526 147.Astoma. 6. SARCOTHALAMEZ:. Pl. cell. aph. 
20. Astoma concavum. Concave astome. 
Thece flat, beneath concave, black, on the upper surface 
only of the leaves. 
Spheria concava, Sowerby Fungi, 317. 
On holly-leaves. 
21. Astoma pustulatum. Pustule astome. 
Thece flat. 
Spheria pustula, Sowerby Fungi, 370 and 375, 1. 
On the bark of trees. 
XIV. 148. SPH/ERIA. Haller. Spheria. 
Thallus 0; thece free, placed on the wood, or naked 
and attached to it; mouths cylindrical or slightly com- 
pressed. 
a. Mouth short, or nipplelike. 
1. Spheria aurantiaca. Orange spheria. 
Thece globular, orange-colour; mouths minute, nipple- 
like, blunt, crowded in the middle of a very slender yellow 
base. 
Sphzria aurantia, Persoon Syn. 68. / 
On rotten fungi. 
2. Spheria pexizeformis. Cupmoss spheria. 
Thece aggregate, red-lead-colour, soft, collapsed, cup- 
shape, rather woolly at bottom; mouths small, nipplelike. 
Spheria Peziza, Persoon Syn. 66. 
Spheria miniata, Hoffm. Germ. 2. 
On the trunks of trees. 
3. Spheria sanguinea. Blood-red spheria. 
Thece aggregated, ovate, smooth, scarlet; mouths blunt, 
nipplelike. 
Sphezria sanguinea, Sibth. Oxf. 404; Bolton Fung. 121. 
Hypoxylon pheniceum, Bull, Champ. 171. 
On_rotten wood. 
4. Spheria araneosa. Cobweb spheria. 
Thece opake, black, nipply, smooth, covered by a very 
fine whitish down. 
Spheria araneosa, Persoon Syn. 67. 
On dry branches of barked trees. 
Thece large, sometimes solitary, sometimes aggregated. 
