70 Pyreiiomycctae, Sphferiacese, Neozimmermannia. 



Hdb. ad cortices Kisantu, Congo (Vanderyst). — A Fr. mul- 

 tiasca Pat. differt sporidiis cylindraceis, angustioribus. 



4. Fracchifea Coniferarum v. Holm. Fragm. Mykol. VII (1909) p. 31. 35! 

 — Peritheciis orumpentibus ot peridermio laciniis cinctis, subspar- 

 sis, e globoso collabescendo subpatellatis, opace nigris, asperulis, 

 firmis, coriaceis, 350-500 ;j.. diam., ostiolo ^bsoleto; cellulis con- 

 textus 10-12 |j.. diam.; ascis polysporis tenoris, apice rotundatis, 

 breviter sensim stipitatis, 100-110^10-1(5; pseudoparaptysibus, 

 articulatis ascos suporantibus obvallatis; sporidiis irregulariter con- 

 globatis allantoideis, curvulis v. rectis, utriuque 1 -guttulatis 6-8 * 

 1,5, hyalinis. 



Hah. in cortice Pinorura pr. Waidhofen Austriae inf. (P. 

 Strasser). — Hyphie ad porithecii basim ramosa.', septatas, atro- 

 brunnein, 6-6 |j.. cr. — Peraffinis Fracchiaice siibcongregatai (B. et 

 C.) Ell. et Ev. — Syll. XVI, p. 419. 



NEOZIMMERMANNIA Koord., Botan. Untersuch. (1907) p. 68 (Etym. 

 a Doct. Alb. Zimmerm.\nn phytopathologo). — Perithecia stro- 

 mate destituta, sparsa v. 2-15 inter se alte adnata, iu cortice v. 

 in foliorum epidermide immersa, globosa v. globoso-ovoidea vel 

 angulata, ostiolo distincto conoideo breviusculo v. interdum sat 

 longo pertusa, nigra, minuta, glabra, epidermide secedente quando- 

 que sublibera. Asci octospori, aparaphysati, breviter stipitati, cy- 

 hndracoi v, cyhndraceo-clavati, tunica apice incrassati et haud 

 raro Gnomonias modo perforati. Sporidia eximie allantoidea, maju- 

 scula, continua, hyalina v. subhyalina, utrinque rotundata. — Ge- 

 nus MassalongielUv proximum. 



1. Neozimmermannia Elasticae (Zimm.) Koord. iu 1. c. pag. 1-121, 35' 

 tab. I-X et p. 188, Phomatospora Elasticce Zimm. — Syll. XVII. 

 p. 578. — Peritheciis globosis 60-170 v. plerumque lOOu.. diam., 

 ostiolo 80-270 plerumque 80-110 |j.. longo; pilis deciduis subhya- 

 hnis simplicibus 60-100 [j,. longis laxe pilosis; ascis 42-65 »7-8; 

 sporidiis 14-19 (plerumque 16-17) v 3,5-5, dense rainutissimeque 

 granuloso-guttulatis. 



Ildb. in foliis et rarauhs emortuis Fici Benjaminae, F. 

 elasticre, Heveae brasiliensis, Asia, Africa et Europa (ubi 

 introducta). — Huc portinent status conidici qui plantam valde 

 vexaut: Glwosporium Elasticce Cooko et Massee, CoUetotrichum Fi- 

 CU8 Koord. 



