540 Pyrenomycetae, Microthyriacese, Asterina. 



Hdb. in foliis Psidii Guajava in insula Grand Cayman 

 Antillarum. 



8. Asterina leopoldina Relim, Ann. Mycol. V (1907) p. 521. — My- 5147 

 celio hypopliyllo, plagas orbiculares, demum confluentes, 2 cm. 

 lat., formante, araclinoideo, nigrescente, ex hyphis centrifugis, re- 

 ctangulariter ramosis, undulatis, subfuscis, septatis, 4-5 a. lat., 

 tenuissimis formato, hyphopodiis singulis, lobulatis, 9 \i.. lat. et alt., 

 simplicibus obsesso; peritheciis in centro macularum mycelii disper- 



sis, semiglobosis, ad marginem centrifuge dendriticis, fuscidulis, 

 glabris, poro demum stellatim expanso, 180-300 tj,. diam.; ascis 

 clavatis, apice crasse tunicatis, 80 ^ 30, octosporis ; sporidiis clava- 

 tis, 2-cellularibus, cellula superiore latiore, medio subconstrictis, 

 hiyalinis, dein fuscidulis, 25-30 * 10-12 ; paraphysibus 4 [j.. cr. se- 

 ptatis conglutinatis. 



Hab. ad folia Myrtacese, Sao Leopoldo, Rio grande do Sul, 

 Brasilia (Eick S. J.). 



9. Asterina dispar Speg. — Syll. IX, p. 384 — var. paraphysata ^148 

 Speg., Fungi Paulist., Eev. Mus. La Plata t. XV, p. 27. — Ascis 

 obovatis, 60-80 « 30-40, paraphysibus submucosis obvallatis, spora- 

 rum loculo supero sphaerico 16 ^ 16, infero conoideo 12 « 10, acu- 

 tiugculo, adhuc hyalinis visis. 



Hab. ad folia viva Myrtacese cujusdam in hortis Sao Paulo | 

 Brasilia (Usteri). 



10. Asterina typhospora R. Maire, Ann. Mycol. YI (1908) p. 148, 6149 

 fig. 4. — Mycelio epipbyllo, plagas atras, orbiculares v. ellipticas, 

 soepe confluentes, 2-5 mm. diam., efformante, arachnoideo; hyphis 

 brunneis, 5-6 ix. diam., rectis, vel rarius flexuosis, plus minusve 

 rectangulariter ramosis et anastomosantibus, septatis; hyphopodiis 

 perraris, globosis, unicellularibus, sessilibus, 6 ;x. diam. ; haustoriis 

 dendroideis, intra cellulas hypodermatis ramosis; peritheciis scu- 

 tatis, atris, glabris, o.stiolo centrali circulari pertusis, contextu pro- 

 senchymatico radiante, margine hyphis contortis fimbriatis; ascis 

 octosporis clavatis, apice crassius tunicatis, 90-105 « 28-30; spori- 

 diis 36-40 5^ 16-18, clavatis v. obovato-clavatis, levibus, ex hyalino 

 fuligineo-brunneis, uniseptatis, cellula superiore globosa v.subglo- 

 bosa, latiore, cellula inferiore angustiore, cylindracea v. clavata, re- 



cta V. curvula, longitiidine cellulam superiorem aequante v. paul- 

 lum superante; paraphysibus conglutinatis parum evidentibus. 



Hdb. in foliis vivis Myrtaceae cujusdam, Mandagui prope 

 Sao Paulo, Brasilia. 



