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Lophiostoma, (Fr.) Ces. & DNtrs. 
(Schema di classif. p. 45.) 
Syn.: Sphaeria, Tode, Fung. Meckl. p. 12 seq. 
Sphaeriae Platystomae, Persoon, Syn. meth. fung. p. 54 seqq.; Fries, Syst. myc. H. 
p. 466 seqq. — Sphaeriae Lophiostomeae, Fries, Sum. Veg. Scand. p. 391. 
Lophium, Crouan, Flor. du Finist. p. 29. 
Lophiostoma, Cesati & De Notaris, Schem. di classif. p. 45 seqq. 
Perithecia sparsa v. gregaria, interdum dense conferta, plerumque irre- 
gulariter atque inaequaliter, rarius seriatim disposita, saepe partim approximata 
v. contigua ae se invicem plus minus comprimentia, immersa, tecta v. plus 
minus erumpentia, rarius sessilia, media magnitudine v. majuscula, raro magna 
v. minutissima, globosa v. ellipsoidea, nonnunquam repando-hemisphaerica 
v. subconica, carbonacea, saepe granulosa, rugulosa v. tuberosa, atra v. nigra, 
interdum nitidiuscula, nucleo albido v. fuscescente, ostiolis plus minus eom- 
pressis, subcylindricis v. elliptieis, latiuseulis, angustis v. linearibus, basi 
nonnunquam angustioribus, apice truncatis v. arcuatis, applanatis v. cristatis, 
labiato-dehiscentibus v. poro rotundulo pertusis, peritheciis plerumque eoneoloribus. 
Asci sparsi v. stipati, clavati v. cylindrici, subsessiles v. crebrius bre- 
viter pedicellati, interdum basin versus sensim attenuati ac longiuscule v. raro 
longissime pedicellati, reeti v. plus minus eurvati, membrana nonnunquam in- 
crassata strueti, octospori. 
Paraphyses saepe numerosissimae, reticulate v. rarius fasciculatim con- 
textae, filiformes, simplices v. rarissime ramosae, unicellulares, ascos longi- 
tudine aequantes v. plus minus longe superantes. 
Sporae fusiformes, subeylindricae, elliptieae, rarius ovatae v. clavatae, 
utrinque acutae v. obtusae, interdum appendieulatae, saepe inaequilaterales, 
rectae v. varie curvatae, 2—12-cellulares v. rarius muriformes, saepe plus 
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