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bopacis, 'liyphopodüs alternis vix hemisphaericopromi- 

 nulis ornatis efformatiim ; perithecia iii plagulis mycelia- 

 libus laxe gregaria scutato-dimidiata (100-120 y. dm.) 

 stellatim rimosa, centro opaca, ambitu prosenchymatico- 

 radiantia, margine breviter densiusculeque subrepando- 

 fiinbriatula atra ; asci e sphaeroideo obítvati (45 X 40 y) 

 ápice crassiuscule tunicati, basi abriipte brevissimeque 

 pedicellati aparaphysati octospori ; sporidia obovata (22- 

 24 X 14 m) atrinque obtusa 1-septata non v. vix constric- 

 tula, lóculo supero subhem¡sphHerico(10-'12 X 14 y), in- 

 fero conoideo (12-14 X 10-12 y), diu hyalina dein fuli- 

 ginea. 



3o5. ASTERIXA PERAFFINIS SpCg. (u. Sp.) 



Diag. Mycelium maculoso-efiusurn subcrustaceum ex by- 

 pbis alterne ramosis, hyphopodiis subsessilibus alternis 

 2-4-lobato-cristatis eíformatuní ; peritbecia pusilla vix 

 fimbriata ; asci obovati aparaphysati ; sporidia elliptica v. 

 subcylindraceo-obovata, lóculo supero longiore, íuli- 

 ginea. 



ílab. Ad folia viva Asdepiadeae cujusdam in sylvis prope 

 Apiahy, Apr. 1888 (sub n. 2861). 



Obs. Mycelium atrum epiphyllum rarius amphigenum, pía- 

 gulas párvulas (0,5-1 '"dm.) dense constipatas saepe conflu- 

 entes subcrustaceas tenues efficiens ex hyphis gracillimis 

 (4-0 y- crs.) dense intertextis flexuosulis alterne ramosis, 

 hyphopodiis alternis hemisphaericis v. uncinato-obovatis 

 saepius trilobis, lobis saepius obtuse bidentatis v. emar- 

 ginatis, ornatis compositum ; perithecia in plagulis sparsa 

 v. laxe aggregala dimidiato-scutata (80-1 00 y) 10-12-laci- 

 niato-dehiscentia membranácea subopaca, contextu pro- 

 senchymatico-radiante fuligineo, ambitu subintegra par- 

 cissimeíimbriato-appendiculata ; asci obovati v. pyrifor- 

 mes (30 X 25 y) ápice late obtusissimeque rotundati, 

 base brevissime crasseque pedicellati octospori aparaphy- 



