526 Pyrenomycetfp, Sphaeriacese, Pliseophrag-miap, Sporormia. 



STUARTELLA H. Fabre — Syll. II p. 123, IX p. 815. 



J. Stuartella Drymidis Rehm, Bih. K. Svensk. Vet.-Akad. Handl 1 

 Bd. 25. Afd. III. n. G, pag. 5, fig. 2-3. — Peritlieciis superficia- 

 libus, sessilibus, plus minusve arcte confertis in stromatibus bul- 

 Josis 1-2 cm. diam. rotimdatisque corticis substantiam crustaceo- 

 nigram mutantibus, subglobosis atris, glabris, poro haud conspi- 

 cuo, '/ mm. diam., carbonaceis, ostioUs 4-6 crassis obvsessis; ascis 

 «llipticis, 120-160 « 45, octosporis; sporidiis elongato-ellipticis, 3- 

 jseptatis. cellulis mediis multo majoribus et latioribus quam apica- 

 libus, ad septa subconstrictis, fuscis, strato mucoso tenui obductis, 

 50-55 «18; paraphysibus filiformibus, 2 ^. crassis. 



Hab. in truncis Drymidis Winteri, Isla Desolacion, Puerto 

 Angosto in Terra ignifera Amer. austr. — Perithecia superficie 

 tuberculis, verisimiliter ostiolis, obsessa, sessilia ad Sinartellcm per- 

 tinent ; attamen sporidia muco obvoiuta ut in Massaria. Proxima 

 St. sulcatce (Eli.) Sacc. 



SPORORMIA De Not. — Syll. II p. 123, IX p. 816, XI p. 329, 

 XIV p. 577. 



1. Sporormia Capybarae Speg. Fg. Arg. novi v crit., p. 279 (1899). — i 

 Peritheciis sparsis v. hinc inde pauci-gregariis, primo immersis, 

 dein subsuperficialibus, globosis, 250-350 \x. diam., ostiolo papil- 

 lato brevi crasso corouatis, levibus, glabris, atris, coriacello-mem- 

 branaceis, contextu parenchymatico olivaceo parum distincto; ascis 

 e fusoideo clavatis, apice obtusissime rotundatis, tunica modice in- 

 crassata, postice brevissime cuneato-stipitatis, 120-140 ^ 30, apara- 

 physatis, octosporis; sporidiis tetrameris, 50-55=^10, loculis omni- 

 bus subsequalibus ac 13-14==:^ 10, extiniis obtusiusculis, tunica mu- 

 cosa crassiuscula vestitis. 



Hah. in fimo putrescente Hydrochoeri Capybarae pr. Co- 

 lonia Resistencia. Chaco Argentinse. — Species .S'. ambigum Niessl 

 valde aflfinis, sed ascis aparaphysatis pnecipue recedens. 



^2. Sporormia microspora Plowr. Brit. Mycol. Soc. Transact. 1897-1898, l: 

 p. 63, tab. II, fig. 18-20. — Peritheciis minutis, semiimmersis, ni- 

 gris, globosis vel subconicis, sparsis, glabris, ca. 200-250 \x.. diam., 

 ostiolis inconspicuis ; ascis cylindricis, octosporis, sessilibus, lOO- 

 120^10-12; paraphysibus parcis, filiformibus, ramosis, hyalinrs; 

 sporidiis nionostichis, cylindraceis, 3-septatis, pallide, dein obscure 

 brunneis, ad septa constrictis, strato tenui gelatinoso circumdatis, 

 loculis subina^quahbus, 15 « 5. 



