133 



mate inajore incliisa. Spermatia filiformia, curvata, 20—25 

 mmm. longa, tandem in cirrhos aureos protrusa". 



Syn. Sphaeria stellulata Fr. Syst. myc. II, p. 380. Cdrr. Sphaer. 

 in Trans. Linn. Soc. vol. XXII, part. III, p. 276, f. 120. Valsa 

 stellulata Tul. Sel. Fung. Carp. II, p. 11. 



Exsicc. Eab. Fung. eur. 321 et 254 (sub. „Valsa melastro- 

 ma''J. Karst. Fung. Fenn. 282. 



Hab. Ad ramulos Ulml emortuos in Fennia australi 

 autumno-vere sat freqvens. 



2. V. Sorbi (Alb. et Schvv.) Fr. Summ. Veg. Scand. 

 p. 411. 



Stroma pulvinatum, subsphaeroideum, latit. 2 — 6 mm. 

 Perithecia numerosa, irregulariter monosticha vel polysticha, 

 dense stipata, circa centralia erecta, concentrica, convergen- 

 tia, sphaeroidea, collis plus minus longis ostiolisqve longius- 

 culis, per peridermium, varie fissum, erumpentibus, crassis, 

 sulcatis, 3— 5-gonis, basi connatis, apice liberis saepeqve di- 

 vergentibus. Asci cylindraceo-clavati, longit. 40 — 48 mmm. 

 (p. sporif.), crassit. 4—6 mmm. Sporae conglobatae, elon- 

 gatae, curvulae, dilute fuscescentes, longit. 7 — 8 mmm., cras- 

 sit. 2 — 2,5 mmm. 



Syn. Sphaeria Prunastri ^|3 Sorbi Alb. et ScHW. Consp. Fung. 

 nisk. p, 17. Sphaeria Sorbi Schmidt. Myc. Heft. I, p. 59. Fr. 

 Syst. myc. II, p. 380. Sphaeria coronata Wahlenb. Flor. Lapp. p. 

 520. Valsa Sorbi De N. Sfer. ital. p. 32, t. XXXIV. Tdl. Sel. 

 Fung. Carp. II, p. 187. Nitschk. Pyr. gerra. p. 168. 



Exsicc. Fr. Scler. Svec. 114. Karst. Fung. Fenn. 90 et 936. 



Hab. In ramis Sorbi Aucupariae emortuis in tota Fen- 

 nia et Lapponia vulgaris. 



3. V. alnifraga (Waiile>b.) Fr. Summ. Veg. Scand. 

 p. 411. 



V. Sorbi affnis, sed stromatibus ut plurimum minoribus 



