810 Discomyfetae, Stictidacese. PhragmospOPiE, Stiotis. 



Sect. 4. Scolecosporae 



KAR8TENIA Fr. - Syll. YIII, p. 702. 



1. Karsienia subiltaGlna Eli. et Ev. BuU. Laboi Nat. Hist. Univ. 3027 

 Jo>va IV, 18%, p. 69. — Ascomatibus 2-4 nva]. diam. applanatis, 

 tenviibus, dilati^ glauco-lilaeinie, primitus velo teuui dilute colorato 

 membranaeoo inclusis, mox f rumj»ej(itibus et fragmentis veli di&- 

 ruj:ti et epidermidis lobis ruptae Jimitatis; ascis clavato-ellipsoideis 

 sub.sessilibus, 110-120 « 26--30 ; sporidiis conglobatis fa&ciculatis, 

 vernjiculari-fusoidois, hyaliiiis, 75-8B p. lougis, subundulatis v. 

 leniter curvulis, medio 12 a. circiter crassis, utrinque attenuatis, 

 nucleis 16-24 ellipticis transverse dispositis repletis; paraphysibus 

 cop osissimis . simplicibus, ascos superantibus, supra stratnm e co- 

 nidiis iuteolis subglobosis 4 /x. diam. compositum gerentibus. 



rlab. in cortice viridi arboris minutse pr. Castillo Niearagua? 



(SM)THi. 



CARESTIELLA Bres. M.a]pighi& XI, 1897, p. 274 (Etym. a strenuo 

 collcctore et botanico A.b. Ant C\ri:stia). — Ascomata immersa, 

 immarginata, ceracea, ambitu subregularia, concava; asci clavati, 

 polyspori; sporidia hyalina, subfusoideo-acioularia, pl uriseptata. 



.1. CArestiBJla SOCia Bres. I. c. — Ascomatibus immersiS;, concavis, 3096 

 gregariis, orbicularibns, 1 mm. circiter Jatis, margine vix eriinv 

 pente subinciso ; hymenio atro-olivaceo v. nigro; ascia clavati?, 

 plurisporis, 90-106 ^:* 11-15. jodo poro ti^ansitus ccbrulescente ; pa- 

 raphysibus apice clavato, olivaceo-granuloso, 3-4 ;/.* crasso; spori- 

 diis hyalinis, utrinque attenuato-convexis, 5-8-sepfcatis, 86-45 ^ 2. 

 Hab. in ramis Populi tremuiai, Riva-Valsesia, Itaiia (Oa- 

 hestia). 



STICTIS Pers. — Syll. VIII, p. 681, X, p. 46, XI, p. 429. 



1. Stietis maritima RoII. Bull. Soc Myc. 1898, p. 84, t. IX, f. 5. 3029 

 — Gregaria, immersa, orbiculariter aperta, 0,6 mm. diam., disco 

 urceoiato, albido, margine sordide albo Btellatim dbuticulato cincto; 

 ascis cylindriois, apice abrupte conico-mamillatis, crasse et breve 

 stipitatis, 80-95 « 8-10, octosporis, jodi ope ultimo apice cterule- 

 scente; sporidiis filiformi-ciavatis, extra ai3cos curvulis, 8-10-septa- 

 tis, hyalinis, 60-80 ^*^ 1 .5-2 ; paraphysibus numerosis, filiformibus, 

 byalmis, apice aliquando leviter incrassatis. 



