10 Sphaeriacese, Phaeophragmise, Massaria. 



(Phoma hirta Sacc); peritheciis minutis, atris, pilis pallidioribus 

 undique tectis, sub epidermide nidulantibus; spermatiis oblongis, 

 contiuuis, rectis utrinque obtusis, hyalinis, 6 s2. — Pycnidium (Hen- 

 dersonia hiria Sacc); peritheciis ut spermogoniis, sed triplo raa- 

 joribus; stylosporis ovatis oblongisve, plerumque uniseptatis, ra- 

 rius 2-3septatis, fuscis, 10 ^ 4-5. 



Hab. in ramis emortuis Sambuci racemosae in Suecia et 

 Germania. — Perithecia epidermidi adnata, quasi incusa, rotun- 

 data, depressa, pube fusco-nigricante plerumque tecta. Ostiola ut 

 puncta subtilissima epidermidem perforant, sed non prominent. 



29. Massaria macrospora (Desm.) Sacc, Sphcvria (ceespitosa) macro- 2880 

 spora Desm. 16 Not. 1849, p. 350, Mass. epiphegea Riess. in Fr. 

 Beitr. 60, t. VII, f. 35-40, Melanconis macrospora Tul., Cucur- 

 bitaria macrospora Ces. et De Not. — Erumpens, cfespitosa, stro- 

 mate corticali tenui, grumoso, fuliginoso; peritheciis 5-20, ovoideis, 

 glabris, sublsevibus, atris, intus albis; ostiolo papilheformi demum 

 deciduo, nucleo initio albo; ascis magnis, clavatis; sporidiis oblon- 

 go-fusoideis, 45-60 s 15, initio didymis, subhyalinis, strato gelati- 

 noso obvolutis, tandem 3-septatis, ad septa constrictis, diluto fnli- 

 gineis. — Status conidicus: Coryneum macrosporum Berk. (Spo- 

 ridesmium vermiforme Fres.). Status pycnidicus : Diplodia fagi- 

 nea Fr. (teste Fucke!.). 



Hab. in ramis corticatis Fagi sylvaticse in Gallia, Britan- 

 nia, Germania, Italia, Belgio. — Typus oscillans sed Massarice 

 propinquior mihi visus. 



30. Hassaria Hoffmanni Fr. in Hedw. 1861, p. 53, tab. IX, fig. B, g881 

 Tul. Carp. II, p. 235. — Cortice immersa; peritheciis subsolitariis, 

 subglobosis, 2 mill. lat., atris, depressis, concentrice rugosis, poro 



irregulariter dilatato dehiscentibus; ascis (jam resorptis?); 



sporidiis magnis, oblongo-ellipsoideis, brunneis, utrinque rotunda- 



tis pallidioribus, 5-7-septatis, globoso-nucleatis, 40-50^10-18. 



Hab. in cortice Quercus cujusdam. americanae cultae Giessen 

 Germanue (Hoffmann). — Perithecia, prseter Massariarum con- 

 suetudinem, videntur in orbes nasci et coalescere proptereaque Yal- 

 seas aunulari. Tul. 1. c « An ergo Pseudovahce species?» 



Speoies dubiae. 



31. Massaria Gerardi Cooke in Grev. VIII, p. 118. — Peritheciis ; 288? 



sporidiis amplis, 06*4£ s 30, fuligineis, 3-5-septatis. 



