Handbook of British fungi : with full descriptions of all the species, and illustrations of the genera / by M.C. Cooke.

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1871
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Credit: Handbook of British fungi : with full descriptions of all the species, and illustrations of the genera / by M.C. Cooke. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    2547. LophioBtoma arundinis. Be Not, Eeed Lophiostoma. Perithccia covered, sub-erumpent, globose, rugulose, black; ostiolum thick, naked, compressed, labiate; sporidia biseriate, yellowish, 3-5 septate, slightly curved, pointed at each extremity. —Schema di Class, p. 46. Cooke Trans. Bat. Edin. i. G, f. 9. Sphceria aiimdinis, Fr. Sys. Myc. vol. n.p. 510. B. ^ Br. Ann. Nat. Hist.no. 639,27. Kwize, exs.no. 56. Curr. Linn. Trans. xxii./). 330,pZ. lix./. 124. Babh. exs. no.Gil. Berk. Outl. Fung. p. 397. Berk. exs. no. 87. Fckl. exs. «o. 926. On reeds and grasses. [Low. Carolina.] The spores are at first uniseptate, and tlie contents of the two portions are then divided into two or three endoehromes, in which respect there is an essential difference between this species and all forms of Splueria culmifraga. —Berk. Sporidia fusoidea 4-6 locularia, ssepe curvula fuliginea.—JDe Notaris. (PI. vi. fig. 9, with free sporidia.) 2548. Iiophiostoma semilibeira. Be Not. Half-free Lophiostoma. Scattered; peritbecia minute, ovate-elliptical, semi-immersed, black, shining; ostiolum compressed, cristate; asci clavate ; sporidia fusiform, straigbt, or curved, acute at eacb extremity, quinque-septate.—Schema di Class, p. 46. CookeTrans. Bot. Edin. vol. ix. Sphceria semilibera, Desm. exs. no. 1787. Ann. Sc. Nat. ser.iii. vol. Vi.p. 78,1846. B. ^ Br. Ann. N.H. no. 641. Fckl. exs. no. 1705. On the culms of reeds and grasses. Sporidia (-OSS-'OS) m.m. long. Found by Desmazieres on Bromus sylvaiicus, and it occurs also on Dactylu glomerata and Tritimm sativum. The form on reeds is proportionately larger than on the smaller grasses. Gen. 356. SPHiERIA, Hall. Peritbecia black, carbonaceous, pierced at the apex, mostly papillate, superficial or erumpent, without any stroma; sporidia simple or septate, hyaline, or coloured, variable. {Fig. 393.) Series A. Perithecia free ... • Superficiales. B. Perithecia covered, then erumpenl and naked .... Ernmpentes. C. Perithecia at first innate, then erum- pent above Subtecta.