262 ' PETCH : 



hypopliyllis, subsolitariis, pulvinatis, carneo-flavidis, intus 

 pallidioribus, 1 mm. diam., carnoso-fragilibus, levibus : 

 contextu simioso-celluloso ; peritheciis peripherice immersis 

 globulosis, remotiuscalis, pallide fuscellis, poro circular! 

 ampliusculo non emergente apertis : sporulis creberrimis, 

 fusoideis, rectis, continuis, 8x2 \)., hyalinis, utrinque 

 setula recta, 4 X 1 jJ- acutis. In foliis nondum emortuis 

 Sabicese ingratse, S. Thome." 



This, from the description, is a Lecaniicolous Aschersonia, 

 apparently near Aschersonia cubensis. 



Aschersonia paraphysata Sacc, he. cit. supra, — "Stromati- 

 bushypophyllis,subsolitariis,pulvinatis,superficialibus, levibus, 

 intus et extus fusco-violaceis, contextu tortuoso-celluloso ; 

 peritheciis globulosis, immersis, in quoque stromate paucis 

 (4-8), ostiolo circulari non exserto pertusis : sporulis fusoideis. 

 utrinque acutis sed non setigeris, continuis, 9 X 2 \k, rectis, 

 hyalinis, basidiis bacillaribus fultis paraphysibusque fili- 

 formibus prajlongis, 200-240 X 1 [x, hyalinis obvallatis. In 

 foliis nondum emortuis Sabicese ingratse, S. Thome." 



The type specimen of this and the last species are on a single 

 leaf {fide Saccardo in Utt. ). A. paraphysata, from the desci"iption, 

 sliould be a species sunilar to Aschersonia badia, and the descrip- 

 tion of the stroma suggests Aschersonia crenulata, but it differs 

 from all known discoid species in the length of its paraphyses. 

 But A. paraphysata forma. Balanseana, from Tonkin, in Herb. 

 Sacc, is Aschersonia hypocreoidea, which belongs to quite a 

 difSei'ent group. 



Aschersonia lauricola Speg., Mj^cetes Ai-gentinenses, Ser. 

 v.. An. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires, XX. (1910), p. 457 — 

 " Stromata globoso-depressa, inferne cingulo loculigero cincta, 

 superne ruga concentrica infossa etiam loculigera ornata, 

 subsuberosa, extus rubra intus alba : sporula? pusillse cylind- 

 raceo-fusoideae utrinque acutse. Stromata 1-3 mm. diam. : 

 loculisuperiglobosi, 100-150 [;, diam.: sporula;6-8x l'5[ji. Ad 

 corpora emortua Cocci (Aleurodes ?) cujusdam ad folia viva 

 Phoebe in silvis Jujuy, Jun., 1909." 



From the description this is a Lecaniicolous species, but it 

 does not agree with any species I have seen. The description 

 of the stroma would fit some forms of Aschersonia basicystis. 



