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mulosis apicibus obtiisis densc iiitricatis farcta ; asci 

 pulpa inimcrsi (leiisiuscuic sj)arsi pyrilorm(!S (30 x ^3- 

 15) apicc obtusissimc crassequc tunicati, dcorsum um- 

 bonati v. subcuneato-obtusati, octospori ; sporidia con- 

 globata obovata v. clavulata (10-13 X 3-4 y) supcrnc 

 rotundata infernc plus minusvc acutata v. obtusata, mc- 

 dio 1-septataconstrictula hyalina. 



Yiuc eiiam Microphyma ilicis (Ell.) Spcg. in Ell. Nort.-Am. 

 fung. 1883 f. 319 (sub AsterinaJ. 



333. Phymatosphaera brasiliensis Speg. (n. sp.) 



Diag. Stromata subpezizoidea repandula parvula superfi- 



cialia atra ; loculi densissimc constipati ; asci obovati ; 



sporidia clliptica horizontaliter 7-septata, septo altero 



verticali interrupto divisa, hyalina. 



Hab. Ad corticem languentem arborum in sylvis prope 



Apiahy, Aest. 1881 (subn. 1678). 

 Obs. Stromata e patellari lenticularia (1-3'" dm.) sessilia v. 

 substipitata, sparsa v. saepius hinc inde dense 3-8-aggre- 

 gata saepcquc subconflucntia glabra laevia v. leniter sub- 

 tuberculosa extus atra cortice tenui subcarbonaceo sub- 

 impcrspicuc parenchymatico atro tecta, intus carnosula 

 olivasccntia dcnse cclluloso-ascigera ; asci subsphaeroi- 

 dei V. obovati (50-60 X 35-40/^) crassc tunicati oclospori, 

 dense congesti, substantia stromatisvix separati ; sporidia 

 conglobataelliptica v. ellipsoideo-obovata (24-30 X 12-14//) 

 utrinque obtusiuscula recta v. lenitcr curvula, horizonta- 

 liter 5-7-septato-constrictula, ad septum validius, septo 

 altero interrupto verticali divisa hyalina. Species Phyma- 

 tosphaerae yunnanensi (Pat.) Speg. (in Soc. Bot. Franc. 

 1886 f. 1555 sub Pyrenotheca) peraffinis, scd certe satis 

 riteque distincta. 



