(Reprintetl from M vtoi.oc.iA. \ol. XI.. Xo. 3. May, 1919.I 



NEW JAPANESE FUNGI 

 NOTES AND TRANSLATIONS— VII 



Tyozahuko Taxaka 



DiDYMEr.L.\ MdRr I\. Mara sp. nov. in Dainippon Sanshi Kwaiho 

 (Journ. Sericultural Association of Japan), 26''"': 388. i text 

 cut. May, 19 17. (Japanese.) 



Spots inconspicuous; perithecia scattered, punctiform, black, 

 covered by the epidermis which is raised and finally ])ierced, 

 globoid or depressed globoid, 200-250 ;», high, 250-300 ju in diam. ; 

 perithecia! wall thick, fungoid-parenchymatous, black, cells not 

 definitely distinguished ; asci cylindric or long clavate, rounded 

 above, attenuate to short sterigmata below, 70-80 X 5-8/^, octo- 

 sporous, pciraphysate ; ascospores obliquely monostichous, fusoid, 

 ellipsoid or sub-ovoid, slightly narrowed at both ends, uniseptate 

 at the middle, more or less constricted, 2-3-nucleate in the young 

 stage, homogenous at maturity, colorless, 12-15 X 5-6 /^^ ; para- 

 physes filiform, longer than asci. i fj. across. 



Illustrations : One text cut with four figures showing spots, 

 perithecium, asci, and ascospores. 



On twigs of Moms alba. 



Type locality: Mino (Gifu-ken Prefecture) Kawakanii-nuu-a, 

 Oct., 1915, K. Hara. 



Mycospiiaerell.\ CoL.^CASIAF, K. Hara sp. nov. in Byochu-gai 

 Zasshi (Journ. Plant Protection), Tokyo. 5^: 355-356. May, 

 1917. (Japanese.) 



Perithecia scattered, punctiform, immersed, later enunpent, 

 globoid or depressed globoid. 60-120 ;a diam., black; i)erithecial 

 wall fungoid-parenchymatous, dark-brown, cells 5-13 ^ across; 

 ostiola terminal, verrucaeform or papilliform, often not promi- 

 nent, simply perforated, openings comparatively large, 25-30 /* 

 across ; asci cylindric or clavate, inconspicuously pointed above or 

 more generally rounded, attenuate below, ])cdicellate, 45-70 X 

 8.5-iO/i, octosporous ; ascospores biseriate, fusoid, more or less 

 excentrically uniseptate, constricted, upper cell broader and 



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