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IsotheaYx. Summ. Veg. Scand. 421. 1849, A description of 

 the genus is given and one species mentioned, Sphacria rhytts- 

 inoides Bab. with a citation of an illustration by Berkeley in Ann. 

 & Mag, Nat. Hist. 6 : 361. 1841. This monotype is transferred 

 by Saccardo to the more recent genus Laestadia Auers. 1869 as 



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224, while Isothea is 



Ny. 



illea 4 : 157. 1876, referred to it by Berkeley and Curtis many 

 years later and entirely unknown to Fries and also unknown at 

 present except for the original brief and imperfect description. 



This was published 



^aeinasp 



ic genus, being based on SpJiat 



fasciculata Fr., which was later taken from Naema 



spora and used as the monotype of Bonibardia Fr. Summ. Veg. 



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Scand. 1849. Authors have since attributed Naeinaspora to v^lvi- 

 ous later writers, including Persoon, Ehrenberg, and Fries. Fries, 

 Syst. Myc. 478, cites Ehrenberg ; Lindau, in Engler and Prantl's 

 Pflanzenfamilien, attributes the genus to Persoon ; and Saccardo 

 says " Pers. em." and spells the name Naemospora, All recent 

 authors have applied the name to a group of Fungi Imperfect! 

 having so far as known no particular relation to Willdenow's mono- 

 type. 



Septaria Fr. Nov. Fl. Suec. 5 ' 78. 18 19. S. Ulmi, the mono- 



Sept 



PJdoeospora Ulmi (Fr.) Wallr. The 

 ^a by Fries because of a genus Sep- 



taria among animals {cj, Syst. Orb. Veg. 119. 1825). Saccardo 

 cites Fr. Syst. Myc. 3: 480. 1829 ^^ ^^^ place of publication, 

 where a description is given with mention of two species 

 which had been added to the genus by Desmazieres. In Summ. 

 Veg. Scand. 426. 1849, Fries mentions the original monotype, 6". 



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Ulmi. first In a footnote as one of the type species. 



Phloeosp 



. Germ. 2: 176. 1833 was based 

 'ptoria Uinii Fr, The monotype 



of Septaria having been taken from it and placed in the more 

 recent genus PJdoeospora, the name Septaria is applied to another 

 group of species and '' emend. Sacc." added, which was apparently 

 regarded as sufficient explanation and justification of the act. 



SpJiacropsis 



112. 1842 was based 



