Pyrenomyceteae, Sphaeriacese, Hyalosporae, Cryptosporella. 609 



mate 6-10; ascis lereti-fusoidels, sessilibus, apice obtusis luniine- 

 que bifoveolatis, 90-100-20-25; paraphysibus spuriis, guttulatis 

 obvallatis, octosporis; sporidiis distichis vel oblique mouostichis e 

 globoso-ellipsoideis, 18-20 5 12-14, bi-pluriguttulatis, hyalinis. 



Hab. in ramis corticatis lignosis iguot^ speciei in M. Moon 

 AustraliaB (Scortechini). — A Bagnisiella Tarnaficis et B. Ilicis, 

 qua3 Bolryosphceriain propius spectant, oniuino diversa. 



CRYPTOSPORELLA Sacc. Syll. I p. 466. 



1. Cryptosporella divergens (Schw.) Berl. et Vogl. Add. Syll. p. 70, 2471 

 Sphceria Schw. Syn. Car. 123 et Syn. Amer. bor. u. 1393, Valsa 

 divergem Cooke in GreviJlea Xill, p. 40. — Stromate tumidiu- 

 sculo; acervuli.s peritheciorum 5-10 mm. diam aiquantibus, sub- 

 orbicularibus, epidermide cinctis; peritheciis atris vel cinerescen- 

 tibus, ostiolis teretibus, longissimis, perithecio triplo longioribus, 

 divergentibus ; ascis octosporis; sporidiis subellipticis, hyalinis, 7^2, 

 eudochromate granuloso farctis. 



Hab. in ramis dejectis L iquidam ba r is iu Amer. bor. 



2. Cryptosporella paucispora vPeck) Berl. et Vogl. Add. Syll. p. 70. 2472 

 Valsa Peck in 33 Rep. St. Mus. 1883, p. 33. — Pustulis epider- 

 mide vix elevata, demum rupta tectis; peritheciis 2-5, cortice in- 

 teriore insidentibus; ostiolis brevibus, nigris, discum minutum, pul- 

 lidum perforantibus, raro leniter radiato-sulcatis; ascis brevibus, 

 62-70 U: lougis, subcylindraceis, teirasporis; sporidiis simplicibus, 

 monostichis, subhyalinis, ovato-ellipsoideis, 15-20 a 10-11. 



ILab. in ramulis emortuis Alui, North Greenbush Amer. bor. 



3. Cryptosporella Lentaginis Rehm iu Ellis Amer. Nat. 1883, Febr. 2473 

 p. 195. — Peritiieciis globosis '/g inill. diam., meinbranaceis, ple- 

 rumque 3-4 aggregatis, stromate corticali basique lignum peuetran- 



te; ostiolis brevibus, epidermidem pustulatim elevatam perforanti- 

 bus; ascis ciavatocyliudraceis, 45^=7-8; sporidiis biseriatis, cylin- 

 draceis, hyalinis, rectis curvulisve, 2-3-nucleatis, 12^:2-2.5. 



Hab. iu ramis Viburni Lentaginis, Decorah Jowa Amer. 

 bor. (E. W. Holway). — Substantia corticis ex stromate nigrificata. 



4. Cryptosporeila farinosa (ICllis) Sacc. Valsa farinosa Ellis Torr. 2474 



Boi. Cl. 1882, p. 99. — Stromate corticali; peritheciis paucis 2-4 



pallidi.s, 350 {>.. diam. corticem pustulatim elevaniibus; uisco tu- 



berculiformi, tlavido-albo, furfuraceo; ostiolis latiusculis, olivaceo- 



nigris, ovoideis v. conicis, dein dilabeutibus, rovedl.imqiie reliniiuen- 



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