Discomycetnp. Pezizaceac, Dictyosporse. Melittosporiopsis. "JSl 



MELITTOSPORIOPSIS Relim, Hedvv. 1000, p. 90 (Etym. a Meliffospo- 

 rio, cui rtftiuis;. — Ascomata sessilia iu mycelio tenuis:<imo, pri- 

 mitus globoso-clausa, dein uiveolata, demum disco rotundo, plano, 

 tenuissime niarginato, excipulo parenchymatico, extus glabra, ce- 

 racea. Asci subtlavati, crasso tunicati, 1-4-spori. Sporidia oblonga, 

 obtusa, hyalina, pluriseptata, muriformia, niuco obducta. Para- 

 ph^ses apice ramosfe, conglutinata?, epiihecium formantes, hypo- 

 thecium hyalinum. — Gonofhecio inter JJchenes valde affinis, sed 

 diftert gouidiis nulhs. 



1. Melittosporiopsls pseudopezizoides Rehm 1. c , p. 01. — Ascoma- 2772 

 tibua epiphyllis, gregarii.s, in myceho orbiculari albidulo tenuissimo 

 parenchymatico 5 mm, lato ex hyphis hyahnis rectangulariter ra- 

 mosia 3-4 jx. crassis contexto, sessihbus, circinatim aggregatis, pri- 

 mitus clausis, deiu disco rotundo, plano, tenuissime margiiiato, 

 extus giabris, albo-succineis, 350 ^. diam., excipulo e celluhs par- 

 vulis vix sordide ilavescentibus parenchymatice contexto, siccia 

 succineis; ascis clavatis, crasse tunicatis, 1-sporis, 50-80 ^ 20-30 ; 

 sporidiis oblongis, obtusis. apice latioribus, rectis vel subcurvatis, 

 hyalinis, nmco hyalino ca. 3 p. lato obductis, 15-septatis, longitu- 

 dinaliter 4-8-septatis, 45-60» 15-25; parapliysibus ramosis, hya- 

 linis, conglutinatis, apice fiavidulis; hypothecio hyalino. 



//d^. ad folia Euphorbiacese, Sapindaceae, MahernisB, 

 Tournefor tiae in Brasiiia. — Ascorum merabrana jodi ope vi- 

 nose tincta. 



2. MelittOSporiopsis minor (Rehm) Sacc. et Syd., Meliftosporiopsia 2773 

 pseudopezizoides f. minw Rehm h c. — A specie pr;t-cedenti dif- 

 fert sporidiis minoribus, nerape usque 35 a. longis, 12-15 u. latis. 



Ilab. ad folia Begoniic, Verbenaceae in Brasilia. 

 B. Melittosporiopsis vlolacea Rehm, I. c, p. 91, tab. VI, fig. 25. — ^* 

 Ascomatibua epiphyllis, siugularibus, in maculis tenuissimis albidis 

 diffracto-areolatis insidontibus, primitus globoso-clausis, basi con- 

 strictis et substipitatis, dein disco rotundo, plano, tenuiseime et 

 initio albido-marginato, extus giabris, violaceis, siccis atris, cera- 

 ceis, 300-500 a. diain.; ascis oblongis, crasse tunicatis, 1-sporis, 

 60-90 a. iougis, ustjuo 30 u. latis; sporidiis oblongis. rotundatLs, 

 hyalinis, strato mucoso tenui obductis, 15-17-sept*itis, horizonta- 

 lit«r pluries septatis, 40-(<6 -* 15-25; paraphysibus ramosis, conglu- 

 tinatis, epithecium violaceum formantibus; excipulo parenchyma- 

 tico, violaceo-contexto. 



Hab. ad foha Araceae, Ilicis, Araucarise, Euphorbia- 



