Pyrenomvceieae, SphferiaeeaR. TTyalophra;?niife, Metaspliseria. 843 



JJah. in rachidft sicca Lolii perennis, socia Phomd Lolii 

 Passor. ined., Vigheffio pr. Parma Ital. bor. 



78. Metasphseria Uindsayana (Curr.) Sacc. Sphceria fAndmijana Curr. 3434 

 in Linds. Lich. and Fungi of Otago pag. 423, tab. XXX, f. 1-7. — 

 Peritheciis mi^tutis, globuiosis, epidermidem circuiariter rimose v. 



stellatim perforantibus ; ascis ; sporidiis biseriatis, irregulariter 



cymbiformibn.s, ufrinqne acutiusculis, 6-7— septatis leiiiterque con- 

 strictis, 35-45 =* 6,5-7, hyalinis. — Spermogonia phomiformia, «:po- 

 rulis oblongis, curvulis, hyalinis, 4 ::; 1,5-2. 



itab. in foliis emortuis Phormii tenacis, quae rainute nigro- 

 punctata fiunt, prope Otago Novae Ze!andi;ie. — Perithecia epider- 

 midi tam arcte adha?rent, ut natura ostioli vix manifesta. 



79. Metasphaerra albescens Thuem. Pilze d. Reispfl. p. 5. ~ Peri- 3435 

 theciis compresso-globosis, subsparsis, nigris. epidermide tectis, me- 

 diis, poro unico pertusis; asci^ tereti-fusoideis, brevi-pedicellatis 



v. fere sessilibus, apice obtusatis, 70-85 » 16-22; sporidiis distichis 

 oblongo-fusoidftis, 3-5-septatis, arcuatis, hyalinis, 18-24=; 5-6; pa- 

 raphysibus perpaucis, ramulosis ascos sequantibus. 



Eab. m seminibus vix maturis Oryzae sativae, Aquileja Friuli. 



80. Metasphaeria punctulata EIl. et Ev. in Journ. Myc. 1888, p. 64. 3436 

 — Peritheciis sparsis, immersis, in culmo sursum circa ostiola tan- 

 tum V. demum plus minus omnino nigrificata immersis, globosis, 

 V4-V3 "-'^- '^'^^"•' nucleo albo, firmulo praeditis; ostiolo parvo, 

 erumpente, nigro: ascis clavato-cylindraceis, 80-110 'i* 20, indistin- 



cte paraphytiatis ; sporidiis fusoideis, subincurvis, 3-septatis, hya- 

 linis, 40-50 r 6-7. 



Hab. \\\ cuimis emortuis Panici Curtisii, St, Martinsville 

 Louisiana Amer. boi'. 



81. Metasphaeria insularis Speg. F. Fueg. n. 221. — Maculis nullis; 3437 

 peritheciis sparsis, immersis, globulosis, 180-200 u. diam., coriacel- 



lis, atris, glabris, contextu pellucido, subindistincte parenchymatico, 

 fuligineo; ostioio rotundo-carbonaceo, papillulato, epidermidem per- 

 forante, non vel vix exserto ; ascis cylindraceis, antice rotundatis, 

 subcraT5siuscule tiinicatis, deorsum breviter attenuatis ac in pedicel- 

 lum brevissimurn crassumquo 100-1 10 :; 8-10 productis, 8-sporis; 

 paraphysibus densiusculis, filiformibus; sporidiis recte vel alterne 

 distichis, fusoideis, utrinque acutiusculis, 19-22 =; 4, 5-7'blastis vel 

 5'7~septatis, ad septa parce constrictis, loculo tertio supero sa;pius 

 nonnihii crassiore, strato mucoso hyftlino. crasso cinctis, hyalinis. 

 Hab. ad vaginas putrescentes PoaeForsteri in naaritimis pr. 



