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irregulariter radiatim contexta, ex hyphis brevissime parenchy- 
matice septatis composita, atra. Asci ad marginem perithe- 
ciorum tantum evoluti et in strato dilutiore siti, ovati usque 
oblongi, octospori, aparaphysati. Sporidia oblonga, hyalina, 
pluriseptata, loculis paucis longitudinaliter septatis. 
STEPHANOTHECA MICROMERA Syd. spec. nov. (Fig. 8.) 
Peritheciis sparsis, sine maculis, omnino superficialibus, subi- 
culo nullo, atris, 200-300 » diam., ambitu orbicularibus, haud 
ST NPT nA 
eS ERS ine hyo ee 
AP AWOO IVS DW COaTIdI PSO = 
Fig. 8. Stephanotheca micromera Syd, a, Perithecium seen from above (xX 110); b, margin 
of the perithecium with ascus-bearing portion (xX 560); c, longitudinal section 
through the fungus (X 820) ; d, sporidia (x 1200). 
inversis, centro elevato praeditis, subtus quasi brevissime crasse- 
que pedicellatis, irregulariter radiatim contextis, contextu ex 
hyphis brevissime parenchymatice septatis crasse tunicatis 
(articulis 2-3 » longis et 2-2.5 » latis) obscure fuscis marginem 
versus dilutioribus usque subhyalinis compositio; ascis ad 
marginem peritheciorum in strato diluto sitis, ovatis usque oblon- 
gis, sessilibus, superne rotundatis, 20-28 » longis, 14-19 , latis, 
octosporis, aparaphysatis, quoque asco in loculo proprio sito; 
