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Plcell.aph. e.SARCOTHALAMEyE. U2. Neman. 519
2 1 . Nemanla Icevis. Smooth nemania.
Thalliis smooth, shining, oblong, black ; inside whitish
thecce ovate.
Spbssria laevis, Sowerby Fungi, 394, 5.
On hazel-sticks ?
IX. 143. CUCURBITARIA. Cncurhitaria.
Thallus spreading, irregular ; thec(^ in tufts, placed on
the thallus.
1. Cucurhitaria herheridis. Berberry cucurh'itaria.
Tiifts bui'sting out from the bark, irregular ; thallus
thin, blackish ; thecce mouthless, ovate, cracked.
Sphaeria berberidis, Persoon Syii. 52.
On the branches of berberry bushes.
Tiifls long.
2. Cncurhitaria cupularis. Cup cucurhitaria.
Tufts black; thecce wrinkled, mostly collapsed, mouth-
less.
Sphaeria cupularis, Persnon Syn. 53.
On the dead branches of lime and hornbeam trees.
3. Cucurhitaria rubra. Red cucurhitaria.
Tufts roundish, pale vermilion-red ; thallus scai'cely any
theccB collapsed, porringershaped, smoothish, mouthless.
Splia?ria cucurbitula, Ihih Meckl. 38.
On the branches of various trees.
4. Cucurhitaria coccinea. Scarlet cucurhitaria.
Tufts bursting out of the bark, nearly round, scarlet;
thallus scarcely any; thecce ovate; mouths blunt.
Sphsp.ria coccinea, Persoon Syn. 49,
Splixria decidiia, Tode Meckl. 2,31.
On the bark of beech-trees.
X. 144. ENGIZOSTOMA. Engixostcme.
Thallus scarcely any, filling up the interstices between
the thecee which are sunk in the bark, concentrically connivent;
mouths circular, connivent.