508 nstilag-innccn^ Sphacelotheca. 



SPHACELOTHECA Do Bary — Syll. VII p. 499, XVII p. 486. 



1. Sphacelotheca Fagopyri Syd. et Butl., Anu. Mycol. V (1907) p. 486. 2004 

 — Soris iu ovariis tumofactis evolutis, atroviolaceis, membrana 

 teuui 6 cellulis hyaliuis subrotuudatis ac columella e cellulis simi- 

 libus formatis; sporis globosis vel subglobosis, deuse verruculosis, 

 bruuueis, 10-14 ;j.. diam., episporio ca. 2 \i. crasso. 



Ilab. in ovariis Fagopyri esculenti, Kulu, Himalaya leg. 

 G. Watt (E. J. Butler). — A Sphac. Hydropiperis , pr;eter ma- 

 tricem, diffort sporarum episporio crassiore. 



2. Sphacelotheca Hydropiperis (Schum ) De Bary — Syll. VII, p. 499. — 2005 

 var. Berkeleyana Tul. Mem. Ustil. et Ured. p. 94, Mc. Alp. Smuts 

 Austral. p. 156. — Soris ovaria inficieutibus et omnino implenti- 

 bus, strato exteriori compacto celluloso sterili, vertice irregulariter 

 erumpentibus, laceris, basi tuuicatis, columella longe hneari usque 



ad 4 rnm. louga, cava"; sporis 10-13 [x. diam. v. 1J-12»8, minu- 

 tissime echinulatis, violaceis. 



Ilah. iu fioribus Polygoui sp. Queeusland (Bailey) et Po- 

 lygoui miuoris, Tasmania (Rodway). 



3. Sphacelotheca Polygoni-alpini Cruch., BuU. Herb. Boiss, 2. ser., 2006 

 VIII (1908) p. 247. — Soris plus minus amplis, bruuneis, ple- 

 rumque hypophyllis, epidermide dehisceute erumpentibus, folium 

 brunneum, bullosum margineque revolutum efficientibus, circum- 

 circa strato sterili hypharum septatarum cinctis; sporis ex ceutro 

 sororum se evolventibus, sphaeroideis, 6-9 [i. diam., deuse tenuiter 

 aculeolatis, coacervatis brunueo-violaceis, singulis diaphaue vio- 

 laceis. 



Ilah. iu foliis Polygoui alpini in Alpibus valesiacis ad 

 Col du Gries in territorio italico. — A Sph. alpina imprimis dif- 

 fert ([uia foliicola uec floricola. 



4. Sphacelotheca Polygoni-vivipari Schelleuberg, Auu. Mycol. V (1907) 2007 

 pag. 388 cum icon. tab. IX ('sine diagnosi). — Bulbiliis matricis 

 tuborculiformi deformatis; columella massam sporarum dimidiam 

 attingente; sporis brunneo-violaceis 9-12 [j.. diam., vix verrucosis; 

 promycelio tenui 2-5-septato, 50 * 5-7 ; sporidiolis oblongis 6-8 ]x. 

 long., faoile deciduis. 



llal). in bulbillis Polj^^goni vivipari iu Alpibus. — Forte 

 variotas rstilaginis lUstortarum (? var. inflorescentioe Trelease^ qua3 

 species quoque verisimiliter ad Sphacelothecam pertinet. 



5. Sphacelotheca alpina Schelleuberg, Annales Myc. V (1907) p. 392 200S 

 (dine diagnosij. — Soris in vagiuis foliorum et peduuculis svolutis 



