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compositum ; perithecia in plagulis sparsas v. laxe aggre- 

 gata, dimidiato-sciitata (100-120 ,« dm.) ambitu majuscule 

 parceque stellatim lobato-dentata, tenui membranácea, 

 pellucida, contextu grosse prosenchymatico-radiante, cel- 

 lulis flexuosis (i0-'20 X 4-3 ylfuligineis composito donata, 

 rimóse stellato-deliiscentia atra glabra; asci pyriformes 

 (50-60 X 25-30 y) antice obtuse rotundatí crasseque tuni- 

 cati postice subcuneati ac pedicello brevissimo crassoque 

 suffulti, octospori aparaphysati ; sporidia conglóbala el- 

 liptica V. obovata ('29— 30 X 15 //) utrinque obtusa rotun- 

 data, 1-septata, in juventute non constricta, per aetatem 

 valide constricta fuliginea, lócalo supero depresso (10-12 

 X 13-15 y), infero obovato (18 X 15/^). 



359. ASTERIXA SYLVATICA. SpCg. (^U. Sp.) 



Diag. Mycelium maculosum arachnoideo-subpelliculosum 

 ex hyphis alterne ramosis liypliopodiis hemisphaericis 

 aiternis ornatis compositum ; peritliecia minuta coriacella 

 fimbriatula ; asci obovati aparaphysati ; sporidia elliptica 

 1-septata, loculis aequilongis, fuliginea. 



Hab. Ad folia viva Trichilíae speciei cujusdam in sylvis 

 \)i'ope Apíahy, Aüt. 1881 ('sub n. 1702). 



Obs. Mycelium plagulas epiphyllas orbiculares (2-4'" dm.) 

 saepe confluentes, arachnoideo-nubilosas, non v. vi\ te- 

 nuissime subcrust iceo-pelliculosas atrás efliciens, ex hy- 

 phis flexuosulis irregulariter ramulosis densiuscule in- 

 tertextis gracilibus (5-6 /'-crs.)hyphopodiis hemisphaericis 

 (rarius ovoideis) integris (5 X 6 ,") aiternis ornatis fuli- 

 gineis compositum ; perithecia dimidiato-scutata (120- 

 150,'^dm.) glabra astoma minute stellatim rimosa, coria- 

 cella opaca, vix ambitu pellucida ac íibroso-radiata, mar- 

 gine parce crasseque appendiculato-fimbriata ; asci 

 obovati (40-55 x 25-30//) antice obtusissimi ac crasse tu- 

 nicati, postice non v. vix pedicellati octospori aparaphy- 

 sati ; sporidia conglóbala elliptica non v. vix subclavulata 



