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4. Daldinia cuprea Starb. Ascom. Eegnell. exped. II, 1901, pag. 5, 2081 

 fig. 2. — Stromatibus clavatis, teretiusculis v. subcompressis, 3,5- 



4,5 cm. longis, 1-1,5 cm. latis; contextu laxissimo albo, concen- 

 trice nigro-stratoso, cortice duriusculo, coriaceo-carbonaceo, casta- 

 neo v. obscure cupreo; stipite basi angustiore longitud. plicatulo, 

 transversim tenuiter tuberculato-annulato, sursum sensim in rece- 

 ptaculum transeunte; receptaculo peritheciis prominentibus verru- 

 culoso, apice obtuso; peritheciis densis monostichis, sphseroideis, 

 minute ostiolatis, 250 \x. diam. papillula annulatim truncata prae- 

 ditis; ascis octosporis, linearibus, apice rotundatis, 58-60^6-7; 

 sporidiis monostichis, ovoideis, imequilateralibus vel subcurvulis, 

 fuscis, 10-11 * 5,5-6; paraphysibus numerosis, iiexuosis, ramulosis, 

 diffluentibus. 



Hdb. ad truncos, Carro Negro, Paraguari Paraguay. — Pul- 

 cherrima species D. angolensi afnnis. 



5. Daldinia Gollani P. Henn. F. Indiss orient. I, in Hedw. 1901, 2082 

 p. 339. — Stromatibus hemispluericis v. subglobosis, ssepe con- 

 iiuentibus, carbonaceis, 0,5-1 mm. diam., rufo-brunneis, glabris, 

 opacis, massa atra sporarum pulverulentis, intus stratis concen- 

 tricis albidis v. fuscidulis nitentibus zonatis; peritheciis ovoideis 



v. oblongis ca. 0,6-0,8 mm. longis, 0,3-0,4 mm. latis, ostiolis haud 

 promiuulis; ascis cylindraceis, pedicellatis, apice obtusis, octospo- 

 ris ; paraphysibus iiliformibus, hyalinis ; sporidiis oblique monosti- 

 chis, eliipsoideis, utrinque obtusis, castaneis 5-9 » 3,5-4. 



Hab. in ramis emortuis Fici Caricse, Sivalik E-ange Indise 

 orient. 



6. Daldinia Eschscholzii (Ehrenb.) Rehm, Ann. Mycol. 1904, p. 173, 2083 

 Sphceria Ehrenb. F. Chamiss. p. 59, t. 18, iig. 8. — Stromatibus 

 latis, basi sessilibus, subreniformiter orbicularibus, haud stipitatis, 

 usque 6 cm. diam., 2 cm. altis, convexis, nigris, sequaliter tenuis- 

 sime pruina cuprea obductis et in superiicie ostiolis minimis pun- 

 ctulatis, intus piuries zonatis; zonis 1 mm. latis, fLavo-fuscidulis, 

 linea tenuissima fusca separatis, spongiosis, haud carbonaceis ; 

 peritheciis monostichis, oblongis, arcte congregatis 1-1,2 mm. ion- 



gis 300-400 ;i. latis; ascis cylindraceis, subevanidis; sporidiis el- 

 lipsoideis, rectis vel subcurvatulis, utrinque obtusis, fuscis, 1-cel- 

 lularibus, 10-12 « 5. 



Hab. ad lignum putridum, Texas, Amer. bor. (Long et Luzon 

 Phillippi, Chamisso). — A D. concentrica (Bolt.) imprimis stro- 

 mate haud carbonaceo sed spongioso, pruina cuprea obducto, non 



