530 148.Spher. 6. SARCOTHALAMESX. Pl. cell. aph. 
28. Spheria rostrata. Beaked spheria. 
Theceé naked, globular, black, granulated; mouths very 
long, bristlelike. 
Spheria rostrata, Zode Meckl. 2, 14. 
On rotten sticks; July. 
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29. Spheria acuta. Pointed spheria. 
Thece naked, gregarious, black, shining, nearly globular ; 
mouth bristlelike, thickish, cylindrical. 
Spheria acuta, Hoffm. Crypt. 1,22; Sowerby Fungi, 11 . 
On decayed herbage under hedges; winter and spring. 
30. Spheria curvirosira. Bent-leak spheria. 
Thece partly immersed, ovate; mouths cylindrical, bent 
obliquely on one side. 
Spheeria curvirostra, Sowerby Fungi, 373, 5. 
On the stems of herbs. 
31. Spheria stylifera. Siylebearing spheria. 
Thece mostly collapsed above; mouths clubshape, quite 
smooth. 
Spheria Gnomon, Persoon Syn, 61; Sowerby Fungi, 313, 6. 
On the leaves of the hazel; spring. 
32.’ Spheria floriformis. Flowerlike spheria. 
Thece gregarious, immersed, large; mowths as long as 
the thece; ‘7p plaited, flowerlike. 
Spheria floriformis, Sowerby Fungi, 297. 
On the bark of hornbeam. . 
33. Spheria acuminata. Acuminated spheria. 
Thece partly immersed, ovate, conical, black; mouths 
conical, pointed, as long as the thece. 
Spheria acuminata, Sowerby Fungi, 394, 3. 
On the stalks of thistles. 
34. Spheria decomponens. Decomposing spheria. 
Thece gregarious, immersed, large, globular; mouths 
as long as the thecee, slightly prominent. 
Sphwria decomponens, Sowerby Fungi, 217. 
On sticks destitute of bark. Black, giving the sticks a 
charred appearance. 
