Pyrenomycetae, Hypocreacese, Treubiomyces. 495 



Hdb. ad caules aridos putroscentesque Foeniouli piperiti 

 Santa Catalina prope Buenos Aires Argentina Amer. austr. 



ME6AL0NECTRIA Speg. — Syll. II p. 560, IX p. 992, XVI p. 599, 

 XVII p. 815. 



1. Megalonectria Yerbae Speg., Ann. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires t. XVII 5006 

 (1908) p. 129. — Peritheciis cicspitosis, subglobosis, sessilibus 200- 

 260 [x. diam. rubris, carnosulis glabris, in sicco sjupius collabescen- 

 tibus, s?epius Stilba 1- v. 5 cingentibus; Stilbis erectiusculis e pe- 

 dicello, 1-5 mm. long., 0,1-0,2 mm. cr., et capitulo subgloboso ro- 

 seo-aurantio 0,6-0,7,5 mm. diam. constitutis; conidiis obovatis 6- 

 8*2,5-4, hj^alinis, ? catenulatis; ascis cylindraceo-subclavatis sur- 

 sum obtusissime rotundatis crassiusculei^ue tunicatis 100-120 « 20- 



26, tetrasporis v. octosporis, aparaphysatis v. pseudoparaphysatis; 

 sporidiis ellipsoideis v. elongato-clavulatis 3-5- v. 7-9-septuIatis, 

 25-40=* 10-14^ V. 30-45 * 10-12, ad septum medium valide constri- 

 ctis, loculo uno alterove septo iongitudinali diviso, hyalinis. 



Hdb. vulgata ad ramos emortuos putrescentes Ilicis para- 

 guariensis, Rep. Argentina Amer. austr. — Species facile in 

 duas (altera ascis tetrasporis subparaphysatis sporidiisque bre- 

 vioribus 3-5-septatis, altera ascis octosporis aparaphysatis sporidiis 

 longioribus) dividenda. — Meg. ccespitosce Speg. affinis. 



2. Megalonectria madagascariensis P. Henn., in Voeltzkow Reise 6007 

 Ostafrika III (1908) p. 29, taf III, fig. 21. — Peritheciis solita- 



riis V. gregarie erumpentibus, subglobosis, sicco coilapso-cupulatis, 

 atro-castaneis, 200-260 ix. dram.. contextu cellulosis rufo-brunneis; 

 ascis clavatis, obtusis, 60-90 ^^ 16-20, octosporis; paraphysibus fili- 

 formibus hyalinis, 2-2,6 jj.. cr. ; sporidiis oblique monostichis vel 

 subdistichis, oblonge eIIip.soideis, ovoideis v. subfusoideis, 15-21 * 

 8-10, flavido-fuscidulis, 5-7-septatis, muriformibus ; conidiophoris 

 solitariis v. fasciculatis, stilbiformibus, rigidis, stipite pallido-nigri- 

 canti c. 15 mm. longo, 150 [j.. cr., capitulo hemisphferico v. sub- 

 globoso, atro-brunneo, conidiis ellipsoideis vel ovoideis, 5-6 ^ 3, 

 hyalinis. 



Hab. ad corticem arborum, Fenerive Madagascar. 



TREUBIOMYCES v. Hohn., Fragm. Mykol. VIII (1909) in Sitzb. k. 

 Ak. d. Wiss. Wien CXVIII, Abt. I, p. 1180 (Etym. a cl. doct. 

 Melch. Treub. recens demortuo, jam meritissimo directore Instituti 

 botanici javanici). — Omnino superficialis; subiculum tenui-mem- 



