914 Pyrenoniycetefe, Sphaeriaceaj, Dictyosporae, Berlesiella. 



setaceo, rigidulo, longissimo tenuissiino, 0,5-2 mm. long., 80 a. 

 crass., carbon;iceo, cylindraceo, siirsum attenuato, apice iion v. vix 

 incrassatulo ac obtusato ornatis; ascis cylindraceis, antice late ro- 

 tundatis, deorsum subcoarctatis ac stipite brevi, crasso, noduloso 

 sufiultis, 80^:18, tunica ubique crassissima donatis, aparapbysatis, 

 8-sporis; sporiiiiis oblique disticbis ellipticis vel suboYoideis, utriu- 

 qua obtusiusculis, 18-20 =; 10, horizontaliter 3-septatis, ad septum 

 mediuiu constrictis. loculis 1 v. 2 internis septo altero verticali 

 (rarius deiicieiite) coutinuo divisis, pallide alivaceis. 



Hab. in ramulis emortuis Escallonijie serratae, vulgatissi- 

 ma in Stalen island et Fuegia Amer. austr. 



BERLESIELLA Sacc. Rev. mycol. n. 37, .lanvier 1888 (Etym. a Doct. 

 A. N. Berlrse de Fungis moricolis, nec non de genere Pleof^pora 

 meritissimo). -■ Perithecia subcarbonacea, atra, globiilosa, stro- 

 mate pulvinato vel hemisphasrico v. eiruso, carbonaceo inserta, dis- 

 creta vel basi tantum connexa, botryoso-prominula, setosa, ostio- 

 lo miuuto val obsoieto. Asci elongaii (spurie paraphysati, octo- 

 spori). Sporidia ovoideo~obh)nga 2-plnri~septata et muriformia, 

 e hyalino flaveola. — A Cucurbiiaria et Botrijoaphcoria vere 

 diversa. 



1. Berlesielia hirtella (Bacc. et Av.) Sacc. loc. cit. Cacurbitaria hir- ^ggg 

 tella Racc. et Av. Contr. Stud. Mic. rom. pag. 17, t. XVI, f. 5. 



— Peritheciis stromate pulvinato, late effuso insidentibus, nigris, 

 spha3roideis vel piriformibus, initio tectis, dein erumpentibu?, acu- 

 leis brevibus, conicis, concoloribus hirtis, ostiolo papiUato, conico; 

 ascis clavulatis, evanescentibus, 55-75 s 11-14, octosporis ; sporidiis 

 inordinatis vel distichis, pallide luteolis, transverse 2-3-septatis, 

 loculis mediis septulo longitudinali divisis, ellipticis ad raediam cou- 

 strictis, 14-20 w 7; paraphysibus non visis. 



Hab. in rarais putrescentibus Sarabuci prope Roraa Ital, 

 rnerid. — A Bo.rfesieUa nif/errima, cui valde affinis, siromate late 

 effuso. setis hrevioribus (saltem ex icoue) et sporidiis tantum 4- 

 septatis differt. 



2. Beriesiella nigerrima (Bloxam) Sacc. loc. cit, Sphceria nigerrima 33S9 

 Bloxain in Currey, On the Fructific. of Comp. Spha^r. p. 272, p. p. 

 Berk. et Hr. Not. Brit. Fungi n. 8(39. lab. X, fig. 19, Cooke Hand. 

 Brit. Fiingi p. 871, p. p. Pleoopora? nigerrima Sace. Syll, Pyr. 

 vol. II. pag. 277. — Stromate pulvinato hemispiicerico, primo epi- 

 dermide tecto, dein valde emergeote, sublibero, carbonaceo, atro; 



