50 STARBÄCK, ASCOMYCETEN DER REGX. EXPEDITION. 



diam. Asci cylindracei, auguste breviterque stipitati, sursum 

 trimcatini rotundati, 100 — 130 x 8 — 12 u. Sporidia octona, 

 oblique monosticlia, simplicia. primnm hyalina, multiguttulata^ 

 deiiide atro-fusca, velo h^^alino, mucoso, ntrinqiie manifestiore 

 et obtusato circumcincta, sine velo 15—20x6 — 8 u, cum velo 

 18 — 24 u longa, exigue crassiora. Paraphj^ses copiosce, hya- 

 linre, filiformes, ascos ol)vallautes. — Hah.: Brasil., Rio (xraiide 

 do Sul, Cascata de Hermenegilda prope Pelotas ad Smilacem, 

 ^^12 92. N:o 105. — Species R. snhlimhatce (Dur. et Moxt.) 

 Pass. peraffinis, fere tantiim sporidiis muco obvolutis distincta; 

 etiam ad i?. liemisphcBricam Sacc. et Paol. ob formam perithe- 

 ciornm accedens, a qna antem facillime sporidiis mnlta ma- 

 joribus dignoscitur. 



R. (Calomastia) sublimbata (Dur. et Moxt.) Pass. 



Nullo modo a speeiminibus in Thumen Mycoth. univ. 1743 

 ab Ad. Fr. Möller distributis mea divergunt nec exterioribus 

 nec interioribus partibus. Sporidia 18 — 21 x 6,5 — 9 ^.i. Pe- 

 rithecia ^/2 — V^ mm. diam. — Hah.: Brasil., Rio Grande do 

 Sul, Silveira Martins ad Bambusam mucidam in silva, -^3 93. 

 X:o 304. — B. amhhjsfoma Berl. et F. Sacc. (Rev. m3-c. 1889 

 p. 118, tab. 83, fig. 1) peritheeiis astomis, vix globosis, sporidiis 

 angustioribus dilferre videtur; vix antem B. macra E. et £. 

 (Bnll. Torr. Club. 1897 p. 127). 



R. (Tassiella) extremorum Starb. nov. sp. Fig. 80. 



Perithecia gregaria, interdum nonnuUa confluentia, per 

 corticem adheerentem, laciniatim fissaui erumpeutia, tuberculfe- 

 formia vel fere cubicularia, rugosa vel verruculosa, vertice 

 detruncato, plerumque stellatim vel inordinatim plicato» 

 quattuor vel quinque costis magnis, tumido-acutatis e centro 

 Iseviusculo, papillula minutissima, atrata prsedito radiantibus, 

 interdum vertice applanato, verruculoso vel rugoso, castaneo- 

 atrata, textura carbonacea, parietibus crassis, 1 — 2 mm. diam. 

 Asci mox diffluentes. Sporidia ellipsoidea, e latere com- 

 pressa vel concavo-convexula, navicularia. plerumque guttu- 

 lata, fuliginea, 9 — 13 x 4,5 — 6 x 2 — 3 f.i. Paraphyses confluentes. 

 — Hah.: Brasil., Rio Grande do Sul, Santo Angelo pr. Ca- 

 choeira, Serro Pellado in cortice crasso, ^Vi 93. N:o 145. — 

 Species nobilis peritheeiis maximis, sporidiis minimis prte- 

 distincta et ab affinibus Hijjjox? Goliath Speg. (Sacc Syll. 



