34 FETCH : 



267. — Micropeltis applanata Mont. 



This was recorded from Oej'^lon in Fungi of Ceylon, No. 1138, 

 on leaves of Agyneia multilocularis. Berkeley and Broome 

 added the note " Sporidia fusiform, multiseptate, -0002 long ; 

 in M. marginata '0003 long." It is not clear whether they 

 meant that the first of these measurements had been obtained 

 from the Ceylon specimen, or whether they were merely giving 

 general information. 



The fructifications, in Fungi of Ceylon, No. 1138, are black, 

 epiphyllous, superficial, scattered, circular, about 0*5 mm. 

 diameter, scutate, minutely granular. The upper layer is 

 netted in structure and blue-green, with a narrow hyaline 

 margin. There is no free mycehum. The ostiolum is central 

 and circular. Beneath the upper layer there is a dense layer 

 of crj^stalloid bodies. The asci are obclavate, thick- walled, 

 about 48 X 14 \^., without paraphyses. Most of them are not 

 quite mature, but a few show fusoid-cyhndric spores, with 

 rounded ends, hj^aline, rather thick-walled, two-septate, 

 16 X 4 [X. 



Von Hohnel has re -described Micropeltis applanata Mont, 

 from the type specimen (Fragmente, X., No. 479). He gives 

 the diameter as 900 \}., the asci 100-110 X 20 jj., furnished 

 with paraphyses, and the spores 32 x 10 \)., four to five 

 septate. 



The Ceylon species evidently bel6ngs to Theissen's Dictyo- 

 peltinese (Myc. Centralb., III., p. 285). It difiei-s from Micro- 

 peltis in the absence of paraphyses and in the two -septate 

 spores. Sydow (Ann. Myc, XI., p. 404) has instituted the 

 genus Micropeltella for species of Micro jDeltis without para- 

 physes, but this is limited by Theissen {Joe. cit.) to those with 

 spores three or more septate. It would appear reasonable to 

 extend it to include species with two-septate spores. The 

 species may then be known as Micropeltella Thwaitesii. 



268. — Dothidea orbis Berk. 



This species, though described in the Fungi of Ceylon by 

 Berkeley and Broome, was attributed to Berkeley only. 

 There is only one leaf in the type. It was said to be on Lit sea, 



