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CERATOSPH/ERIA Niessl, Kot. Pyr. pag. 43, emend. (Etym. ceras, 

 cornu et Sph&ria). — Perithecia semiimmersa v. superficialia sub- 

 coriacea. vei subcarbonaeea, pkis minus rostrata. Asci octospori. 

 S]ioridia elongata, transverse pluriseptata subhyalina, rarius fuscr- 

 dula. Paraphyses distichae. — Est genus analogum CeratoslomellfV. 

 Ceratostomatis, Lentomitcv, Rhynchostomatis, Rhamphoriw et 

 OpMoceraiis quse genera familiolam propriam (Ceralosiomew) 

 merito in posterum conflare possent, 



1. Sporidia hyalina. 



1. Ceratosphaeria lampadophora (B. et. Br.) Niessl Not. Pyr. pag.43, zm 

 Sphceria tampadophora B. et Br. Not. Brit. Fungi n. 882, t. 11, 



fig. 28. — Peritheciis gregariis, globulosis, mecliocribus, brunneis, 

 pulverulentis v. tomentellis; ostiolo elongato, fiexuoso, irregulari; 

 ascis elougatis; sporidiis fusoideis, curvulis, utrinque acutis, 10- 

 12-septatis, non constrictis, 75=5 4-5, subhyalinis. 



Hab. in iigno putrescente in Britaunia (Broomb), in ramis 11 <>• 

 derae et Ulmi in Belgio (Cof.mans), in trunco Aceris in Hel- 

 vetia (Wixtbr), 



2. Ceratosph?ersa crinigera (Cooke) Sacc. Spfueria (Ceratostoma) <;ri- 3682 

 nigera Cooke Grev. 1, 156. — Subgr.egaria v. sparsa, nigra; pe- 

 ritheciis subglobosis, semi-iramersis. putrescentibus; osi.iolo spinifor- 



mi; ascis cylindraceis, angustis; sporidiis monostichis, eliipsoideis, 

 3-septatis, 10-13 y.. longis, hyalinis. 



llah. in ligno pineo, King^s Lynn Britannise (Plowricht). 



3. Ceratosphaeria pusilla (Fuck.) Sacc. Ceratostoma pusillum. Fuck. 3533 

 Symb. Myc. p. 128. — Peritheciis sparsis, immersis, minutis, ?ub- 

 compressis, atris, in rostrum conicum perithecium dimidium »quans 

 attenuatis; ascis oblongis, sporidia 8, monosticha, oblonga, 4-loeula- 

 ria, loculis uniguttulatis, recta, seu curvata, utrinque obtusa, hya- 

 lina. 18^6, includentibus. 



Hab. in ligno putri Salicis triandrj», pr. CEstrich Grv- 

 maniae. 



4. Ceratosphaeria rostrata (Kickx.) Sacc. Sphceria roslrala Kickx. 3SS4 

 F[. Crypt. FI. 1, p. 3'SS, an Fr. p. p. — Peritheciis globulosis, 

 nigris, 3-12-congregatis, rugulosis, emergentibus, subiculo brun- 

 neo-nigricante initio cinctis; ostiolo validiusculo, striato, subulato, 

 longitudine- paria, flexuoso v. subtorto, recto v. inclinato; ascis 

 clavatis, brevibus; sporidiis biseriatis, minutis, ellipsoideis, obtu- 

 siusculis, 3-4-septatis. 



