AIK.T0RE J. BE NOTAIUs :\('<- 



e ceilulis obscuris, vttris acrioribna \ i\ percipiendig contexts, e (undo 

 tantum fructigera. Nucleus madore gelatiniformis , fuscescens, subdisci- 

 fermis, constat hypothccio subceraceo , paUido, concavhwculo, et exinde 



in ainliilu cius a pyrcnio (undo gaepe discreto, tiicic supcriore ascos pa- 



raphysesque edente. Asci creberrimi , rerticales, recti, asccndcntcsve, e 

 pede calli instar plerumqne incrassato , attenuato-cylindracei , obtusi , 

 jnniores nncleo lntescente focii, demnm octospori. Paraphyses Elifbrmes, 



tcnuissimae , hiunorn lntescente faretae, ascos excedentes saepius, supe- 

 riori parte, vase ramosae. Sporidia snbfusiformia , recta, vel leviter 

 snbinde cnrvnla, diametro sextuplo saltern longiora , quadrilocnlaria, ad 

 dissepimenta lenissime conttacta, loculis polaribne conoideis, snperiore 



quiilquain ul plurimum robustiore, meiliis aequalibus vel vulgo lioruni 

 superior inf'eriore paullo major, matura fuligineo-lutescenlia diaphana. 



Sphaeria doliolum Persoonii (Icon, et descript. 2. p. 39. tab. 10. fig. 6) 

 milii obvia in caulibus siccis praescrtim Urlieae in aero Tanrinensi, di- 

 slingiiilur ab hac pulclira varietale, pyreniis paullo maioribus et nl in 

 Persoonii icone et descriplione adducta , snbeonico-teretes nee conoideo- 

 licinisphaericis ct insuper sporidiis paullo maioribus! 



Hue , me judicc , ducenda est , ex specimine a celeb. Kukzeo , olim 

 misso, Sphaeria suilulta Neesii (Fries Syst. 2. p. 5o8), quae, ni fallor, 

 a Sphaeria doliolo nidla nola essentiali diflcrt. 



EXPLICATIO ICOMS VII. 



i. Pyrcnia 20 circiter aucta. 



2. Eadem verlicaliler secta ad idem augm. 



3. Pars nuclei ad augm. 4°° diam. 



4- Asci , junior ct perfectus, ad augm. 700 diam. 

 5. Sporidia ad idem augm. 



8. Sphaeria herpotricha. 



Fries Syst. II. p. 5o4- Scleromyc. succ. n. 5a! Snmm. vegetab. 

 Scandin. 2. p. 3i")3. Wallr. Fl. cryptog. german. 2. p. ?.^\. MowTAGH. 

 I. c. 1. p. 2 /j 4 • Desmvzier. Crvptog. de Franc, ed. 2. n. ^83! 



Ad cnlmos triticeos putrescentcs in tectis mapaliarum prope S. Siro 

 ad Fcritorem , supra Genuam. 



