844 Pyrenomycetese, Sphcerlaceae, Hyalophragmise, Metaspheeria. 



Penguin rookery, Staton island Amer. austr. — Ascoruin sporidio- 

 rumque structura lopliiostomacea sed ostiolo rotundo! 



82. Metasphaeria recutita (Fr.) Sacc. Syll. II, p. 17G — Var. Agro ^4S^ 

 pyri Phss. in Brun. Mat. myc. Saint. p. 18. — Peritheciis globu- 

 losis, nucleo albo; asciy sursum attenuati.'5, hrevi abrupte slipifa- 

 tis, 45 «10, octOiJporis, aparaphysatis (?); sporidiis fusoideis, 3~ 

 septatis, hyalinis. 



Hab. in foiiis languidis A gr opy r i r epe n tis, Sainte.^ GallijB. 



83. Metasphaeria stenotheca R. et E. Journ. Myc. 1S87, p. 127. — ,^439 

 PeritliQciig sparsis, membranaceis, subovoideis, 1/4 niin. diam., im- 

 niersis; apice depresso-conico, prominulo, ostiolo papilliformi exce- 



pto epidermide nigrificata tecto; ascis linearibus, 70-80:; 4-5, indi- 

 stincte parapliy.<^atis; sporidiis saspius oblique monostichis, oblongo- 

 fusoideis, 3-4-nucleatis, dein 3-septatis, subhyalinis, 12-16 =;o. 



llab. iii vaginis culmorum emortuorum Panici Curtisii, 

 Pointe a la Hache, Louif^iana Ajner. bor. — Ab alii.? speciebus gia- 

 minicolis dignoscitur ascis linearibus. 



84. MetasphaBrla MarchaJlana Sacc. in Rev. Myc. 1884. — Perithe- 3440 

 ciis lineolatini et parallele dense 1-3-seriatis lineaque atra, epi- 

 dermide saepe tectis, hinc fere scirrhioideis, sed vere discretis, glo- 

 bosiSj minutis, 120-130 /x. diam., ostiolo papillato breviter emer- 

 gente; contextu minute parenchymatico, fuligineo, tenui; ascis te- 

 reti-clavulatis. breviter stipitatis, paraphysatis, octosporis, 80-90 =; 



12; sporidiis distichis, fusoideis, rectis v. curvulis, 3-septatis, non 

 constrictis, 12-15^2-2,5, hyaiinis. 



Hab. in culmis Phragmitis communis, socia Septorid 

 arimdinnced et Ascochytd donacind. — Dispositione et minutie pe- 

 ritheciorum ei parvitate sporidiorum mox distincta species. 



85. Metasphaeria graminum Sacc Syli. II, p. 174 — Var. culmlcola: 

 ostiolo setuloso; sporidiis initio inuco obvolutis. 16-18 =; 1-5. — In 

 culmis grainiiiuni in Belgio (Whstendorp). 



86. Metasphseria nigro-tincjens Mouton in Hull. Soc R. Bot. Belg. 3441 

 188t>, p. 165. — Peritheciis sparsis. erumpentibus e inatrice la- 

 tiu<*cule denigrata, compresso-conoideis, 250-300 //. diam., vertice 

 obtuso, poro pertti.-iso; ascis tereti-clavulatisf, 75-100 « 17-20, breve 



et crasse stipitatis, apice rotundatis, octosporis; paraphysibus ascos 

 aequantibiis ; sporidii.>< distichis, hyalinis, rusiformibus, iuaequilate- 

 ralibus v. curviilis, 10-13-septatis, loculo quinto v. sexto omnium 

 crassiore, loculis fere omnibus guttulis duabus, parallelis ornatis, 

 38-50 ^ 7-8. 



