TAB. CCCLXXV.
Fig. I. SPHÆRIA pustula. var. minuta.
We believe this to be a variety of S. pulsulata[1], tab. 370. fig. 4. but rather smaller.
Fig. 2. S. super-crustacea.
THE upper part of this little Fungus, bursting the cuticle of the flicks on which it grows, forms 3 or 4 tubercular risings somewhat crustaceous: below, it consists of a rather irregular black mass, not so hard as the upper part.
Fig. 3. S. Rimosa.
THIS may possibly be a variety of S. coriacea E. Fungi, tab. 371. fig 1. only growing in larger clusters, and somewhat conglutinated together, forming cracks in drying.
Fig. 4. S. duplex.
THIS is a very neat little Fungus, growing on the fistulous stems of some umbelliferous plants. The neat round sphærule is formed in the woody part of it. The neck passes straight to the cuticle. The mouth, spreading as little, makes a black spot on the outside, which without careful examination might be taken for a perfect Sphæria, resembling S. puslulata which is often found among it.
Fig. 5. S. gregaria.
THIS we place here upon old authority, but cannot positively affirm it to be a Sphæria. It appears to vary extremely in size and colour; sometimes it is of a bright or dull orange. We could only discover it to be somewhat granulated on the outside; the inside is of a lightish brown. The whole is sometimes in lobes, forming stellæ, or otherwise.
Fig. 6. S. punctata.
THIS little sphærule stands upon the face as it were of a Lichen, forming black pundures, more or less round, of different sizes. Coat crustaceous, black; within which is a whitish coat including jelly or black seed. This was sent me for Verrucaria punctata of Hoffmann.
- ↑ Which ought to have been pustula.
