January, 14, 1916] 



Ascomychtes Philippinknses— VIII 



2947 



Philip., 5/1914, leg. S. A. Reyes, comm. C. F. Baker, no. 

 3440. 



Asci 90 — 100 x 12 micro. Sporae oblonga-fusoideae, medio 

 septatae, non constrictae, utrinque lmagniguttatae, hyalinae, 

 dein dilute fuscidulae, 25 x 6 — 6.5 micro. 



Neopeckia rpdosticta (B. et Br.) Sacc. var. magnifica 

 Rehm nov. 



Perithecia in mycelio late explanato fusco-nigro dispersa, 

 rarius conferta immersa, globulosa, parenchymatice crasee e 

 cellulis magnis contexta, nigrofusca, pilis praelongis, rectis, 

 simplicibus, rarissime dichotomis, fuscis 4 micro, latis, my- 

 celium formantibus obtecta, modo apice denudata et circa 

 ostiolum planum, apertum dilute roseola, non verrucosa, 

 0.5 — 0.8 mm diam. Asci clavati, vix stipitati, 120—130 x 15 

 micro., 8-spori. Sporae fusoideae, rectae, medio septatae, 

 et constrictae, primitus utraque cellula 2-magniguttata, hya- 

 linae, demum subfuscae, 35 — 40 x 8 — 12 micro., distichae. 

 Paraphyses filiformes, 1.5 micro., ascos superantes. 



Ad Pandanum sabuta.n, Los Bafios, Ins. Philip., leg. 8. 

 A. Reyes, 4/1914, comm. C. F. Baker, no. 3047. 



Magnitudine sporarum imprimis a Neopeckia diffusa (Schw.) 

 v. Hoehn. Fragm. Myc. VI, p. 66; vil, p. 25 divergens, e 

 contrario Neopeckiae nobilis Rick, in Sacc. Syll. xxu, p. 

 187 in ramis putridis Brastiae appropinquans, attamen per- 

 itheciorum forma et magnitudina, sporisque — 50 x 12 mi- 

 cro, verisimiliter diversa. 



AMPHISPHAERIA Ccs. et de Not. 



Amphisphaeria Schizostachyi Rehm. 



Ad emortuum culmum Schizostachyi, Los Banos, Ins. Philip., 

 11/1913, leg. S. A. Reyes, comm. C. F. Baker, no. 1966. 



Amphisphaeria Arengae Rehm sp. nov. 



Perithecia epidermidi longe extus atratae gregarie innata, 

 eamque laciniatim perrumpentia et prominentia, globulosa, 

 distincte breviter papillulata, nigra, glabra, carbonacea, 1 



