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347. Ameghiniella australis Speg. (•!. sp.) 



Diag. Stroma parvulum tuberculato-effusum iiodosum 

 (3-5"' diam,), primo peridermio tectum, deiu transverse 

 erumpens, atrum; cupulae sessiles primo parvulae 

 crassiusculae rigidulae, mox explanato-expansae ma- 

 jusculae (1-3" diam.) crassiuscule membranaceae (300- 

 450 ;j, crass.) coriacellae, flexiles, dense undula- 

 to-plicatae, margine acutae repandae v. sublobulatae 

 atro-olivaceae, extus siccae olivaceo-pruinolosae, udae 

 viscosulae, contextu inlerno rufescenti-ferrugineo ; asci 

 pusilli, antice rotundato-subtruncati, postice breviter 

 crasseque pedicellati (40-50 X 3-4,5 y,), parapliysibus 

 deusis fuscidulis mucoso-diffluentibus obvallati, octo- 

 spori; sporidia cylindracea v. allantoidea utrinque ob- 

 tusata (4,5-6 X 0,7-1 ;/), hyalina (luce refracta chlorina). 



Ilab. Ad ramos emortuos Fagi betuloidis in Staten 

 island et Fuegia tota, aest. et hiem. 1882. 



Obs. Species summopere polymorpha in juventute nunc 

 Cenangii nunc Triblidii cujusdam habitum simulans, 

 per aetatem tamem mox dignoscenda ; asci centrifuge 

 evolvuntur (jam e prima juventute) margine tandem 

 semper sterile. lodi ope nulla, 



348. CoRYiNE sARcoiDES Tul. — Scl. fuug. carp. III, p. 190, 

 Ilab. Vulgata in truncis putrescentibus fagineis in Staten 



island et Faegia, aest. et hiem. 1882. 

 Obs. Asci cylindracei apice plus minusve rotundati v. 

 acutati, deorsum longiuscule attenuato-pedicellati (100- 

 135 X 7-8 ;;,), octospori, paraphjsati ; iodi ope tunica 

 non V. dilute, obturaculus intensius coerulescunt; spo- 

 ridia elliptica v. elliptico-elongata utrinque plus mi- 

 nusve attenuato-rotundata (10-18 X 4-6 ;x), primo con- 

 tinua 2-4-guttuIata, dein 2-4-pseudoseptata, hyalina. 



349. Propolis lugubris Speg. (n, sp.) 



