552 Pyrenomycetse, Lophiostomatacese, Lophldiopsls. 



7. Lophiostoma humile Speg., An. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires t. XIX 5185 

 (1909) p. 431, cum iGon. — Peritheciis laxe gregariis matrice im- 

 mersis, carbonaceis, subglobosis, 120-160 {j.. diam., ostiolo lineari 

 tenuissimo acuto a3gre perspicuo tantum exerto; ascis cylindraceis 

 breviuscule pedicellatis, 70-90 ^ 9-12, tetrasporis, paraphysatis ; spo- 

 ridiis oblique monostichis, cylindraceis v. obsoietissime subbiconoi- 

 deis, utrinque obtusis, 20-22 « 7-9, 3-septatis, locuhs 2 intimis ob- 

 scurioribus, omnibus grosse 1-guttulatis. 



Hab. ad ramos emortuos dejectos Casuarinic equisetifo- 

 11 8B, Claypole, prope Buenos Aires Argentina America austr. — 

 L. quadrinucleato Karst. cognatum ; tunica ascorum jodi ope le- 

 nissime c;erulescit. 



8. Lophiostoma Ephedrae Hollos, Ann. Mus. Nat. Hung. IV (1906) 5186 

 p. 330, tab. VIII, fig. 3 — Peritheciis epidermide tectis, globo- 



sis, nigris, 400-600 (j.. diam., ostiolo 210-230^140-180 epidermi- 

 dem perforante, dein superficialibus ; ascis cylindraceis, longe sti- 

 pitatis, 90-100 V 16-20 (parte sporifera); paraphysibus filiformibus, 

 septatis, ramosis; sporidiis monostichis aut sursum inordinate di- 

 stichis, oblongo-ellipsoideis, cylindraceis, initio hyalinis. 1-septatis, 

 dein ochraceis 3-septatis, demum atro-brunneis, asperulis, aculeo- 

 latis, ad septa constrictis, 18-26 ^ 8-10, plerumque 24 « 9, loculis 

 ssepe inaequalibus. 



Hab. iu ramulis siccis Ephedrse distachyas prope Kecske- 

 met Hungarire. — Socia adest Wojnowicia Ephedrce quse probabi- 

 liter ejus status pycnidicus. 



Sect. 5. Hyalodictyse. 



LOPHIDIOPSiS Berl. — Syll. IX, p. 1093. 



1. Lophidiopsis chilensis Speg., Fungi Chilenses (1910) p. 102, cum 5187 

 icon. — Peritheciis laxe gregariis ligno denudato omnino immer- 

 sis globosis parvulis, ostiolo minuto angusto vix exerto, 120-150 

 ji. diam.; ascis e clavato subsaccatis breviuscule attenuato-pedicel- 

 latis, paraphysatis, 100-110^16-18; sporidiis distichis ellipsoideis 

 utrinque rotundatis hyalinis mediocribus, transverse 3-septato- 

 constrictulis, loculis 1 v. 2 centralibus septo altero verticali divi- 

 sis, 18-22 * 9-10. 



Hab. in ramis siccia putrescentibus Trevose trinervis in 

 collibus S. Bernardo prope Santjago Chile Amer. austr. — Forsan 

 Sphceria angustata Pers. huc pertinet. 



