432 Pyrenomvcetae, Sphaeriaceae, Phaeospora?, Sordaria. ^ 



bosis, 300-350 a. diam., atro-olivaceis, glabris, ostiolo minuto vix 

 uTnboriatulo obtuso erumpenti-exserto donatis, teouiter membrana- 

 ceis, contextu pavenchymatico, sinuoso, fusco-olivaceo ; ascis octo i 



sporis mox fluxilibus, 150*30, cylindraceis ; sporiJiis ellipsoideis, '"< 



utrinquesubacutiuscule rotundatis, 30-32 * 19-21 (eine cauda}, opace ■ 



fuligineis, polo infero caada cyliudracea liyalina,, recta, 18-20^5, ■ 

 auctis. " 



Hab. in fimo putrescente Hydrochoeri capvbarae in uli- 

 giuosis pr. Colonia E-esisteucia. Chaco Argentinae. — S. Winteri 

 Karst., 8. micrurce (Speg.) Sa<)c., nec non S. vcdsoUU ^Peck) Sacc. 

 atfinis, sed, ut videtur, ab omnibus satis distincta, nisi onines unius 

 speciei varietates tantum. 



6. Sordaria macrostoma Speg. Fg. Arg. novi v crit., p. 552 ^1899 . i582 



— Peritheciis atro-oJivaceis, saepius hinc inde 3-10 laxe aggrega- 

 tis, inferne membranaceis, contextu parench ymatieo pellucido oli- 

 vaceo, fimo immersis ac hyphis paueis repentibus divaricatis onia.- 

 tis, superne liberis glabris ac abrupte in ostiolum subcarbonaceum 

 glabrum crassum subcylindraceum siepius subuncinato-curvulum, 

 apice subtruncatum laceque hians productis ; ascis cyhndraceo-sub-. 

 clavatis, auperne suDattenuati;? -ac truncato-rotundatis, inferue. cu- 

 neatis breviterque stipitatis, 150-160 « 25-28, aparaphysatis, octo- 

 sporis; sporidiis distinctis, ellipsoideis, utrinque acutiuscnle rotun- 

 datis, 30-34 a. longis (siue cauda), 18-20 fx. crassis, opace fuligi- 

 neis, polo infero tantum cauda conspicue breviore 18-20*5-6 cy- 

 lindracea. recta auctis. 



Ilab. in fimo vaccino in pascuis pr. La Plata Argentiuae. 



— Species pulchella, aS'. brecicauOata> Speg. nec non 6'. apicuUferce 

 Speg.. .S. australi (Speg.) Sacc. etc. simillima, vix peritheciornm 

 forma atque natura recedens, 



7. Sordaria hispiduia Speg. Fg. Arg. aovi v. crit. p. 255 (1899). — .^^ 

 Peritheciis saepius hinc inde 3-5 dense aggregatis, rarius solitariis, 

 sruperficiahbus v. erumpenti-superficialibus, ovatis v. sublagenifor- 

 mibus. majusculis, ^/'-1 mm. altis, ~/\-^/-^ mm. latis, atro-ofivaoeis, 

 ostiolo minuto pertusis, membranaceis, contextu parenchymatico 

 fumoso olivaceo, jodi ope violascente, undique pilis brevibus crassis 

 50-60'!= 5-6, fumoso-olivaceis, 5-6-articulatis, simphcibus apice 

 acutiusculis obsitis ; ascis cyUndraceis, apice obtuse rotundatis, po- 

 stice breviter cuneato-stipitatis, 2CK)-220 p., longis, p. sp. 140- 

 160« 15-20, aparaphysatis. octosporis; sporidiis oblique monosti- 

 chjs, ellipsoideis, utrinque subacutato-rotundatis, 24 «12, opaco-- 



