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Syn. Si^haeria Vaccinii Sow. Engl. Fung. t. 373, f. I. sta- 

 tus senilis sce. Fr. Syst. myc. II, p. 418. Gibhera Faccmw De N. 

 Sfer. ital. p. 84, t. XCIII. Fuck. Symb. myc. p. 168. Oook. Brit. 

 Fung. II, p. 843. 



Exsicc. Kaust. Fung. Fcnn. 166. 



Form. conidif, Helminthosporium Vaccinii Fr. Syst. myc. III, 

 p. 358. Eab. Krypt. Flor. I, p. 110. Podosporium Vaccinii Fr. 

 Summ. Yeg. Scand. p. 466. 



Exsicc. Karst. Fung. Fenn. 485. 



Hab. In caulibus aridis Vaccinii Vitis idaeae in Fen- 

 nia saltem nieridionali et media (Wasa: ipse) sat parce obvia. 



Perithecia in caespites miuores, subrotundos, saepe irregulariter 

 confluentes coacervata, subinde annuli lati ad instar ramos ambientia. 



XXVI. NITSCHKIA Fuck. 



1. N. cupularis (Pkrs.) Karst. 



Perithecia caespitosa, stromate nigro instrata, sphae- 

 roidea, collabescendo cupuliformia, rugulosa, sicca varie im- 

 pressa, nigra, latit. 0,2 — 0,3 mm. Asci pedicellati, fusoideo- 

 clavati, longit. 45 — 60 mmm., crassit. 6 — 9 mmm. Sporae 

 8:nae, distichae vel subtristichae, oblongatae vel elongatae, 

 curvatae, utrumqve apicem versus uniguttulatae, chlorino- 

 hyalinae, longit. 10 — 16 mmm., crassit. 2,5 — 4 mmm. Pa- 

 raphyses haud bene discretae. 



Syn. Sphaeria cuptdaris Pers. Syn. Fung. t. I, f. 9 et 10? 

 Fr. Syst. myc. II, p. 417 et Summ. Yeg. Scand. p. 391. Nitsch- 

 kia Fnckelii FucK. Syrab. rayc. p. 1 65. Cucurbitaria cupxdans CooK, 

 Brit. Fung. II, p. 842. 



Exsicc. Karst. Fung. Fenn. 861. 



Hab. In ramis exsiccatis arborum frondosarum, v. c. 

 Ulmi, Aceris^ Padi^ Tiliae, Rubi, Eibis, Syringae et Sambuci 

 in Fennia saltem australi, hieme et vere, freqventissime obvia. 



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