140 The Philippine Journal of Science _ 1922 
ASTERINA Léveillé 
_ASTERINA SPECTABILIS Syd. sp. nov. 
Amphigena, praecipue epiphylla, plagulas primitus orbiculares 
2-4 mm latas dein subinde confluendo majores formans; myce- 
lium copiose evolutum, ex hyphis obscure castaneis rectis op- 
posite ramosis 8-11 » crassis septatis (articulis 12-30 » longis) 
compositum, hyphopodia copiosa, fere semper opposita, saepe 
longa serie regulariter disposita continua, crasse cylindracea, 
obtusa, integra, 10-20 » longa, 9-12 pw lata; thyriothecia grega- 
ria, rotundata, 200-300 » diam., ex hyphis rectis 3 ,» crassis 
septatis (articulis 10-16 » longis) obscure brunneis contexta; 
asci ovato-globosi, aparaphysati, 50-80 ,» longi, 40-50 » lati, 
octospori, pauci in quoque thyriothecio; sporae oblongo-ellipsoi- 
deae, utrinque rotundatae, 1-septatae, ad septum constrictae, 
brunneae, leves, 35-42 » longae, 18-20 » latae, loculis aequalibus 
vel supero paullo latiore; pycnidia simul praesentia minora, ro- 
tundata, 90-140 » diam., conidia ellipsoidea vel ovata, continua, 
obscure castaneo-brunnea, subopaca, 24-28 w longa, 18-20 » 
lata. 
Amboina, Ayer putri, Reliquiae Robinsonianae 2126, July 28, 
1913, on leaves of Flacourtia inermis. 
ASTERINA VENUSTULA Syd. sp. nov. 
Epiphylla, plagulas orbiculares tenues 3-5 mm diam. formans; 
mycelium tenue, matrici dense adpressum, ex hyphis fuligineis 
laxe ramosis leviter undulatis vel subrectig 3-4 » crassis remote 
septatis. (articulis 15-30 » longis) compositum; hyphopodia sat 
numerosa, unilateralia vel opposita, cylindracea, 10-15 » longa, 
44.5 » lata, integra vel subintegra, continua, recta vel leviter 
curvata; thyriothecia dense gregaria, orbicularia, 150-175 p 
diam., ambitu copiose undulato-fimbriata, ex hyphis radiantibus 
fuscis ca. 3 » crassis strato singulo contexta, stellatim dehis- 
centia; asci ovato-globosi, aparaphysati, octospori, 32—40 » longi, 
25-30 » lati; sporae oblongae, leves, brunneae, 20-23 » longae, 
8-9 » latae, 1-septatae, loculis fere aequalibus. ‘ 
Amboina, town of Amboina, Reliquiae Robinsonianae 2088, 
2252, July 18, 1913, on leaves of Averrhoa bilimbi L. 
ASTERINA ASSIMILIS Syd. sp. nov. 
Epiphylla, plagulas orbiculares 2-5 mm latas tenues formans; 
mycelium ex hyphis rectangulariter ramosis septatis (articulis 
15-20 » longis) 5-7 » crassis obscure castaneo-brunneis com- 
positum; hyphopodia modice copiosa, dispersa, alternantia vel 
unilateralia, continua, crasse cylindracea, 10-17 p longa, 7-9 » 
