21 <> Sphaeriaee», Hyalophragmiae, Zignoella. 



iVI.yc. p. ICO, Sph. mrculi Fr. teste Quel. Jur. p. 526. — Peritha- 

 cii.i gregariis sparsisve, superfieialibus, \/ 2 miil. crass., obtuso-conicis 

 vei perparura ventricosis ovatisve, ostiolo obtuso, applanato, demuin 

 perforato, aterrimis, hevibus; ascis cyUndraceis, substipitatis, 8-spo- 

 ris, 124 ii 8; sporidiis distichis, lanceolatis fusiformibus, vel rectis, 

 curvatisve, triseptatis, ad sopta parum coiistrictis, hyalinis, 28^-4. 

 flab. in ramis decorticatis Sambuci racemosae pr. (Estrich 

 Germanite (Fcck.), in Vogesis et Jura Galliie (Quelet). 



7. ZignoeHa aterrima (Fuck.) Sacc. Mich. I, UG, Melanomma aler- 3632 

 rinia Fuck. Syrnb. myc. App I, 304. — Peritheciis iu fungi conidio- 

 pliori caespitibus ortis, gregariis, liberis, M. Puloeris pyrii magni- 

 tudine, ovatis, aterrimis, nitidis, minutissime papillatis perforatis- 

 que, massam niveam einittentibus; ascis sessilibus, subelongato-cla- 

 vatis, 8-sporis, 52 s 8; sporidiis submonostichis, fusiformibus, re- 

 ctis, 4-guttuIatis (3-septatis ?), hyalinis, 12-4. 



flab. in truncis putridis Fagi sylvaticas, prope ^Epfelbach 

 Germanise. 



8. Zignoelia inflata (Ellis) Sacc. Sphceria inflaia Ellis in Bull. Torr. 3633 

 Cl. 18&, pag. 135. — Sparsa, parva, adnata, nigra, impolita, sub- 

 hemisphaerica demum superne collapsa; ostiolo haud prominente, ir- 

 regulariter pertuso: ascis Iate cylindraceis, 40-10, subsessilibus ; 

 sporidiis octonis, oblongo-ellipticis, tiiseptatis, hyalinis, ad septa 

 leniter eonstrictis; 



llah. in ligno sicco aeri diu exposito Quercus rubrse, New 

 Jersey Amer. bor. — Purithecia hyphulis parce septatis ramulo- 

 sis conspersa, 

 '•>. Zignoeiia atreiia (C. et Ell.) Sacc. Mich. I, 346. Sphcvria (Denu- j?684 

 datse) atriella C. et E. Grev. VI, pag. 1)4, t. 100, fig. 20. — Pa- 

 ritheciis gregariis, atris, globosis, papillatis; ascis cylindraceo-cia- 

 vatis ; sporidiis bisoriatis, lanceolatis, triseptatis, medio constrictis, 

 cellulis nucleatis, hyalinis, leniter flaveolis, 30-32^0. 



Ilab. in ligno Aceris, New Jersey Amer. bor. 



10. Zignoella soiuta (C. et Ell.) Sacc. Sphceria soluta C. E. Grev. V, ?,*& 

 54, t. 80, {*. 16. — Peritheciis sparsis, semiimmersis, solubilibus, 

 superne atteuuatis; ascis clavatis ; sporidiis biserialibus, cylindri- 



cis, triseptatis, liyalinis, 25 - 8. 



Hab. in asseribus pineis, New Jersey Amer. bor. — Perithe- 

 eia a matrice facile amovenda. 



11. Zignoella eutypoides Sacc. Micli. II, p. 248. — Peritheciis sub- 3fi u P 

 superficiaiibus v. basi ligno insculptis, hinc inde dense gregariis, 



