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