590 Pyrenomycetne, Spheeriaceffi, Hyalosporse, Botryosphwria. 



paraphysati, octospori. Sporidia continua, plus minus ellipsoiclca, 

 hyalina. — Vix v. non differt a gen. Botrjjosphairia! 



1. Coutinia Agaves d'Alm. et da Cam. 1. c. p. 393, t. XIV, f. 4-6. 1988 



— Peritheciis amphigenis, gregariis v. rarissime solitariis, primo 

 tectis, subinde epidermide rupta, ostiolo denudato, subglobosis, 

 aterrimis, 320 a. diam. ; ascis 8-sporis, clavatis, longe stipitatis, 

 paraphysatis, 160-180 « 40-50; sporidiis distichis, subcllipsoideis, 

 unilateraliter gibbosulis, plasmato granuloso-farctis, hyalinis, 40- 

 48*15-18. 



Hab. ad folia Agaves americana', Bemfica, Lisboa, martio 

 1903, socio Coniothjjrio concentrico var. Agaves Sacc. — Verisimil- 

 lime Botrjjosphcerice Berengeriancn peraffinis. 



B0TRY0SPH/ERIA Ces.' et De Not. — Syll. I p. 456, IX p. 605, 

 XI p. 295, XIV p. 524, XVI p. 467. 



1. Botryosphaeria majuscula Sacc. in Atti Congr. bot. di Palermo 1902. 1989 

 p. 49. — Stromatibus seu acervulis laxe gregariis innato-erum- 

 pentibus, peridermio cinctis, nigris, 1,5-2 mm. diam. convexo- 

 discoideis; peritheciis globoso-depressis, majusculis, in quoque acer- 

 vulo 8-12 congregatis, 300-500 ;j.. diam., extus tenuissime ru^ r u- 

 losis opaco-nigris, papillatis, intus albis; contexu grosse cellu- 

 loso, fuligineo; ascis elongato-clavatis, breve stipitatis, apice ro- 

 tundatis, 150-170 » 16-26, srepe gibbosis, bacillari-paraphysatis, 

 4-8-sporis; sporidiis oblongo-ellipsoideis, basi subinde acutioribus, 

 30-33 « 14-15, nubilosis, hyalinis. 



Hab. in ramis corticatis quercinis, Rigny s. A. Gallise (Fla- 

 geolet). — Peritheciis eumorphis, majusculis, sporidiis quoque 

 majoribus ab affini B Berengeriana dignoscitur. 



2. Botryosphaeria Hoffmanni v. Hohn. Ann. Mycol. 1904, pag. 275. 1990 



— Stromatibus erumpentibus, pulvinatis. nigris, peridermio fisso 

 cinctis, levibus vel rugulosis, subrotundo-angulosis, 0,5-1,5 mm. 

 diam.; peritheciis immersis, plerumque 4-5, globulosis v. com- 

 pressis, subinde confluentibus, 300-350 a. diam. ; ascis crasse cla- 

 vatis, 110^28-32, typice octosporis, copiose paraphysatis ; spori- 

 diis elliptico-ovoideis, subinde oblongis v. subfusoideis, utrinque 

 obtusulis, 28-42 « 12-16, hyalinis, strato mucoso cinctis. 



Ilab. in ramis Fagi sil vaticae, in Wiencr Wald pr. Vin- 

 dobonam Austri;u. suciis Asterosjwrio Hoffmanni et Fusicocco ma- 

 crosporo, <|U'\ teste cl. Hohnel, macro- et micropycnidia Botrjjo- 

 sphcvrice sistunt. — Quod Fusicoccum huc portineat, non excludo; 



