MR. F. CURREY ON SPHJERLE. 
B. SIMPLE SPH ARIA. 
Div. 17. ByssisED E. 
215. S. exis, Berk. and Curr. ! 
216. S. DEsMAZIERI, Berk. and Br.! Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 2 ser. vol. ix. p. 318, 
2 
2 
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17. 
18. 
pl. 9. fig. 1. ; 
S. (NECTRIA) ROSELLA, A. and Schw.; Fr. S. M. ii. p. 441. Marked by Greville 
“ Sphæria rosella, Carm. ;" by Klotzsch! “ A. and Sz." 
S. AQUILA, Fr. S. M. ii. p. 442. Named by Berkeley. There are no authentic spe- 
cimens, but there is no doubt about the species. 
S. TRUNCATA, Schw.! Fr. S. M. ii. p. 442. This specimen has no fruit. I think it is 
certainly not distinct from S. aquila, Fr., although the perithecia are mostly 
truncate, having a flattened area round the ostiolum. 
. 8. FULVA, Fr. El. ii. p. 90. Named by Berkeley. Fries (Adnotata) remarks, * Spi. 
J'ulva— Nectria fulva, Fr. S. V. Sc. p. 387. Vellem attenderent auctores species 
l. c. in nota citatas non minus quam in textu allatas Nectrias a me esse dictas, 
quibus addend:z N. agnina, erubescens (Rob.), alizeque." 
. 8. (NECTRIA) AURANTIA, Pers. ; Fr. S. M. ii. p. 440. Marked by Greville ** Spheria 
aurantia, Carm. ;" by Klotzsch “ Pers. !" It is on Polyporus versicolor, Fr. 
. 8. THELENA, Fr. S. M. ii. p.441. Marked * S. aquila? by Klotzsch, and S. thelena 
by Berkeley. One mark of distinction between S. aquila and S. thelena is, that the 
subiculum in $. aquila is persistent, in S. thelena evanescent. Fries (Adnotata) 
remarks under S. thelena, “ Htc, sensu Todeano, ad Villiferas, S. aquila ad Pulveru- 
lentas ejusd.; illa enim villum floccosum, album, hæc pulverem atrum eructat. 
Perithecia 5S. thelene tenuia, fragilia, S. aquile rigida, bicorticata, firam. Hinc 
valde diversa censeo." 
+ S. LANATA, Fr. S. M. ii. p. 442. Named by Berkeley, but marked “ S. osseo, Carm.,” 
by Sir Wm. Hooker. The collapsed appearance of the perithecia arises from the 
bark covering the lower part of them. Fries (Adnotata) remarks, “ A reliquis 
diversissima nec ad Byssisedas referenda. Semper sub cortice latet. In villo 
expanso primo observantur guttulæ fluxiles, limpidæ, absque perithecio (analogie 
cum Myxotricho), quo tenerrimo dein obducuntur, siccitate arcte collabente. Ascos 
non vidi; modo sporas subtiles, fusiformes, pellucidas." 
CN. SUBICULATA, Schwein. ! 
- 8. ALLIGATA, Fr.! S. M. ii. p.445. From the Scleromycetes Sueciæ, no. 342. 
8. TRISTIS, Tode; Fr. S. M. ii. p. 444. From the Scleromycetes Sueciæ. The 
sporidia are mostly rather rounded at the ends than acuminate. 
7. S. PILEOSTROMA, Mont. Fl. Alg. t. xxvi. fig. 2. Described from fresh British 
specimens. There can be no doubt about the species. 
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