398 Pyiouomyocte», Perisporiace*, Aslei'clia. 



21. Asterella dlchaBnoides Cooke Trai)s. Roy. Soc. Edln. 1887, p. 393 1082 

 iAsler/ita). — Macula'formis. 1 cm. diam.; peritheciis applanatis 

 inernbranaceis, atro-fuscis, orbicularibus, 150 a. diara., niox con- 

 fluentibus, hvphis repentibus monilifofmibus consociatis; ascis sub- 

 globosis, ad basim apiculatis, octosporis; sporidiis arcte elliptlcis, 

 unisepiatis, hyalinis, 10^:3. 



Hnd. \n cortice viventi, Socotra Africa? orient. 



2'J. Asterella Himantia (Pers.) Sacc, SphreHa Ilimantia Pers. Syn. 1683 

 p. 89, Asferoma Himantia (Pers ) Fr. Summa Veg. p. 325, Asco- 

 spora ninianiia (Pers.) Rehin A.scoin. n. 131. — Macula nigra 

 ainbionte e fibrillis centrifugis orta; peritheciis prominulis seriatis 

 centro coiifertioribus ; ascis initio ovoideis, sessilibus, dein clavatis 

 30 :; 12, aparaj)hysatis, octosporis; sporidiis ellipticis, obtusis, con- 

 tinuis, 2-guttulatis, 8- 10 c; 3,5, hyalinis. 



llo.h. iti caulibus emortuis U m bel 1 i fer ar u m, e. g. Peuce- 

 dani in Suecia, Gallia, Germania. 



23. Asterella Pjantaginis Ellis Torr. Bot. Cl. 1882, p. 74 {Aslerina). mA 

 — Peritheciis innatis, heniispha^ricis 75 u.. diara. congestis, macu- 



lis brunneis marginatis amphigenis sed saepius epiphyllis insiden- 

 tibus ; ascis ovato-ellipticis:, 25-35^:12,5; sporidiis inordinatis ob- 

 longis, obiusis, liyallnis, 2-nucleatis, leniter medio constrictis 8- 

 10 s 2; raycelio feie obsoleto ex hyphulis fuligineis e perithecio 

 radiantibus dein evanesceniilius. 



Ho.b. \\\ foliis Plantaginis majoris, Philadelphia (G. .-^. 

 Rey). 



24. Asterella capnoides EUis Amer. Nat. 1883, p. 318 {Astcrina). — \m 

 Epiphylla; i^eriiheciis niinutis, Vsd-^As "^'Q-' mycelio toruloideo, fo- 

 lium ffedante ad instar Capnodii ; afscis oblongis, sessilibus, 30-40 



c; 11-13, aparaphysatis ; sporidiis biseriatis, obiougo-ellipsoideis, 1- 

 soptatis, medio coustrictis, obtusis, hinc latioribus, hyaliuis, 2-gut- 

 latis, 15-17 r 6-7. 



Hab. in foliis viventibus Asclepiadis Cornuti, Charles 

 City Jowa Amer. bor. (J. C. Arthtjr). — Mycelium in coQidia di- 

 plodiaRforiiiia facile abit: cum eo adsunt quoque conidia macrospo- 

 roidea, 3-septato-muralia, pedicellata, 35^:15. 

 2r. Asterella Hellebori Reiuu in Voss Mater. Pilz. Rrains V, p. 213, i^so 

 fig. 3 {Asterma). — Pcritheciis ininutissimis, punctiformibus, gre- 

 ganis, in inaculis cinereis, rotundatis. 1-4 mm. diam., epi(ihyllis 

 insi<lentihus, globosis, aterrimis, parenchymatice fusce vcontextis, ad 

 basim hyphis septatis, rectangulariter ramosis, fuscls, circ. 6 a. cr. 



