Sphaeriaeese, Dictyospcraj, Julella. 289 



1. Caproma sexdecemspora (Cooke) Sacc. Sphceria sexdecemspora 3872 

 Cooke Handb. n. 2574 —  Peritheciis sparsis, minutis. globoso- 

 ovatis, initio tectis dein erumpeuti-superficialibus, setulis rigidis, 

 rectis, fuscis vestitis; ostiolo papiliafo; ascis elliptico-fusoideis bre- 

 ve stipitatis, aparaphysatis. 16-spons; sporidiis 3-4-stichis, cras- 

 se ftisoideis, utrinque obtusiusculis, rectis, sub-5-septatis, septisque 

 1-3 longitudinalibus, hyalinis, 18-20^5. 



Hab. ad ramos, Shere Britannia^ (Doct. C\pron). Iconem bene- 

 vole communicavit M. C. Cooke. — Sphceria herbarum Plowright 

 Grev. VII, 74, in caulibus Saponarise in California, ex eo quod 

 ascos 16-sporos gerit, forte Capronice species. 



JULELLA H. Fab. Spher. Vaucl. pag. 113 (Etym. a beato Julio Fa- 

 bre, Patri adjutore in Sphwriaceis Vallisclusensium perscrutandis). 

 Perithecia simplicia globulosa, papillulata, typice tecta. Asci bi • 

 spori (vel 1-spori). Sporidia rnagna clathrato-reticulata pallide 



1. Julella Buxi H. Fab. Spher. Vaucl. pag. 113, fig. 65. — Perithe- 3873 

 ciis late sparsis, cortici nidulantibus, globoso-depressis, atris, pa- 

 pillulatis, epidermidem in pustulam atro-csesiam, scutiformem. 1 

 mill. et ultra longam. vertice tandem poro perforatam, inflantibus, 



V 4 mill. circ. diam. ; ascis amplis, abrupte stipitatis, bisporis, 105 

 ~ 25 ; sporidiis grandibus, ellipticis, crebre clathrato-reticulatis, 

 septis trasversis sub-16, longitndinalihus subsenis, dilutissime fla- 

 vis, hyalinis, 70^25; paraphysibus filiformibus, ascis multo lon* 

 gioribus, 250 w. longis. 



Hab. ad ramos languescentes Buxi sempervi re ntis, Avi- 

 gnon, Orange, Serignan, Vaucluse, Gallife. — Nascitur subinde in 

 ligno denudato et tunc tuberculo nigro ligneo immorsa. — Var. Mi- 

 cromeriae Sacc. Rev. Myc. IH, 9, pag. 27; ascis cylindraceo-cla- 

 vatis, 130-28, paraphysatis, bisporis; sporidiis maximis, 55-17- 

 18, quandoque etiam 60^24, oblongis, crebre clathrato-murifor- 

 mibus, septis transversis, 16-18, hyalinis. — In ramis decorticatis 

 Micromefiaj inodorae Alger (Trabut). 



2. Julella monosperma (Peck) Sacc, Sphceria monosperma Peck, 28 ;{8?4 

 Rep. on the St. Mus. t. II, fig. 36-39. — Peritheciis subsparsis; 

 convexis v. hemisphasricis, fibris ligneis semitectis, subglabris, ni- 

 gris, perforatis; ascis oblongis v. lanceolatis, monosporis; paraphy- 

 sibus riliformibus copiosis; sporidiis maximis oblongis v. subfusoi- 



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