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Hab. lu fimo vctiisto putrcscciite Aucheniae giianaco 

 nec iioii Rlieae Darwinii prope Mount Entrance ad 

 ostici Rio S. Cruz, Jan. 1882. 



141. Spororm[a australis Speg. (n. sp.). 



Diag. Perithecia miuiita e globoso couoidca (150-180 [j. 

 diam.), sparsa, semmiimmersa, atra, giabra, ostiolo vix 

 acutato etperspicuo corouata ; asci cyliudracci v. cyliu- 

 draceo-obciavati, (75-80 X *20 [x), autice obtiississime 

 rotuudati crassiusculeque tuuicati, postice abrupte iu 

 stipite brevissimo ac noduloso producti, paraphysibus 

 paucis, filiformibus, valde brevioribus obvallati, octo- 

 spori ; sporae cyliudraceae (40-42 X 8 \}.), utrinque obtn- 

 siusculae, tetramerae, loculis (centralibus sphaeroideo- 

 cuboideis) ocellatis, strato mucoso crassissimo hyaliuo 

 obovolutae. 



Hah. In fimo Caviae aAtstralis prope Misio?ieros secus 

 RioS. Cruz, Aug. 1882. 



142. Sporormia megalospora Awd. — Sacc, S}II. Fuug. 

 vol. II, p. 126. 



Hab. In stercore Rheae Darwinii iu altiplauitie meseta 

 vocata secus Rio S. Cruz, Jau. 1882. 



Obs. Perithecia sparsa, subsuperficialia, globulosa (400- 

 500 [.». diam.), sicca cupulato-collapsa, atra, glabra, lae- 

 via, membrauacea, ostiolo pa[)iIIuIato, parum perspicuo, 

 coutextu indistiucto, opaco ; asci cyliudracco-clavati, 

 apice obtuse truucati, basi in pedicello modice elougato 

 attenuati (150-180 X 32-35 [x) octospori, paraphysibus 

 filiformibus, deusissimis, submucoso-coalcsceutibus , 

 hyalinis obvallati ; s])orae cylindraceae utriuque acutiu- 

 scule rotundatae (80 X 10-11 [x), vix curvulae, tetra- 

 nierac, opace fuligincae, strato mucoso hyaliuo crasso 

 (5-G [X crass.) obovolutac, atro-fuligineae. 



