376 ryrenomycetcce, Perisporiaccfe, Asterula. 



Bubelongatis, sparsis vel subconflueotibus, mycelio subobsoleto, coq- 

 textu marginis distincte radiato-celluloso; ascis oblongis , parte 

 sporif. 50-25, initio stipitatis, dein stipite evanescente; sporidiis 

 octonis, inordinatis, ellipsoideis, crasse granulosis, 15:^10. 



Hab. in ramis emortuis Linderae Benzoin, West Ciiester 

 in America boreali. 



2. Asterul myocoproides Sacc. et Berl. Rev. Myc. 1885, tab. LIV, io95 

 f. 1 {Asterina). — Amphigena; peritheciis fibrillis repentibus, ra- 

 raosis, atris, nodulosis, ."Jeptatis insidentibus, scutiforraibus, planis, 

 fere '/s ram. diam., arabitu circulari vel saepe anguloso, radiato- 

 contextis; ascis obovatis, crasse tuoicatis, 50-60:5 20-22, octospo- 

 ris; sporidiis distichis, vel subtristichis, ovoideis, continuis, subhya- 

 linis, 26-28 = 10-12. 



Hab. in foliis vivis Santos in Brasilia. — Perithecium 



vere dimidiatum, hinc potius ad Microthyriaceas referenda species. 



3. Asterula Beijerinckii Vuill. Journ. Bot. 1888, p. 255, f. 1-2 {Asco- 1596 

 spora). — Mycelio amplo, crustaceo; peritheciis inrequalibus, glo* 

 boso-depressis, 100-130 pL. diam., ostiolo minutissimo vel nullo, epa- 

 pillatis, nigris, carbonaceis, erumpentibus ; ascis nunierosis, initio 

 obovatis, dein in tubura elongatum a basi lata linea transversali di- 

 stinctura productis, 43-110^20; paraphysibus nullis; sporidiis el» 

 lipsoidoo-fusoideis, utrinque obtusis, continuis, hyalinis, o-6-gut- 

 tulatis, 17,5 =; 7. 



Hab. in foliis Cerasi, Pruni aliisque Araygdaleis, Gallia. 

 — Adest status pycnidicus: Phi/llosticla Beijerinchii Vuill. loc. 

 cit. : peritheciis globosis, pertusis, hyphis septatis cinctis; sporulis 

 e globoso ellipsoideis. 



4. Asterula maculaBformis (Berk.) Cooke in Grevillea XIII, pag. 60 1597 

 [Asierina), Doihidea maculceforinis Berk. in herb. — Epiphylla, 

 alra, opaca, orbicularis, maculseforrais; stromate discoideo macu- 



lis piceis, orbicularibus, insidente. fibrillis radiantibus.cincto; ascis 

 ovoideis, 20 2 15 ; sporidiis ellipticis, continuis (iramaturis?), hya- 

 liDis, 5 = 3. 



Hab. in foliis Drymidis, Valparaiso in Chile, -^ Habitu A. 

 compacicc, sed ceterum diversa. 



5. Asterula quercigena (Berk.) Cooke in Grevillea XIII,, p. 67 [Aste- 159? 

 rina), Doihidea quercina Berk. in herb. — Epiphylla vel am- 

 phigena; peritheciis orbicularibus, 1-2 mm. diam., convexis, rugosis, 

 atris, opacis, mirgine radiante, fibroso; ascis ciavaiis; sporidiis 

 ellipticis, continuis (immaturis?), hyalinis, 10 2 4. 



