450 Pyrenomycetae, Hypocreacese, Sphaeroderma. 



tibus eoque circum circa, excepto vertice. v«8titis, hypliis radian- 

 tibus usque ad 240 [j.. longis; ascis recte cylindraceis, supra ro- 

 tundatis infra breviter pedicellatis, 130-150 » 13, octosporis; spo- 

 ridiis obscure brunneis, continuis, fusoideo-ellipsoideis, plano-con- 

 vexis, utrinque attenuato-rotundatis, 23-26« 10-12, strato mucoso 

 angusto cinctis. 



Hah. in lignis decorticatis, Sao Leopoldo Rio Grande do Sul 

 Brasilia. — A genere Rosellinice recedit contextu molli peri- 

 thecii. 



4. Sphaeroderma argentinense Spegazz., An. Mus, Nac Buenos Aires 48(i0 

 t. XIX (1909) pag, 405. — Peritheciis sparsis v. hinc inde laxe 

 gregariis, globositj, 200-250 [j.. diam., subiculo tenuissimo concolore 

 parcissimo cinctis; ascis ellipsoideis longiuscule pedicellatis, p. sp. 

 50-60*30-40, mox diffluentibus, octosporis; sporidiis ellipsoideo- 

 limoniformibus. fuligineis, 20-25^15-16, levibus. 



//a&. ad rhachides putrescentes Musie sapientum, La Plata 

 Rep. Argentina Amer. austr. — Sph. bulbifero Berl. affinis spe- 

 cies, sporidiis brevioribus crassioribusque tamen distincta, 



5. Sphseroderma epimyces von Hohnel, Fragm. z. Mykol, Sitzb. k. 4S6i 

 Ak, d, Wissensch. Wien Bd. CXVI, Abt. I (1907) pag. 103. — 

 Peritheciis gregariis, globosis, astomis epapillatis, primum flavidis 

 dein sordide brunneolis, circ. 310 \l. diam., primum plus minus 

 immersis dein superficialibus, subliberis; contextu perithecii cras- 

 siusculo, carnoso, flavo, grosse parenchymatico ; ascis aparaphysa- 



tis, octosporis ovoideo-piriformibus, clavatis, tenuiter tunicatis, su- 

 pra late rotundatis, basi breviter crasseque stipitatis, 80-92 * 28- 

 32 ; sporidiis confertis, unilocularibus, late citriformibus, depressis, 

 sectione subellipsoideis, e pallide griseo-violaceis v. obscure oliva- 

 ceis opace nigris, utrinque breviter cylindraceo-appendiculatis, saepe 

 angulosis, multiguttulatis, 24-28 <:? 13-18 =* 11-12, 



Hab. parasitice in stromate Hypomycetis ochracei prope 

 Pressbaum Austriae inf. — Sjph. episphcerio (Ph. et PI.j affine sed 

 caracteribus peritheciorum sporidiorumque diversum. 



6. Sphaeroderma hypomyces v. Hohnel, Fragm. z. Mykol,, Sitzb. k, 4662 

 Ak, d, Wis, Wien Bd. CXVI, Abt. I (1907j p. 102. — Subiculo 

 arachnoideo, tenui, evanido; peritheciis globosis, liberis vel basi 

 adnatis, astomis epapillatis, sparsis v. confertis, pallide ochraceo- 

 flavis, dein pallide brunneolis, 400-650 [x. diam, extus glabris, le- 

 vibus V. parce pilosulis (pilis hyalinis 50 »2-4); contextu perithe- 



cii crassiusculo, carnoso, ilavo, parenchymatico (cellulis usque ad 



