214 Sphaeropsidese, Sphtierioideae, Hyalosporte, Sphseronseraa. 



siiperficiaiibus, sparsis vel gregariis, sphoeroideis vel subovoideo- 

 sphaeroideis, fragilibus, ruguiosis, atris, opacis, rostro cylindraceo- 

 flexuoso, levi perithecio duplo vel quadruplo longiore, circit. 0,4 

 m-n. iliam.; sporulis ellipsoideis vel oblongatis, rectis vel leniter 

 curvulis simplicibus, A-6^2. 



llab. supra lignum vetustura Populi tremulae in regione 

 roustialensi Fenni£t>. 



2. SphaBronaBma Solandri Cooke in Grev. XIX, p. 3. — Peritheciis ^498 

 gregariis, cjiindricis, subtruncatis, atris, levibus; sporulis ovatis, 

 hyalinis, 3-5 s 2. 



Ifab. in ligno Fagi Solandri, Nova Zeiandia, 



3. Sphaeronajma disseminatum Karst. et Har. Journ. Bot. 1890, p. 358. 5499 

 — Pentheciis sparsis v. supei^ficialibus, ovoideo-conoideis, giabris, 

 levibus, atro-oiivaceis?, 0,3 mm. alt. ; sporulis fusoideo-oblonga- 



tis, rectis, eguttatis, hyalinis, 3-4^1. 



Hab. in ligno mucido Pini pr. Burdigalam Gallise (Durieu de 

 Maissonneuve). 



4. Sphaerona3ma canum Ell. et Ev. .Journ. Myc. 1889, p. 147. — Pe- 5500 

 ritheciis primo cortice tectis, depresso-hemisphcBricis, 1 mra. v. ul- 



tra diaio.; colio centrali, cylindraceo, valido, recto, nigro, circ. 1 

 mm. longo, apice incrassato subovato, griseo, strigoso; sporulis 

 ovato-oblongis v. ovato-ellipsoideis, guttatis, hyalinis, 7-10^3-4, 

 basidiis cylindraceis, 15-20 =* 2 fultis, stratum compactum, corneo- 

 albiduin efformantibus. 



Hab, in ramis eraortuis Negundinis aceroidis, Manhattan, 

 Kansas Amer. bor. (Kellerm.a.n et Swingle). — Habitus Sph. prui- 

 nosi et Siilbi gigantei. 



5. SphaBronsema exiguum Karst. Rev. Myc. 1890, n. 47, — Peritheciis 550i 

 sparsi?^, e basi cortice insculptis, superficialibus, interne couoideo- 

 ovoideis, sursum in ostiolum cylindraceum, breve attenuatis, ni- 

 gris, circ. 150 u.. diam; sporulis ellipsoideis, continuis, eguttulatis, 

 hyalinis, 3-4 ^ 2. 



Hab. in cortice vetusto B e t u 1 ss in Gallia (P. Ha.riot). 



6. Sphaeronsema sphaeropsideum E. et Ev. Proc. .A.c. Phil. 1891 , 5502 

 p. 78. — Peritheciis sparsis, conicis, 0,5 vam. diara., cortice interio- 



re immersis, per epidermidem ruptam erurapentibus; collo subulato, 

 gracili, 0,5-1 mm. iong. ; sporulis oblongis, hyalinis, 12-20:^6-8, 

 in globulum albidum expulsis; basidiis sporulis subsequilongis, 2,5-3 

 a. cr., hlaraentis (basidiis sterilibus?) sporulas ad paraphysum in- 

 star superantibus, iramixtis. 



