470 Pyrenoraycetse, Perisporiacefe, Perisporieae, Meliola 



hypophyllo, e£Puso, dendritico, fusco-briiniieo, subtomentoso, niis* 

 repentibus septatis, ramosis, fusco-brunneis, 6-9 a. crust;is; peri- 

 iheciis aggregatis, subglobosis v. obovatis, apice depressis v. sub- 

 cupolatis, rufo-brunneis v. atro-fuscis, 120-180 u. diam. ; ascis 

 ovatis, substipitatis, aparapbysatis, octosporis, 75-100 ^ 35-40; spo- 

 ridiis conglobatis, oblongis, obtusis, uniseptatis, parum constrictis, 

 fusco-olivaceis, 30-38 v 16-21, loculis sequilongis. 



Hab. in foliis coriaceis Myrtacea3 cujusdam in prov. Minas 

 Geraes Brasiliai (Ule). — P. melioloidi (B. et C.) Wint. affinis, 

 sed sporidiis peritbeciisque diversa. 

 3. Parodiella dothideoides Pat. Bull. Soc. Myc. de Fr. 1895, p. 221. 1778 

 — Peritheciis epiphj^lis, dense congestis, liberis v. coniiuentibus, 

 maculas atras, 1-3 mm. latas efformantibus, globosis v. compressis, 

 250-280 p. latis, astomis? (saepe apice irregulariter ruptis), basi 

 insculptis ; contextu coriaceo, brunneo-atro, celluloso ; ascis globosis 

 V. globoso-ovatis, 40-50 v 25-30, 8-sporis, oj)e jodii non coeru- 

 lescentibus, aparaphysatis ; sporidiis brunneis, utrinque obtusis, me- 

 dio septatis constrictisque, 16-20 v 6-8; myceho radiante nullo. 



Hah. in foliis Iresines in iEquatoria (v. Lagerheim) 



ARGYNNA Morg. Journ. Cinc. Soc. Nat. Hist. XVIII, 1895, p. 41. 

 (Etym. .ab Argynnide, papilionum genere). — Perithecia superficia- 

 lia, carbonacea, subglobosa, demum reticulatim dehiscentia et hinc 

 polyhedrica. Asci (verisim. cito difflui). Sporidia fuhginea, 1-septata, 

 subtrapeziiformia, papihonem simulantia. 



1. Argynna polyhedron (Schw.) Morg. 1. c. tab. II, fig. 14; Physarum 1779 

 polyhedron (Schw.) N. Am. Fg. n. 2300. — Peritheciis subglobosis, 

 gregariis, 1-1 '/j mm. diam., nigris, opacis, basi lata sessihbus, 

 demum reticulatim dehiscentibus et hinc polyhedricis; sporidiis fu- 

 ligineis, 1-septatis, subtrapeziiformibus, 6-8 « 4-5. 

 Hah. in hgno carioso Caryae, Ohio Amer. bor. 



MELIOLA Fr. em. — Syll. I, p. 60, IX, p. 413, XI, p. 260. 



1. Meliola pseudanastojnosans Eehm, Hedw. 1896, p. (150). — Ma- 1780 

 culis epiphyllis, orbicularibus, sparsis, 1-3 mm. diam., nigris, my- 

 ceho ex hyphis rectis, subramosis, fuscis, 5-6 u. lat. septatis, hy- 

 phopodiis alternantibus, capitatis, retroflexis, 15-18 ^ 9-12 contex- 

 tos; peritheciis 4-8, gregariis, sessihbus, rugulosis, glabris, fuscis, 250- 

 280 p. diam.; ascis ellipticis, teneris, c. 75 « 36, 2-3-sporis; sporidiis 



