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obtuso donata, membranacea, contextu parencliymatico- 

 subindistincto, pellucido, fuligineo ; asci cylindracei 

 (80-90 X 8-9 [j.), apice obtuse rotundati v. subtruncati, 

 subbifoveolati, deorsum breviter attenuato-pedicellati, 

 octospori, paraphysibus parcis filiformibus, simplicibus, 

 immixti ; sporae recte v. oblique monosticliae discoideo- 

 V. subelliptico-lenticulares (jj. 8-10 long. x 7-9 lat. x 

 4-4,5 crass.), eguttulatae, laevissimae, fuligineae, tu- 

 nica mucosa destitutae. 



Hab. In fimo strutliionum (Rheae Darwinil) putrescente 

 in Meseta secus Rio Santa Cruz, Jau. 1882. 



Obs. Specimina nonnulla etiam inveni in fimo equino 

 prope Panta Arenas et vix differunt ascis pauUulo 

 longioribus praecipue in parte slipitali (ij. 1 10-120 long. 

 tot. X 10 crass. = prt. stip. 70-80 long.). 



Hyjjocopra discospora (Awd.) Fuck. summopere 

 affinis, vero tamen satis distincta. 



1 19. Hypocopra patagonica Speg. (n. sp.). 



Diag. Perithecia minuta subpyriformia (180-200 \}. diam.) 

 superficialia v. semiimmersa, laevia, vix circa ostiolum 

 crasse umbouatum miuutissime ruguloso-papillulosa, 

 membranacea, contextu grosse parenchymatico-cellu- 

 loso, pellucido, olivaceo ; asci c^ylindracei, apice trun- 

 cato-rotundati, tunica modice incrassata, deorsum in 

 stipite mox fluxili ac evanescente attenuato-producti 

 (p. sp. 130 X 10-15 [x), octospori, paraphysibus filifor- 

 mibus, sublluxilibus, simplicibus, densiusculis obvallati; 

 sporae recte v. oblique monostichae, ellipticae v. ovoi- 

 deae (15-18 X 8 [x), utrinque obtusae, laeves, eguttula- 

 tae opace fuligineae, muco destitutae. 



Hab. In fimo equino prope Misioneros secus Rio Santa 

 Cruz, Jan. 82. 



Obs. Species H. fimicolaeiJioh.) Sacc. nec non H. argen- 



