Sphaeriacese, Phseosporae, Poroiiia. 349 



Fennia, Natal. — Sec. Hans F. fim. dan. Peziza coriacea Bull. 

 est forma monstrosa Poronice punctake. 



2. Poronia Cdlpus Mont. Syll. Plant. Crypt. p. 209, Nits. Pyr. Germ. 13?2 

 p. 20, Sph. incrassaia Jungh., Por. CEclipus /3. cladonioides Ces. 



in Comm. critt. I, 70, t. IV, f. IV. — Stromate erecto, extus ni- 

 gricante, simplici v. ramoso, stipite glabrescente, longiusculo, ba- 

 sim versus clavaiforrai-incrassato, apice in cupulam, tota superfi- 

 cie nigricantem, peritlieciorum ostiolis prominulis papillatam, pri- 

 mo excavatam, deinde deplanatam dilatato; conidiis subglobosis, 

 minimis ; ascis subcylindricis, brevissime pedicellatis, octosporis, 

 120^^24; pseudoparaphjsibus, longissimis, crasse filiforraibus, se- 

 ptatis; sporidiis monostichis v. pro parte distichis, ovatis, rectis, 

 nigricantibus, strato mucoso, hyalino, crasso cinctis, 28-30-16. 



Hab. in fimo equino et vaccino in Italia boreali, Cayenna, 

 Cuba, Java, Borneo, Amer, bor., Australia. 



3. Poronia pileiformis (Berk.) Fr. Nov. Symb. 129, Sph. pileiformis i323 

 Berk. Lond. Journ. Bot. 1842, I, 155, t. VIII, f. 6, Curr. Comp. 

 Sph. n. 3, t. 45, f. 4. — Stroraate ramoso, leviusculo, ramis in 

 cupulas pileiformes terminatis ; ascis cylindraceis breve stipitatis, 

 octosporis; sporidiis oblique monostichis, ovoideis utrinque acutius* 

 culis, guttulatis, fuligineis, 7-8 a. longis. 



Had. in insulis Philippinis. — Sec. Cesat., Myc. Born. p. 14, 

 hsec non differt a forma cladonioide Poronice (Edipodis. E contra 

 Tul. Carp. II, 29, novi generis typum censet, in nonnullis notis Xtj- 

 larice pedunculatce analogum. Certe Poronice CEdipodis sporidia 

 quadruplo majora sunt. 



4. Poronla Heliscus Mont. Syll. Crypt. n. 709, Curr. Comp. Sphser. ^394 

 n. 12, f. 13, Cent. II, n. 44, t. 10, f. 5, sub Hypoxylo,— Caespito- 



sa, minima, gomphodes, suberosa, leproso-scabriuscula, atra, intus 

 alba, disco placentaeformi, peritheciis globosis immersis supra col- 

 liculoso, ostiolis prominulis umbonatis; sporidiis (ut videtur) mo- 

 nostichis, naviculari-pyriformibus, 7,5-10 a. long., atro-fuligineis. 

 Hah. ad truncos emortuos, Cayenna (Leprieur). — Cl. Monta- 

 gne I. c. sporidia bilocularia describit, sed continua pingit cl. Cur- 

 rey sec. specimina originalia. 



5. Poronia macrorrhiza Speg. Fungi Argent. Pug. III, n. 43 et IV, ^gg- 

 n. 140, — Sclerotio horizontali, coriaceo-teuaci, plus v. minus pro- 

 funde delitescente, saepius subrhizomorphoideo, crasso, elongato, 2- 



5 cent. long., 2-4 raill. cr., intus albo, carnoso-coriaceo, compacto, 

 extus ati'o, levi v. rugul'>so ; ramulis solitariis, vel 2-5 gregariis 



