Pyr enomyceteas, Sphseriacefe; Dictyosporss, Cucurbitaria. 915 



peritheciis sabsaperficialibus vel stromate basi insculptis discretis 

 vel basi tautura connexis botryoso-prorainulis, globoso-conoideis 

 vel ovoidsis, ostiolo minuto, subinconspicuo vel obsoleto donatis 

 undique setis rigidis, nigris 40-50 a. longis, basi 7-8,5 (j.. crassis, 

 continuis, apice acutiusculis hirtis, minutis, atris, intus nucleo albido 

 farctis, contextu crasse parenchyraatico dense fuligineo; ascis cy- 

 lindraceo-clavatis, apice rotundatis, lumine foveolato, tunica cras- 

 siuscula prseditis, pseudo -paraphysatis, subsessilibus, 80 ^; 12, octo- 

 sporis; sporidiis irregulariter distichis vel basi oblique nionosti- 

 chis fusoideo-oblongis, subinde utrinque acutiusculis, rectis vel inss- 

 quilateralibus, transverse 3-5-septatis (diu pseudoseptatis) ad septa 

 non constrictis, ioculo raedio uno vel rarius duobus septo lougi- 

 tudinali divisis, guttuligeris, 12-17 s 5-6, ex hyalino dilute fusce- 

 scentibus. 



Hab. in ramis siccis Pruni Padi sajpe parasitice in perithe- 

 ciis Eutypella? padinie in Hungaria, ex herb. Bresadola et in 

 Britannia (Bloxam, Jerdon, Broome). 

 3. Berlesiella setosa (Ell. et Ev.) Sacc. Cucurbitaria E. et E. Proc. 3690 

 Phil. 1890, p. 241. — Stromate nigro, carnoso, 2-3 nim. diam., con- 

 vexo; peritheciis dense gregariis, mioutis, subglobosis, circ. V3 nira. 

 diara., lateraliter spinulis validis, nigris, patentibus, 25-40^:7 ve- 

 stitis; ostiolo nunc levi et subpapilliforrai, nunc plus rainus distin- 

 cte radiato-sulcato ; ascis oblongo-clavatis, 45-55 * 12 p. sp., deor- 

 sura anguste stipitato-contractis; paraphysibus ascis longioribus, 

 evanescentibus; sporidiis distichis, subrhomboideo-oblongis, hyali- 

 nis, initio pluriguttatis, dein flavidis, 3-5-septatis et submuriforrai- 

 bus, 12-15^4-5. 



Hao. parasitica? ad stromata tuberculata, erumpentia D iatry- 

 pes cujusdam, socia CornulariCi Persicce, in ramis eraortuis Pru- 

 n i, London Canada Amer. bor. (Dearness). — Adsunt sub stroma- 

 tibus perithecia minuta, abortiva, cortice imraersa Diatrypes vel 

 ValscB cujusdam. — Habitus Plowrrghtice morbosce. 



CUCURBITAmA Gray. — Sacc. Syil. H, p. 307. 



I. Cucurbitaria Coremae EII. et Ev. in Torr. Bot. Club. 1883, p. 89. 3691 

 — Peritheciis priraum epiderraide tectis, demum liberis, ovatis, ni- 

 gris, rugosis, 160-330 p.. diam., ostiolis late papilliformibus vel ob- 

 tuse conoideis ; ascis cylindraceis, 150^15; sporidiis raonostichis 

 vel oblique aut partira distichis, ellipsoideis vel oblongo-ellipsoideis, 



