NEW OR NOTEWORTHY FUNGI. 131 
79. Valsa cincta Fr. 8. V. 8. p. 411 (1849).—Spheria cincta Fr. 
8. M. ii. 887 (1822)—non V. cincta Currey. 
Stroma rather large ani -8 mm. diam.), attenuated from an oval 
base into a roundish or more often elliptic disc, pustulate and 
to the outer bark, usually surrounded (when seen in horizontal 
a h st 
é€ or more often brownish, s amie by the projecting 
globose largish black ostiola, which are pierced by a conspicuous 
pore; asci clavate or oblong, attenuated are 8-spore 0-8 
x ; Sporidia biseriate, large, allantiform, hyaline, rounded 
at each a 14-26 p x 4-5 
On branches of damson, Sutton Coldfield (Wk.), Feb. This is 
not the oe on Prunus domestica, ‘tigsk aaa by Fekl. (Symb. M. 
*Lentomita ampullasca mihi, Sci. Gossip, p. 76, f. 48-53 (1886).— 
ampullasca Cooke, Handbk. p. 876, fig. 895 (1871). — 
Ceratostomella ampullasca Sace. Syll. i. 409 (1882). 
‘are tristichous, oblong-fusiform, somewhat curved, appendiculate at 
¢o: 
Mynx oe of ascus crenately bilobed within. Sporidia 12-5- 
bx at 
Inner surface of barb of Acer pseudo-platanus, Sutton Cold- 
fla (Wk. ), Dec. to Feb. This is certainly the fully-developed form 
ri Cooke’s species, the form of the asci being exactly as in his 
Nore 
the Lentomita was and f till e valsoid 
. growing, and found specimens still mo 
in character, but having the perithecia and sporidia in all pberaare 
identical with those of the scattered form. As is suggested to me 
_ I first described are Diaporthe Hystricula 8. et Speg. I have seen 
oe > Sgmegmeg of these, but, if so, the synonymy would be as 
Diay porthe Hystriz Sace. Fung. Ven. iv. 6 (1875). 
Forma Rot :—Sphe e@ria Huswia Tode, Fung. Meck. ii. 58, f. 127 
(791), — Spheria stylophora B. & Br. Ann. N. H. No. sg 4, 17; 
29 (1861).—Lentomita stylophora Sacc. Syll. i i. 586 (1882). 
orma subsparsa :—Spharia ampullasca Cke. Hndb. p. 876, f. 395 
Catt | ES ae Bp casio S. et Sp. Mich. i. 392 (1878).— 
e a Sace. phil i. 409 (1882). — Lentomita 
(1886). ; 
