G8 Pyrenotnyoetae, Sphseriaeeae, Aeanthonitschkea. 



scule sparsis, 1 mm. lat., discoideo-depressis, mollibus, semper te- 

 ctis et tantum papilla minuta ostiolari erumpentibus, brunneo-la- 

 natis, hyphis violaceo-brunneis, 4-5 [j-. cr.; ascis copiosissimis, te- 

 neris, stipitatis, clavatis, octosporis, 60-80 * 6-8 ; paraphysibus co- 

 piosis ascos multo superau^^ibus, filiformibus, 3-5 ;j.. cr. ; sporidiis 

 2-5-seriato-conglobatis, flavidis. coacervatis^brunneolis, allantoideis. 

 curvulis, plasmate saepe bipartito, 8-12:^1,5-2,5. 



//«&. in ramulis Alni (glutinosiu?) secus Danubium pr. Tulln 

 Austrias. — Enchnoce lanativ affinis. 



NITSCHKEA Otth — Syll. XI p. 172, XVI p. 417, XVII p. 561. 



1. Nitschkea crustacea (Karst.) Sacc. et Trott., Crelosphreria cruatacea ^ 

 Karst., Acta Soc pro Faun. et Fl. fenn. XXVII, 4 (1906) p. 7. 

 — Peritheciis confertissimis, exquisite cupuliformibus, atris, nudis, 

 minutissimis ; ascis tereti-clavatis, octosporis; sporidiis subdistichis, 

 elongatis, curvulis v. rectis, hyalinis, 8-12 =* 2. 



Ilah. in ramulis arborum decorticatis prope Palovinca in Si- 

 biria (0. Lonnbohm^. 



2. Nitschkea moravica Niessl in J. Paul, Verh. naturf. Ver. in Brimn ^ 

 XLVII p. 21 (extr,). — Peritheciis aggregatis, s;i>pe dense csb- 

 spitosis, 0.2 mm. circ. diam., subovoideis, centro collabescendo cu- 

 puliformibus, subatris, basi fibrosis; ascis clavatis, longe stipitatis 

 50-70 fparte spor. 40 a.) « 12, octosporis; sporidiis 1-3-stichis, cy- 

 lindraceis. curvatis, hyalinis, utrinque obtusis uniguttulatis, 10- 

 11 «2-3. 



Ilab. in ramis omortuis ..^sculi Hippocastani pr. Scho- 

 neberg Bavari.c. — A. Nits. FucJdii [-— Cmlosp. cupularis [Pers. ] 

 Karst. differt peritheciis basi fibroso-floccosis et ascis clavatis. 



ACANTHONITSCHKEA Speg., Ann. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires t. XVII 



l'J(,iSi p. IIG Etym. acantha, spina ct Nifschl-eaj. — Perithecia 



superficialia, e coriaceo submembranacea, in sicco collabescentia, 



asci aparaphysati, octospori. Sporidia allantoidea, curva, continua. 



hyalina. — Est quasi Xffschl'ea setigera. 



1. Acanthonitschkea argentinensis Speg., 1. c. p. 117, cum icon. — i 

 Peritheciis hinc inde c:cspitosis v. sparsis, cortice insidentibus, e 

 nigro glaucesccntibus, 200-250 a. diam., minute papillatis, in sicco 

 cupulato-collabentibus, basi hyphis paucis radiantibus septulatis, 

 olivaceis, 100 *# 6-7 cinctis, setulisque erectis, rigidulis, acutis, opa- 

 cis, 60-200 « 10 consporsis; contextu indistiucto opaco, nigro: ascis 



