702 PyrenoraycetfB, Lophiostomacese, Didymosporse, Lophiosphsera. 



libiis, 1173111118 aut rarissime brunnoolis, 5 '/, ^ 3 vel 4 ft. diam., 

 ex hypbis gracilibus, byalinis, septatis, ramosis oriundis. 



Hdb. in foliis, petiolis et caulibus Solani viridis, N. S. 

 Wales Australice (Maiden). 



Fam. 6. Lophiostomacese Sacc. 



Sect 1. Didyraosporae. 



SCHIZOSTOMA Ces. et De Not. — Syll. II, p. 673, IX, p. 1074, 

 XI. p. 382. 



1. Schlzostoma stupeum Ell. et Ev. Bull. Labor. Nat. Hist. Univ. 2682 

 Jowa, IV, 1896, p. 70. — Peritheciis gregariis, ovato-conicis, 

 y^ mm. altis, '/^ mm. crassis, erumpenti-superficialibus, fuscis, 

 basi pilis radiatis erectis griseis instructis; ostiolo crasso, firmo, 

 breve cylindraceo, obtuso, vix compresso v. rostro angusto erum- 

 pente compresso ornato, apice subtruncato ibique atro ; ascis cylin- 

 draceis, 7B-85 ^ 4, octosporis, paraphysatis ; sporidiis monostichis, 

 oblongis, fuscis, 1-septatis, leniter constrictis, rectis v. lenissime 

 curvulis, 9-12 « 3-3 '/,. 



Hdb. in ligno vetusto, Nicaragua (Smith). 



LOPHIOSPH>ERA Trev. — Syli. II, p. 675, IX, p. 1075, XI, p. 383. 



1. Lophiosphaera rhodospora Ell. et Ev. Bull. Torr, Bot. Cl. 1897, 2683 

 p. 278. — Peritheciis erumpenti-superficiaUbus, gregariis, ovato- 

 conicis, lateraliter compressis, 200-250 . diam., submembranaceis; 

 ostiolo angusto, subcompresso v. papillato, mox perforato; ascis 

 clavato-cylindraceis, 70-75 v 10-12, (paraphysatis?), octosporis, breve 

 stipitatis; sporidiis oblique monostichis v. distichis, ovoideo-ellipti- 

 cis, roseo-hyalinis. uniseptatis, vix cons-trictis, 12-14 ^ 5-6. 



Hah. in cortice vetusto, Ohio Amer. bor. (Moiigan). 



2. Lophiosphaera zeicola Ell. et Ev. Bull. Torr. Bot. Cl. 1897, p. 279. 2684 

 — Peritheciis gregariis, ovato-globosis, aj)ice ac ostiolo erumpente 

 nigro, nitido, angusto, compresso exceptis, totaliter innatis, '/., mm. 

 diam.; ascis oblongo-ovatis, breve stipitatis, obsolete paraphysatis, 

 octosporis, 35-45 *:< 10-12; sporidiis distichis, ovatis, uniseptatis, 

 non constrictis, fumoso-hyalinis, 8-10 v 4. 



Hab. in culmis vetustis Zeat? Maydis, Kansas Amer. bor. 

 (Baiitholomew). 



