156 Sphseriacese, Hyalophragmiae, Metasphserte. 



11. Massarina penicillata Sacc. Massaria penicillala Sacc. Mich. I, 3400 

 -104. Fung. itai. t. 408. — Peritheciis laxe gregariis, subcutaneis, 

 globosis, l L mill. diam , ostiolo breve conoideo, setulis eseptatis 

 fuligineis, 50 ^ :>, subpeuiciliatis ornato; perithecii contextu subcar- 

 bonaceo, distincte parenchymatico, fuligineo; ascis cylindraceis bre- 

 vissime stipitaiis apice. luinine integro, rotundatis, 90-15, para- 

 physibus filiformibus obvallatis, octosporis; sporidiis distichis v. 

 oblique monostichis, oblongo-fusoideis; 20 s 8, 3-septatis, ad sep- 

 tum medium constrictis, rectis, utrinque obtusiusculis, strato mu- 

 coso obvolutis, loculis 1-2-guttulatis, hyalinis. 



Hab. in ramulis corticatis C v t i s i n i g r i c a n t i s in sy I va Mon- 

 tello, Ital. bor. 



METASPH/ERIA Sacc. (Etym, meta, pone et Sphcaria, h. e., per sy- 

 necdoclien, genus Lepiosphcvricv vicinum). Lepiosphceria Auct. p. 

 p. — Perithecia epiderrnide tecta, <lein subinde erumpentia, globo- 

 sa, submembranacea, papillata. Asci tvpice paraphysati, octospori. 

 Sporidia ellipsoidea v. oblonga v. fusoidea, 2-plurisoptata, subuide 

 (immatura?) tantum 2-plurinucleata, hyalina. — In nonnullis spe- 

 ciebus sporidia fortasse colorata tandera fieri possent, hinc I186 spe- 

 cies ad genus Leptosphceriam in posterum trahendas essent: ple- 

 raique vero constanter hyalospora; sunt. 



A) In Dicotyledoneis parasiticse. 

 I. In eaulibus herbaceis. 

 § Sporidia 2-4-septata. 



1. Metasphairia Bohmeriae (Rabenh.) Sacc. Sphcerella Bohmerice Ra- 3401 

 benh. Hedw. 1878 pag. 46. — Peritheciis minutis, sparsis; ascis 

 lineari-subclavatis, ohtusis octosporis; sporidiis oblongo-cylindra- 

 ceis, plerumque 6^2, rectis v. leniter curvis, utrinque obtusis, 

 maturis biseptatis, hyalinis. 



Hctb. in caulibus aridis B oe li m e r i ae n i v e ae in hortis Calcutta. 3403 



2. MoUsphairia Thalictri (Wint.) Sacc. Lepi. Thalictri Wint. Hedw, 

 1872, pag. 140. — Peritheciis sparsis semiimmersis, globosis, fu- 

 scis, poro simplici pertusis; ascis oblongis, fasciculatis, 8-sporis; 

 paraphysibus iiUformibus articulatis obVallatis, 63=; 17; sporidiis 

 ovoideb, biseptatis, ad septa constrictis, loculo terminali et infe- 

 riori intermedio crassioribus, 21 s 10, hyaliuis. 



Hab. ad caules aridos T h al i c tr i aquilegifolii prope Mu n- 

 chen Bavariaj. 



