558 Pyrenornyccte.e, Si-hisriHceae, Pheeospdrje, Hypoxylon. 



tibus (.•(•1'ticolis pei' p(.'rifloniiiiiin [lersisteiis orum[)eiitibus, superrie 

 nudis, loiigo latcijue (?(rusis 2-5 cm. long., 1-1 cm. !at,, applaiiatis 

 vix pulviinilatis, 1 iiwn. crass., iion vel vix repaii(iulo-subinargi(ia- 

 tis, carbonaceis, (jxtus ijitusfiue aterriinis, fragiiibus, snppe ob spo- 

 ridia exsijientia nigro-pulverulentis, densiuscnle miniitc^que pa[)illu- 

 latis; peritbociis obovatis 750-800 ;;.. alt., 250 a. diam., donsc:- con- 

 stipatis a(ris carbonacei^s, superue a[»[ilanatis non proujiiiulis, ostio- 

 lo papillulato ininuto; ascis cylindraceis antico obtuso rotundatis, 

 crasse tunicatis, 1-foveolatis, [)Ostice in [)odicellum brevissirauni 

 attenuatis, 75-80 :i(), octosporis, paraphysibus parcis liliforraibus 

 crassis immixtis; sporidiia recte vel oblique monosticliis, elliptico- 

 navicularibiis utrinque obtusiusculis, 9-15r;4-(), non vel grosse I- 

 guttulaiis, ()[»ace fuligineis. 



Hab. vulgatum ad ramos emortuos Fagorum in Staten island 

 et in Fuegia. — Speci<3s pulcliella, habit.u fere DialrypcH Slignia- 

 lis. notis fiuctiHcationis mox dignoscenda; si hnec spocics v. altera 

 (in Fung. arg. pug. IV, n. 132) typuio Ihjpoxijli packi/lomali:> 

 (Lev.) Mont. si.stat, nunc nonnihil dubius sum! (Speg. 1. c). 



59. Hypoxylon Puiggarii Speg. F. Puigg. n. 257. — Fusco-atrum, late ma 

 cruslaceo-eirusum, 10-80 mm. long., stromate eximie evoluto, pe- 

 rilheciis vix prominulis globulosis 0,5 mm. diam., ostiolo ininutis- 

 simo papillulato areola impressa cincto donatis: a.scis cylindraceis, 

 octospori.^ aparaphysatis. 50-60^4-5, ped. 20-25;; 2-3; sporidiis 

 elliptico-navicularibus, fuligineis, 6-7 -:; 3. 



Ifab. a<i corticem putrescentem ramorum in silvis prope Apialiy 

 Bi'asilia^. 



60. Hypoxylon leptascum Spog. F. Puigg. n. 255. — Crustaceo-eiru- 22iM 

 sum, tcnne, alniin 10-15 mm. long. ; periLheciis stroinate immer- 



sis, globosis 0,5 mm. diam. vix collicuIoso-prDiiiiiiuli.s papillulato- 

 ostiolatis; ascii; longiuscul.is gracillimis, [laraphysatis, octosporLs, p. 

 spor. 60-70 r 5; sporidiis elliptico-clongatis, innjiiuilateralibus, fuli- 

 giiiois, 10 i 4. 



Hab. ad corticem putrescentem in silvis pr. Apiahy Hrasilite. 

 61 Hypoxylon irregulare Cooke in Grevillca, XI, [». 13'.'>. — Irregula- 2i^'',8 

 riter eirusum, atrum, tenue rugoso-undulatum, [iciilheciis stipatis, 

 inimersis. subglobosis, in superficic externa vix olev.itis, ostiolis 

 papillatis, demuin deciduis; ascis cylindraceis ; spuiidiis allantoideis, 

 fuscis 10 - 3,5. 



Hfib. lu ligno putri in iosula Mauritii (Ayres). — //. investien- 

 U affino. 



