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sati : sporidia conglohata c rvliiulracco v. cllipsoideo 

 obovata (18-20 X 1)-I0 a), iitriiKjiic obtiisiiiscula 1-septata 

 constrictiila, supero lonj^^iorc (10-12 X 8-10 y) inCcro bre- 

 viorc (8 X 6-7 y-), primo hyalina dcin fuliginea. Species 

 sequenti perallinis, satis tanien distincta. 



356. ASTERINA PSEUDOPELLICULOSA SpCg. (u. Sp.) 



Diag. Mycelium tenuissimc pelliculosum latissime effusuni 

 ex hyphis alterne ramosis, hyphopodiis hemisphaerico- 

 cristatis subsessilibus alternis ornatis eflbrmatum ; peri- 

 thecia pusilla membranaceo-pellucida ; asci pyriformes 

 aparapliysati ; sporidia elliptico-obovata, fuliginea. 



Hab. Ad folia viva Ipomeae specici cujusdam in dumetis 

 prope Apiahy, Aut. 1888 (sub n. 2848). 



Obs. Mycelium tenuissime pelliculosum atrum totum epi- 

 (rarius etiam hypo-) phyllum obtegens, ex hyphis gracil- 

 limis (4-5 /^ crs.) dense irregulariterque ramuloso-inter- 

 textis, hyphopodiis subsessilibus v. sessUibus e globoso 

 hemisphaericis crenulato-subcristatis alternis v. subop- 

 positis ornatis, pallide fuligineis compositum ; perithecia 

 hinc inde sparsa, stellatim 10-20-laciniato-dehiscentia 

 subopace fuliginea dimidiato-scutata (80-120 /^ dm.), con- 

 textu prosenchymatico-radiante, margine non v. vix re- 

 pandula, atra glabra ; asci obovato-pyriformes (55-40 

 X 30-35 ,'j-) apice latissime obtuseque pedicellati apara- 

 physati octospori; sporidia conglobata ex elliptico subo- 

 bovata (18 X 8 /i) 1-septata, constrictula, loculo supero 

 subbreviore (8 X 8,a) infero subgraciliore (10x7 /^), primo 

 hyalina dein fuliginea. Species Ast. pelliculosae Brk. af- 

 finis, sed mox dignoscenda. 



357. AsTERiNA PuiGGARii Spcg. Fuug. guar. pug. II, n. 

 124. 

 Hab. Vulgatissima ad folia viva Zanthoxyli, Trichiliae nec 



