972 Pyrenomyceteae, Hypocroacese, Hyalodidymse, Hypocrda. 



SPH>tROSTILBE Tul. — Syll. II, p. 511. 



1. Sphaerostllbe microspoPa Cooke et Mass. Grev. XVI, p. 4. — Pe- 3012 

 ritheciivS ascigeris in fungi couidiophori basi v. consortio, minutis, 

 sparsis, ovalis, aurantiAcis, levibusj ascis clavatis, stipitatis, 8-spo- 

 ris; sporidiis distichis, ellipticis, 1-septatis, hyalinis, nec constri- 

 ctis, 6w2-3; conidiophoris stiiboideis, erectis, pallidis, stipite levi, 

 sursura subattenuato, crassiusculo; capitulo globoso, concolori, po- 

 tius primitus carneo, conidiis ellipticis, continuis, hyalinis, 10^:6. 



Hab. in cortice Melbourne Austraiis! (F. Campbell). 

 2. SphaBPOStilbe tetraspora Pat. Bull. Soc. Myc. 1888, p. 1 1^, t. XX, 3913 

 f. 1. — Peritheciis minutissimis in series lineares secus epiderrai- 

 dis riraas dispositis, siccis flavo-rufis, udis purpureo-bruoneolis, le- 

 vibus, globosis, dein collapsis, cupuliformibus, apice ostiolatis; ascis 

 brevibus, 50-55 =; 8, prirao lanceolatis, dein cylindraceis, aparaphy- 

 satis; sporidiis quaternis, ovoideo-rotundatis, 1-septatis, raedio le- 

 nissirae coustrictis, iutus granulosis, 11-12 »5-6, hyalinis. 



Hab. in ligno, Atures Venezuelae, — Adsunt perithecia coni- 

 diophora, globoso-clavata, pallide purpurea, stipite 1-1,5 mra. alt., 

 basi glabro rufo-nigro, apice rubello suffulta, conidiis hyalinis, 

 ovoideis, numerosis, 4 =; 2-3, basidiis ramosis, linearibus, hyalinis, 

 insertis. 



METANECTRIA Sacc. Syll. II. p. 517. 



1. Metanectria? sigmatospora Speg. F. Puigg. n. 292. — Perithe- 3914 

 ciis gregariis, innato-superticialibus, globosis, albo-roseis, glabris, 

 300-450 p.. diara.; ascis subcylindraceis, sursum non v. vix subat- 

 tenuatis, apice rotundatis crassiusculeque tunicatis, basi brevissime 

 crasseque pedicellatis, jodo immutatis, 32-sporis, 130-150 c; 15-20, 

 muco imraersis, aparaphysatis ; sporidiis polystichis, fusoideo-sig- 

 raoideis, 1-septatis, hyalinis, 50-60^:3-4, utrinque setula rigida, 

 15-16 5 1 praeditis. 



Hab. ad lacinias vivas Physcise sp. cujusdam in silvis prope 

 Apiahy Brasiliae. 



HYPOCREA Fr. — Sacc. Syll. II, p. 520. 



I. Eu-Bypocrea Sacc. 



1. Hypocrea subrufa Berk. et Cooke in Grev. XII, p. 79. — Gre- 3915 

 garia vel sparsa, superficialls, hemisphaBrico-depressa, subdiscoidea, 



