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alt. X 4-6'" diam.), farcta, lae\is, glabra, iii disco supe- 

 riore periphaerice 4-8-peritlieciigera, caeteruni sterilis ; 

 loculi e globoso obovati (2'" diani.), primo clausi deia 

 lacero-dehiscentes, nou v. marginati, pulpa fuscescente 

 V. pallide olivascente farcti ; asci c^-lindraceo-fusoidei, 

 apice truncato-rotundati, deorsum ionge attenuati (200- 

 250 X 20 [j.), octospori, paraphysibus densis apice cor- 

 puscolo cla\ulato ruguloso-anguloso olivaceo deciduo 

 coronatis obvallati ; sporidia saepius in partc ascorum 

 supera conglobata, elliptica, non v. vix. inaequilateralia, 

 utriuque obtuse rotundata (15 X 10 \j.), pallidissime 

 oiivascentia. 



Inter paraphyses adsunt corpuscula globoso-cuboidea 

 (18-20 [7, diam.) fumosa, cateuulas (180-250 \j. long.) to- 

 rulosasbasi longe stipitatas 8-lOarticulataseirormantia, 

 pallide fuscescenti-fuliginea; an conidia? 



Species, facile uovi generis typum sistens, edulis sa- 

 pore subdulci, fructus castaneae subputrescentis simil- 

 limo, non ingrato donata, carnosulo-compacta, per aeta- 

 tem mucoso-liquescens. Incolae illam crudam comedunt 

 et Assuim vocant. 



Formam alteram in Fago betuloide vigentem, obo- 

 vatam disco carentem ac apice subconicam pallidiorem 

 sapore magis grato donatam ab incolis Ufiiaca vocatara 

 notavi et collegi sed specimina amisi. 



Cyttariae omnes perdifliciles studiandae, nam matu- 

 ritate rapidissiraae ac mox diffluentes, servataealcoholis 

 vi v. exsiccatae quam maxime contrahuntur ac defor- 

 mantur(praecipue in fructilicationis partibus) et in vivo 

 fere tantum illas perscutare possibile est. 



DISCOMYCETES Fr. 

 315. MiTRULA? ANTARCTicA Spcg. — Fuug. pat. u. 158. 



