Pyrenomyceteae, Dothideacese, Phseosporie, Auerswaldia. 1031 



Intus ceraceo-fuscis, per aetatem saepe cavis; lociilis (peritheciis?) 

 dense constipatis, tunica primo tota cum stromatis substantia con- 

 tinua, dein superue continua, atra, carbonacea, inferue discreta 

 membranacea, tenui, majuscule parenchymatica, olivaceo globoso- 

 depressis, 200-300 a. d., 150-200 u.. alt., e mutua pressione angulo- 

 sis, ostiolo minuto. parum perspicuo, stroma perforante, sed non 

 exserto donatis; ascis cjlindraceo-clavatis v. toruloso-cylindraceisi 

 antice rotundatis, postice breve crasseque stipitatis,, 100-105 cs 25- 

 28, crasse tunicatis, octosporis, muco granulo^o ac paraphysibus 

 crassis, septulatis, densis, subfluxilibus obvallatis; sporldiis disti- 

 chis, elliptico-elongatis, sursum rotundatis aci Efcin v. vix a<Jutatis, 

 deorsum leniter attenuatis, rotundato-acutatis, abrupitiusculis, e la- 

 tere incurvatis, 40-42 ;:; 10-1 1, percrasse 1-guttulatis, hyalinis. 



Hab. ad culmos dejectos putrescelites Bambussiceae cujus 

 dain in siivis prope Carapegua Brasiliae. 



Sect. 2. PhcBOsporfP. 



AUERSWALDIA Sacc. Syll. II, p. 626. 



1. Auerswaldia Chamaeropis (Cooke) Sacc. Syll. II, p. 026, Sacc et ^ios 

 Berl. Misceli. Myc. II, p. 28, n. 125, tab. Vlll, fig. 8. ~ Taudem 

 ascos in hac specie reperire contigit: sunt obovati, sessiles, apice 

 obtuse rotundati, 60-70:^40-45, aparaphysati, octospori; sporidia 

 ellipsoidea, 24-26 c; 14-16, polysticha, ochraceo-fusca; stromata cly- 

 peata, oblonga, atro-nitida, 1,5;; 1 mm. ; loculi globosi,^pauci, ostio- 



lis vix manifestis. — An species haec cum Cookeana congruat ve- 

 risimile est, sed sporidia ndn prorsus amygdaloidea, ut Cooke de- 

 scribit et asci insuper ab hoc auctore non descripti. Nuui Sphw- 

 ropsis? doihideoides Sacc. et Roum. Mich. II, p. 348, eadem res 

 sit V. tantum status pycnidicus, ob specimina obsoleta, dubium. 



Hab. in utraque pag. foliorum emdrt. Chamseropis hurai- 

 lis, S. Giovanni pr. Oristano Sardiniaj (Magnus). 



2. Auerswaidia palmicola Speg. Fungi Guar. I, n. 281. — StrouTa- 4109 

 tibus amphigenis, innato-superficialibus, irregulariter elongato-pul- 

 vinatis, inferne saepius subcoarctatulis, 1-3 mm. long., 1 mm. lat. 

 0,5-0,8 mm. crass., longitudinalibus, superne scrupuloso-undulatis, 

 atris, subcarbonaceis, fragilibus, glabris, sparsis v. laxe gregariis ; 

 loculis stromate immersis, vix prominulis, globulosis, 100-130 u.. 

 diam., nucleo albo farctis; ascis clavatis, antice rotundatis, postice 

 lotige attenuato-pedicellatis, 120-130:^14-16, aparaphysatis, octo- 



