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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    1657. Sphaeiria salicella. 7'V. Minute-willow Sphseria. CoNiDiA.—Coriidia oblong, straight or curved, obtuse,hyaline uniseptate.—Discella carbonacea, B. ^ Br.no. 426. Phacidium, Fchl. exs. 710.1100. AscoPHOHE.—Covered; perithecia distinct, minute, seated be- neath elongated pale patches of the epidermis ; ostiola cylindri- cal, ernmpent ; spoi'idia biseriate, colourless, uniseptate, ellip- tical, often constricted.—Fr. S.M. ii. p. 377. Fries, exs. n&. 188. Enq. Fl.Y.p. 278. Fold. exs. no. 800. Diaportlie salicis, NTce. Fchl. exs. no. 1987. Cri/ptospora salicella, Fclcl. Sym. Myc.p. 193. S. salicina, Curr. Linn. Trans, xxii. t. 48,/. 149. On willow branches. Common. [Up. Carolina.] Sporidia (-0009 in.) -022 m.m. long. 2658. Sphaezia ocellata. M: Eyelet Sphsria. Scattered ; perithecia immersed, globose, persistent, black; ostiola solitary, umbilicate, exserted from a truncate white disc ; sporidia colourless, slightly curved, rounded or acute at the ends. —Fr. S.M. ii. p. 480. Eng. Fl. Y.p. 268. Curr. Linn.Trans. xxii. t. 58,/. 86. S. brevis, Soiv. t. 394,/. 4. Halonia ocellata, Fr. S.V. S. p. 397. Cryptosphceria ocellata, De Not. Schema p. 57. On branches of ash, willow, &c. Externally it at first sight resembles the state of Stictis radiaia with an en- tire border, on a more minute investigation it might be taken for Valsanivea or V. letccostovia, but the perithecia are solitary without any conceptaculum. —M.J.B. Sporidia (-0004 in.) '01 m.m. long. 2659. Sphaeria fazcta. B. d: Br. StufEed Sphaeria. Covered, scattered ; perithecia solitary, globose, at length col- lapsed ; neck short ; ostiolum obtuse, at length perforating the cuticle ; asci clavate, obtuse; sporidia oblong, rather obtuse at either end, 3-4 nucleate.—5. ^ Br. Ann. N.H. no. 631, t. 10,/. 15. On dead elm twigs. Jan. Batheaston. Scattered, scarcely conspicuous externally except from the slight projec- tion over each perithecium, which is at length perforated by the obtuse os- tiolum. Perithecia globose, collapsing when dry ; neck short; asci clavate, subcylindrical, obtuse, filled with numerous oblong-hnear sporidia, which are slightly obtuse at either end, and contain three or more globose nuclei. Eesembles externally V. hypodermia, but the perithecia are solitary and the fruit different.—-B. c& Br.