456 Sphserioidese, Phragmosporae, Mastomyces. 



mia Cooke, Prfecursor Monogr. Henders. p, 19. — Peritheciis ; 



sporulis subfusiformibus, obtusis, triseptatis, 30^5, subhyalinis. 

 Hdb. ad culmos Arundinis in Britannia (?). 

 55. Stagonospora Rauii (Ell.) Sacc. Hendersonia Rauii EU. Torr. 2488 

 bot. Club. 1882, p. 133. — Pustuliformis; sporulis oblongo-ellipti- 

 cis, 2-nucleatis, subhyalinis, 9-11 i;3,5, basidiis aequilongis suffultis. 

 Hah. in capsulis Polytrichi formosi prope Bethlehem Ame- 

 ricas bor. (Rau). 



MASTOMYCES Mont. Ann. Sc. Nat. 3. X. p. 134, t. 6, f. 4 (1848). 

 (Etym. mastos mamma, et myces fungus). Topospora Fr. F. Na- 

 tal. p. 33 (1848). — Perithecia gregaria, inuato-erumpentia, nigra, 

 oblonga, ventricosa, ostiolata, ostiolo papillaeformi, tota e fibris 

 parallelis olivaceis composita. Sporulae fusiformes, triseptatae, hya* 

 linae, longissime pediceliatse, tandem cum gelatina erumpentes. 



1. Mastomyces Friesii Mont. 1. c p. 135, t. 6, f. 4. Sphceria ube- 2489 

 riforrais Fries Syst. Myc. II. p. 491. Topospora uberiformis Fr. 



F., Natal. p. 33. — Gregaria, erumpens; peritheciis elongatis, ven- 

 tricosis, utrinque attenuatis, nigris, ostiolo crasso papiliaiformi ,• spo- 

 ralis fusoideis, 3-septatis, utrinque acutis ad septa leniter constri- 

 ctis, 16-20 ij 2,5, hyalinis; basidiis capillaribus sporula 4-5-plo 

 longioribus. 



Hab. in ramis emortuis Ribis nigri in Suecia. — Perithe- 

 cia tota erumpentia, liberata, lineam longa, subinde caespitosa , 

 basi stipitiforrai intra corticem delitescentfe, rigida, levissima, sub- 

 nitida, in ostiolum magnum coarctatum angustata. — Habitus fere 

 Bombardice. 



2. Mastomyces ? proiioscidea (Fr.) Sacc. Sphceria proboscidea Fr. 2490 

 in Kunze et Schm. Heft. II. p. 53. Topospora proboscidea Fr. F. 

 Natal. p. 32, et Summa V. S. p. 415. — Subcorticalis; peritheciis 

 elongatis cylindricis, glabris, nigris, ostiolo papillaeformi, erumpen- 



te ; sporulis 



Hab. in ramis emortuis salicinis in Suecia. 



