BIHANG TILL K. SV. VET.-AKAD. HANDL. BAND 25. AFD. III. N:0 1. 25 



interdum bi-, terumbilicata vel spepe in concavitate costa 

 minuta, acutinscula preedita, astoma, rugosiuscula, nigra, 

 textura cellulis prismaticis, radiantibiis, carbonaceo-mem- 

 branacea, 250 — 350 ;x diam. Asci oblongati, sursum rotnndati, 

 crasse tunicati, nodnlosim pedicellati 70—85 X 25 — 30 [j.. Spo- 

 ridia conglobata, oblongata vel ovoidea, siirsum semper latiora, 

 rotundata, deorsum angnstiora, acntinscule obtusata, nnisep- 

 tata, hyalina, 23 — 25,5 x 10 — 15 v,. Paraphyses confl^^entes, 

 gelatinosse, ascos obvallaiites. — Hab.: Brasil., Rio Graiide 

 do Sul, col. Silveira Martins ad lignnm mncidum, ^'^jz 93. 

 N:o 278. — Microthyrio cellulis radiantibus textura accedens 

 (cfr. LiNDAU op. cit. pp. 339, 340), perithecio carbonaceo Clypeolo 

 adscribenda, species nulli adbuc descripta^ proxima. 



Asterella. 



A. longiseta Starb. nov. sp. Fig. 43. 



Perithecia mycelio laxiusculo, nudo oculo indistincto, 

 hyphis flexuosis vel rectiusculis, repentibus, hinc inde anastomo- 

 santibus ramosisque, dense septatis, pallide fascescentibus, 

 circa 4 [7. crassis eomposito, niaculas varia forma, pallidissime 

 olivascentes formante gregatim insidentia, interdum confertula, 

 superficialia, discoidea, carbonacea, setis rigidis, rectis vel in- 

 terdum Hexuosis, aliis brevibus, apice pallido, obtuso, 30 — 40 x 5 

 a, aliis longissimis apice attenuato, acutiusculo, 200 — 300 x 

 4x— 5 [j-, septatis, longis stepe ad septa constrictis, non rare 

 fasciculatis ubique obsessa, poro latiusculo, centrale pertusa, 

 100 — 150 a diam. Asci brevissimi, cylindraceo-obclavati vel 

 cylindracei, basin versus ob sitiim sporidiorum crassiores, sur- 

 sum obtusi vel obtusato-detruncati, brevissime pedicellati, 

 25 — 32 X 6,5 — 8 [j.. Sporidia octona, disticba, anguste elli- 

 psoidea, medio-septata, guttulis minutis plerumque quattuor 

 (an demum triseptata?) ornata, 9 — 10 x 2,5 — 3 a. Paraphyses 

 indistinctfE. — Hah.: Paraguay, Asuncion ad folia Vernonse 

 sp. sufFrutescentis viva in pascuo sat aprico, ^^/g 93. N:o 449. 

 — Ab A. Conysce Pat. Champ. de TEquateur pug. II p. 17 

 (Bull. Soc. myc. de France 1892, tome VIII, fasc. 3, sep.) cui 

 quam maxime affinis videtur, satis tam en difFert species 

 nostra forma peritheciorum ubique nec ad basin tantum setis 

 longioribus obsessorum, nec non ascis brevioribus. 



