Pyrenoniyceiepe, Sphferiacese, Phpeodidyraas, Valsaria. 755 



stromate corticali exceptis, epidefmideque tectis, ostiolis vix pro- 

 mitieDtibus, in discum eliipticum, erumpens, sordide griseum con- 

 junctis; ascis cylindraceis, breve stipitati^, 95-1 15:; 9-11 p. sporif. ; 

 sporidiis monostichis, ellipsoideis, obtusis, 1-septatis, olivaceis, 15- 

 20 ^ 8-iO; conidiis in stromate discreto, obovatis, olivaceo-nigrican- 

 tibus, ascosporas subaequantibus. 



Hab. in ramis emortuis Betulfe, Decorah Jowa Amerlcse bo- 

 realis (E. W. Holway). — Var. major Ellis Jouru. Myc. 1887, 

 p. 42: sporidiis loiigioribus nempe 16-26^8-10, plerumque bise- 

 riatis, cetera eadem. Iq ramis emortuis Betul<e, Plainlield N. J. 

 Amer. bor. (G. F. Meschutt). 

 6. Melanconiella acrocystis (Peck) Berl. et Vogl. Add. SyW. I, p. 128, 3083 

 Valsa acroct/sds Peck in 33 Rep. St. Mus. p. 34, t. 2, f. 19-22, 



— PustuHs minutis, epidermide tectis et eam leniter elevantibus 

 atque in lacinias acutas transverso rumpeutibus; peritheciis snepius 

 4-12 in quaque pustula circinatis, cortice interiore insidentibus, to« 

 mento griseo-brunneo tectis, ostiolis brevibus, nigris, obtusis, se- 

 riatim dispositis; ascis oblongis; sporidiis latis, stipatis v. distichis, 

 oblongis, coloratis, uniseptatis, 40-62:; 12-20, utrinque appendicula 

 hyaliua, subglobosa v. sphEeroidea prajditis. 



Hab. in ramis emortuis Betulaa lentai, North Greeubush 

 Amer. bor. 



MASSARIOVALSA Sacc. Mich. II, p. 5G9. — Perithecia cortice im- 

 raersa, circinautia. Asci paraphysati, 4-8-spori. Sporidia uniseptata, 

 ovato-oblonga, fusca, strato hyalino crasso obvoluta. — Est Valsa 

 sporidiis MassarieUce instructa, unde etymon. 



1. Massariovalsa sudans (B. et C.) Sacc. Massariella sudans (B. et 

 C.) Sacc. Syll. I, p. 717. — Adde: in cortice Quercus albse, 

 Newfield N. J. (Ellis). — Asci teretes 180-200:^20-25, apice ob- 

 tusi luraineque coarctato, octospori; paraphyses guttulatae; spori- 

 dia monosticha oblongo-ellipsoidea, constricto-1-septata, olivaceo- 

 fuliginea, 35-10 =; 15-16, strato crasso hyalino obvoluta. 



VALSARIA Ces. et De Not. — Sacc. Syll. I, p. 741. 



1. Valsaria majuscula Cooke et Ilarkn. in Grevillea XIII, p. 17. 3084 



— Tecta; pustulis sparsis vix prominulis; peritheciis 6-10 com- 

 positis, demum cuticulam perforantibus, ostiolis brevibus obtusis ; 

 ascis amplis ; sporidiis majusculis, ellipticis, medio constrictis, utrin- 

 que rotundalis, uniseptalis, fuscis, 50-25. 



