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efficiens, ex hypliis deiisissime constipatis medio saepius 

 flexLiosis gracilibus (6 f- crs.j fuligineis opacis alterne v. 

 opposite ramosis, hyphopodiis oppositis v.alternis obova- 

 tis rectis v. subuncinato curvatis, saepius 3-4-lobato- 

 cristatis ornatis efformatum; peritiiecia incentro macuhi- 

 rum laxe aggregala, scutato-dimidiata (100-180 /^ dm.) 

 opaca glabra coriacella atra, contextu indistincto, per 

 aetatem strictissime e centro ad marginem usque steUa- 

 tim rimosa, margine subpellucida, fibris apice bilobis, 

 noh fimbriata; asci obovato-subglobosi (40 X 35-38 y) 

 apice crassiuscule tunicati sessiles octosporiaparaphysati; 

 sporidia conglobata obovata (20-24 x8-10y) utrinque 

 obtusa, medio l-septata constrictula, locuHs subaequali- 

 bus (sup. 10X9 y- inf. 10-12 X 8-8,5 f) primo hyalina 

 dein obscure fuliginea. 



349. ASTERINA CYLINDROTHECA Speg. (u. Sp.) 



Diag. Myceliummaculosum v. arachnoideo-effusum subim- 

 perspicuum, hyphopodiis destitutum ; perithecia sparsa v. 

 laxe aggregata minuta ; asci cylindracei pseudo-paraphy- 

 sati ; sporidia obovata, 1-septata, loculo supero leniter 

 breviore, diu hyalina dein olivascentia. 



Hab. Ad folia viva Eugeniae speciei cujusdam in dumetis 

 prope Apiahij, Aut. 1889 (sub n. 1550). 



Obs. Mycelium quandoque subpelliculoso-maculosum (1- 

 5'" dm.) quandoque arachnoideo-effusuni subimperspi- 

 cuum atrum glabrum ex hyphis laxe v. dense aggregatis 

 flexuosulis gracilibus (5-6 y- crs.) fuligineis, hyphopodiis 

 destitutis, parce irregulariterque ramulosis efformatum ; 

 perithecia sparsa v. laxe hinc inde aggregata scutato-di- 

 midiata (120-180 y- dm.) centro opaca ac minute stellatim 

 rimosa, ambitu pellucida parcissime fimbriato-appendi- 

 culata, contextu prosenchymatico-radiante fuligineo; asci 

 cylindracei (50-80 X 18-20 y) apiceobtuse rotundati cras- 

 siuscule tunicati, basi abrupte coarctati atque in pedicello 



