I t4 MICROMYCETES ITALICI 



Obu;rta. Niulo ociilo vix cons|)icu;i. Pyrenia sub epidermide nidulanlin, 

 sniirsa, inaiiiscula, millimi'lrum diaiiietro aecpiaiitia, ()rl)iculari-dei)rcssa, 

 niai'gino roUuulala, meinbranacea , fusco-fen-uginea, evlus loinenlo ferrii- 

 gineo in ambitii praesertiin longiusculo, crispiilo onusta, in sicco colla- 

 hescentia, CH|)ulaeformia ; vertice in umbonem obtusum, osliolo perfora- 

 linn, lenniler prodiicla, osliola Irans epidernnidis tenualac fissuras Irans- 

 versas vix liiantia, vixque sub lenlc conspicua. Nucleus gelalinifonnis , 

 ascis , clavatis , tenuissimis, pai-aphysibiiscjue longis copiosis fdiforini-incras- 

 satis , obtusiusculis , acutisve, bulliculosis compositus. Sporidia oblonga , 

 ruiAula, simplicia, lijalino-luleola. Meinl)i'ana asroruin snl) sporidiorum 

 inaturilate vix percipienda. 



I'jTcnia si ex epidermide resupinala tollunlur cultri ope, pierumque iu 

 duo hcmisphaeria scinduntur, quorum superius epidemiidi arctc adhaeret, 

 ct rlvj)coluni laeve coloris labaci simulat. 



Pnlclierrima speries a congeneribus facile distinguenda. 



EXPLICATIO ICOMS IX. 



//. Pyreniimi verlicaliter seclum ad augment. 20 diametr. 



b. Pars nuclei ad augment. 4 00 diametr. 



c. Sporidia aliquot ab ascis educta ad augment. 4oo diametr. 



SPILOBOLUS 



Pyrenium coriaceum sublagenaeforme , collo nempe constrictum , poro 

 sat amplo dehiscens, intus vestitum basidiis filifoi-mibus, stipatis, simpli- 

 cibus , furcalisve aequilongis sporidiferis. Sporidia mox libera , simplicia , 

 tereti-oblonga, curvula, hyalina, oscillantia , muco coacta, pyrenii cavum 

 penitus obliterantia, demum pullis amyl.iceae instar erumpentia. 



Fungilli ininuti, sub cortice rainulorum nascentcs, ostiolo eum perfo- 

 rante erumpentes. Sporidia perexigua. 



.Spii.oboi.i's Link Handbuch e.\ parte. 



I (). Spii.onoi.i's Oleae. 



In ramuiis emortuis Oleae sativae in collibus genuensibus. Verr i845. 



