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mulosis apicibus obtusis dense intricatis farcta ; asci 

 pulpa immersi densiuscule sparsi pyriformes (30 x 'IS- 

 15'-') ápice obtusissime crasseque tunicati, deorsum um- 

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

 globata obovata v. clavulata {\0-\3 X 3-í ¡j) superne 

 rotundata inferné plus minusve acutata v. obtusata, me- 

 dio 1-septataconstrictula hyalina. 



Huc etiam Microphyma ilicis (Eli.) Speg. in Eli. Nort.-Am. 

 fung. 1883 f. 319 (sub AsterinaJ. 



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



Dia^. Stromata subpezizoidea repandula párvula superfi- 



cialia atra ; loculi densissime constipati ; asci obovati ; 



sporidia elliptica horizontaliter 7-septata, septo altero 



verticali interrupto divisa, hyalina. 



Hab. Ad corticem languentem arborum in sylvis prope 



Api ahy, 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 saepeqiie subconfluenlia glabra laevia v. leniter sub- 

 tuberculosa.extus atra cortice tenui subcarbonaceo sub- 

 imperspicue parenchymatico atro tecta, intus carnosula 

 olivascentia dense celluloso-ascigera; asci subsphaeroi- 

 dei v. obovati (50-60 X 35-40 a') crasse tunicati octospori, 

 dense congesti, siibstantia stromatis vix separati ; sporidia 

 conglobata elliptica V, ellipsoideo-obovata (24-30 x12-14/u) 

 utrinque obtusiuscula recta v. leniter curvula, horizonta- 

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

 altero interrupto verticali divisa hyalina. Species Phijma- 

 fosphaerae yiinnanensi (Pat.) Speg. (ín Soc. Bot. Franc. 

 1886 f. 1555 sub PyrenothecaJ peraffinis, sed certe satis 

 riteque distincta. 



