform hyaline sporidia. In 

 the present plant, howevei-, no such change takes place. 



875. <S. (Pertusse) Jemjnsii. Peritheciis semi-immersis sub- 

 pruinosis, ostiolis conicis 1. cylindricis ; ascis clavatis ; sporidiis 

 cymbiformibus demum triseptatis. 



On dead wood. Bottisham, Sept. 29, 1823, Rev. L. Jenyns. 

 Batheaston, Dec. 1851, C. E. B. 



Half-immersed in the wood, but not accompanied by any 

 black stain J perithecia subpruinose or rugose; ostiola conical 

 or cylindrical, sometimes slightly compressed. Asci clavate ; 

 sporidia biseriate, '0012 inch long, cymbiform, at length tri- 

 septate. 



Plate X. fig. 22. a. Ascus ; b. sporidia magnified. 



876. S. (Pertusse) pcecilostoma, n. s. Peritheciis semiliberis 

 subglobosis opacis ; ostiolo variabili, obsoleto, conico, cylindrico j 

 ascis brevibus ; sporidiis cymbiformibus acutis. 



On twigs of Ulex. Twycross, Rev. A. Bloxam. 



Perithecia quite free above, subglobose, opake ; ostiolum very 

 variable in form, obsolete, conical, compressed or abruptly cylin- 

 drical. Asci clavate, short ; sporidia '001 inch long,^cymbiform;, 



