TWO NEW SPECIES OF MOLLISIACEAE. 



BV 

 KiNGO MlVAUK and KOGO TOGASHI. 



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Be]Ioniella Skimmiae sp. nov. 

 (I'l. Ill, h--. 1-6. aad a Text-fig). 



Foliicolous. spots irregular!)' numclisli or elliptical, marginal or scattered, 

 at length coalcsccnt, sometimes co\-ering a greater part of the surface, pale 

 yellow, then pale brown, and at last the leaves fall off 



Apothecia hypophyllous, or rarch' ami)higenous, densely gregarious or 

 scattered, first formed under the ci)idermis, earl}' erumpcnt. saucer-shaped, 

 subsessile, waxy in texture. d<i''< brown and provided sparingly with filament- 

 ous hyphae on the outside. Hypothecia and peridia well developed. Peridia 

 psendoparench}-matous ; peripheral cells thicker and deeper in color. Epitliecia 

 not developed. Apothecia solitary or two or three aggregated, measuring 

 340-5 20U in diameter, 140-220« in height and roll up under a dry condition. 



H>'menium surface is light brown in color. Asci clavate or cylindrico- 

 clavate, 3-8 spored, but tj-jiicall)- 4-spored, generally biseriately arranged, 

 50-66x6-9/^. Pore of the ascus stains blue with iodine. Ascospores bla\-ate- 

 oblong, oblong-fusiform, hyaline, 2-celled, not constricted at the septum, 13.0- 

 18 5 X 2.0-4.5//, ^'if'i many oil-drops. Paraphy.ses filiform, more or less broad- 

 ened at apex, simple or often branched, 5<i-70X2.5-40//. 



Hab. On the living leaves of Skimmia japonica Thimb. 



Hokkaido. Prov. Ishikari, Xopporo, (May 8, 1920, May 22, 1921, May 



[Trans. Sapporo Nat. Hist. .Soc. IX, i. Au^. 1924.] 



