Pyrenomyceta^ SphiTiriacfiji', Ophiosphseria. 289 



in summis montibus Cacheuta prope Mendoza Rep. Argentina 

 Amer. austr. 

 4. Cucurbitaria Piceae Borthwick in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edin- 4323 

 burgh. XX (1909) p. 259, tab. 50. — Mycelio intercellulari; pe- 

 ritheciis arcte gregariis globoso-obovatis, obtusis, in stromate ef- 

 fuso breve crasseque stipitatis, carbonaceis, nigris; excipulo pseu- 

 do-parenchymatico extus denso, nigro, intus spongioso brunneo ; 

 ascis clavato-cylindraceis, filiformi-paraphysatis, 4-6-sporis; spo- 

 ridiis monostichis, cymbiformibus, 4-10-septato-muriformibus, atro- 

 brunneis, 20 « 6. 



Hdb. in gemmis, quas maxime vexat, Abietis (Piceie) pun- 

 gentis cultse in horto botanico Edinburgh Scotioe. — Cum Cu- 

 curhitaria pityopMla comparanda, quiu imprimis sporidiis parcius 

 septatis differre videtur. 



Sect. 10. Scolecosporse. 



CEUTHOCARPON Karst. — Syll. II p. 157, XIV p. 618, XVI p 557. 



1. Ceuthocarpon sphaereiloides Eehm, Ann. Mycol. VI (1908) p. 322. 4324 



-— Peritheciis in maculis denigratis, suborbicularibus, 2-3 mm. la- 



tis, epiphyllis gregariis, innato-prominentibus, globosis, nigris, o- 



stiolo vix conspicuo, contextu parenchymatico fusco, 0,15-0,2 mm. 



diam.; ascis cylindraceis, apice rotundatis, octosporis, 75-90 « 8-9; 



sporidiis filiformibus, rectis vel subcurvatis, hyalinis, 3-septatis, 



45-50=^2,5, parallele positis; paraphysibus nullis. 



Hdb. ad folia Roste in horto, Rathen prope Konigstein a. 



Elbe GrermaniDe (W. Kriegee). — Stromatis et ostioli defectu a 



gen. Linospora distinguendum. 



OPHIOSPH/ERIA Ivirschst., Verh. Bot Ver. Brandenb. XLVIII (1906) 

 p. 47 (Etym. ophis anguis et sphceria ob sporidia filiformia). — 

 Perithecia libera, parva, parum elongata, subglobosa, tenui-mem- 

 branacea, griseo-nigra, plerumque in greges late eifusos aggregata, 

 supra pilis firmis tecta. Asci tenui-tuuicatis, cylindracei, supra ro- 

 tundati, octospori. Sporidia filiformia guttulata unilocularia. — A 

 Niesslia differt sporidiis filiformibus unilocularibus. 



1. Ophiosphaeria tenella Kirschst. 1. c. p. 47, cum icou. — Perithe- 4325 

 ciis laxe insidentibus, parvis, setulis 200*5; ostiolo indistincto; 

 Syll. jung. XXll (VII-1912) 19 



