f*yrcnomycet:i!,jrtTisiJori:icea3, Meliohi. 4^ 



cylindraceis 4-5-articulatis, 40 « 9-11, acl sepla constrictis, articulis, 

 initio subcuboideis, mox vero globulosis, 9-11 [j-. diam., fuligineo- 

 nigricantibus. 



Hab. in disco atrato putrescente arboris (Piri?j in agro Tar- 

 visino (Treviso) Ital. bor. Legi cum amico Spegazzini multis ab- 

 hinc annis sed, ascis ignotis, descriptionem ejus prcotermisi ; tamen* 

 a generis ceteris speciebus omnino dififert praesertim peritheciis 

 majoribus areolatis sporidiis majoribus etc. 

 2. Perisporium Armeniacae HoUos, Ann. Mus. Nac Hung. IV (1906) 3466 

 p. 3-29, tab. VIII, fig. 2. — Peritheciis superficiahbus, gregariis 

 hemisphfericis, astomis, brunneo-nigris, glabris, nitidulis, 300-400 

 ij.. diam.; ascis cylindraceis, breve stipitatis, 4 8-sporis, 54-60« 

 8-10; paraphysibus filiformibus, ramosis, hyalinis, septatis et gut- 

 tulatis, compluribus locis incrassatis; sporidiis cyHndraceis, rectis 

 V. curvuiis, utrinque attenuatis, 3 septatis, ad septa valide con- 

 strictis, olivaceo-brunneis, 30-40 » 3-4, loculis facile secedentibus, 

 segmentis terminalibus 9-12 >== 3-4. 



Hdb. in putamine putrescente Armeniacse vulgaris, Kee- 

 skemet Hungarire. — A Perisp. funiculato Preuss diversum. 



IVIELIOLA Fr. — Sylh I p. 60, IX p 413, XI p. 260, XIV p. 470, 

 XVI p. 413, XVII p. 546. 



1. Meliola Thouiniae Earle, BuU. of the New York Bot. Gard. (1904) 3456 

 p. 308. — EpiphyJla, pelHculas tenues nigras 3-6 mm. diam. stepe 

 effusas et indeterminatas formans; hyphis 7 [j.. cr., septatis, arti- 

 culis 12-16 [x, long. ; hyphopodiis copiosis, alternis v. suboppositis, 

 subcylindraceis, 14-16 ^ 8-9, cellula basaH 3-4 tx. long., superiori 

 ellipsoidea obtusa; hyphopodiis mucronatis, copiosis, oppositis co- 

 noideis v. phiaHformibus, obtusis, 20^7; setis parcis, 300-400 ^ 8, 

 rectis, apice acutis, opacis; peritheciis copiosis, collabentibus, ostio- 

 latis, minutis, 110-150 (j.. diam. glabris, ex celluHs compactis 8 •!. 

 diam. formatis; ascis ovoideis, breve stipitatis, 40-50*25, bi-tri- 

 sporis ; sporidiis 4-septatis, cylindraceis, leviter constrictis, obtusis, 

 atro-fuscis, 35-40 ^ 12-14. 



Hdb. in foHis Thouinise striatte, Porto Rico (Heller). — 

 Affinis M. stenosporoR Wint. 



2. Meliola crucifera Starb., Ascom. Schwed. Chaco-Cordill. Exp., 3457 

 Arkiv f. Bot. Bd. V (1905) pag. 7. — MacuHs epiphyHis, rarius 

 hypophylHs sine ordine sparsis, interdum confluentibus, vage or- 

 biculariter et dendritice determinatis, 1-3 mm. diam., atris; my- 



