416 P.vrenomycelaj, Perisporiaceae, Perlsporie«, Ophioriie!!ola. 



Hdb. in foliis subcoriaceis arboris ignot*, Durban, Natai (Wood). 



ZUKALIA Sacc. — Syll. IX p. 431, XI p. 268. 



J. Zukalia pulvinoseta Starb. Bih. K. Svensk. Yet-Akad. Handl. Bd. ll 

 XXV. Afd. III. n. 1, p. 23, tab. I, fig. 37-40 (1899). — MyreHo 

 tenui, ex hypKis pallide olivascentibus densissime septatis ramo- 

 sisque 6 a. crassis, ramis interdum hyphopodoideis 16-17^*8-9, 

 confluentibus composito, demum membranaceo, lenissime matriei 

 adhferente; peritheciis sparsis, superficialibus, lenticulari-globulosis, 

 textura membranacea globuloso-prismatica, cellulis non radianti- 

 bus, ubique setis obsessis ; setis valde flexuosis, basi ssepe curvati.-^, 

 opace fuscis, apice pallidiore longe attenuato acutato v. ovoideo- 

 globoso v. conidia sphaeroidea magna 13-20 a. diam. gereote, vel,. 

 illis elapsis, laceratim cupulato, nec ramosis' nec anastomosanti- 

 bus, densissime inter se intricatis, ad 1 mm. longis, 5-6 a. eras* 

 sis, passim sinuosis v. rarissime ovoideo-incrassatis, septatis; ascis 

 late oyhndraceis, siirsura rotundatis, deorsum brevissime sed di- 

 stincte, abrupte angusteque stipitatis, 90-100 « 12-13; sporidiis octo- 

 nis, distichis, elongatis v. fusoideis, biseptatis, plerumque trisepta- 

 tis, utrinque acutiuscuHs v. obtusiusculis, 23-26 « 5-7. 



Hab . . , in silvula fluvii Tviacho Mbope riparia, Pa- 



raguay (Lindman). — Adsunt alia perithecia (sperraogonia) asci- 

 geris sirailia. SporulaB 2-septat8B, constrictulae, 13 «# 3. Pili densis- 

 simi maculas pulvinatas varia forma conflnentes formant. 



OPHIOMELIOLA Starb. Bih. K. Svensk. Vet.-Akad. Ilandl Bd. XXV. 

 Afd. III. n. 1, p. 22 (1899j (Etym. opMs anguis et Meliola, cui 

 aflinis). — Sporidiis filiformibus a Melioln et aliis proxirais genus 

 dignoscendum Sporidiis Pseudomeliohc affine genus videtur. |B| 



1. Ophiomeliela Llndmani Starb. 1. c. tab. I, fig. 36. — Peritheciis l' 

 in ciespites 1-2 mm. latos, sparsos, hypophyllos congestis, mycelio 

 superficiahter repente, breviter radiante insidentibus, circumcirca 

 basira coroua fasciculorum e setis densiuscule conglutinatis 100- 

 500 w 4 apice longe acutatis, septatis, rigidis, brunneis formata ve- 

 stitis, primo sphgeroideis v. sphairoideo-conicis, pilis agglutinatis, 

 demum applanatis v. subcoilapsis, ad verticem levibus, 200-300 ji. i 

 diam.; ascis fusoideo-oblongatis, sursum angustioribus, leniter cur- 

 vatis vel inasquilaterahbus, sessilibus, 120-140 ** 18-20; sporidiis 

 inordinate stipatis, fusiformi-filiformibus, utrinque obtuse attenua- j 

 tis, 7-8-scptatis, hyalinis v leniter olivasoentibus, 90-110 » 4; pa 



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