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OcroBeR 10, 1911] NOTES AND DESCRIPTIONS OF PHILIPPINE Funa1—I 1155 
MICROTHYRIACEAE 
Asterina escharoides Syd. nov. spec. 
Peritheciis amphigenis, irregulariter aggregatis, saepe in 
greges rotundatos 2-10 mm. latos dispositis, subinde etiam per 
magnam folii partem aequaliter vel irregulariter distributis, 
radiatim contextis, centro perforatis, tenuibus, 100-175 micro. 
diam., ambitu fibrillis 40-70 micro. longis praeditis, atris, mycelio 
tenui parce evoluto, et hyphis 4-6 micro. crassis ramosis septatis 
hyphopodia minuta 6-9 miero. longa gerentibus composito; 
ascis globosis vel subglobosis, 32-42 micro. longis, 30-35 miero. 
latis, octosporis; sporidiis conglobatis, ellipsoideis, utrinque 
rotundatis, medio l-septatis et constrictis, ex hyalino brunneis, 
verrucis lineatim dispositis distinete obsitis, 20-26 micro. longis, 
11-14 micro. latis. 
On leaves of -Platea apoense Elm. Todaya (Mt. Apo), 
Distriet of Davao, Island of Mindanao, June, 1909. (Elmer No. 
10875, type); on leaves of Pittosporum clementis Merr., same 
locality, August, 1909. (Elmer No. 11324). 
This species is distinguished by its verrucose spores, the 
warts being arranged in longitudinal rows. 
Asterina diaphana Syd. nov. spec. 
Peritheciis - hypophyllis, superticialibus, in greges rotun- 
datos vel irregulares 0.5-2 em. latos laxe dispositis, 100-200 
micro. diam., radiatim contextis, planis, tenuissimis, atris, sub- 
microscopio fuligineis et diaphanis, poro minuto centrali apertis; 
mycelio parce evoluto, radiante, et hyphis irregulariter ramosis 4-6 
miero. crassis hyphopodia solitaria bicellularia elongato-ovoidea 
fusca 20-28 micro. longa 10-14 micro. lata gerentibus composito; 
ascis globosis vel subglobosis, 35-55 miero. longis, 35-42 micro. 
latis, octosporis, aparaphysatis; sporidiis conglobatis, oblongo- 
ellipsoideis, utrinque rotundatis, l-septatis, ad septum valde 
constrietis, facile in loculos secedentibus (loculis aequalibus vel 
subaequalibus), diu hyalinis, tandem fuscis, muco hyalino co- 
piose obductis, 21-28 micro. longis, 12-15 micro. latis. 
