Deuteromycet», Sphaerioidacese, Sphaeropsis. 979 



Syll. XVin, p. 313. — Pycnidiis numerosis, inoequaliter conferte 

 seriatis, cortice nidulantibus, dein prominulo-erumpentibus, intus 

 albidis, basi nigricantibus, 175-200 a. diam., excipulo 16 [i. cr., 

 apice poro 16-18 [x. diam. apertis; sporulis oblongo-ellipsoideis, 

 23-26 ==? 9-10, brunneis; sporoplioris varioe longitudinis, plerumque 

 vero sporulam dimidiam cequantibus. 



Hdb. in ramis MagnolijB acuminataj, socia Valsaria Ma- 

 gnolioi, Ontario Canada in America boreali. 



3. SphaBropsis hippocastanea L. Gaja, Flora micol. prov. Padova, 6802 

 p. 23 (1911) (sunto litogr.). — Pj^cnidiis sub cortice ramorum sparsis 



2-3 proximatis, nigris, erumpentibus, sphieroideis, vix papillatis, 

 poro circulari pertusis, 200-360 [j.. diam.; excipulo indistincte et 

 minute pseudoparencbymatico, atro ; sporulis oblongo-ellipsoideis, 

 levibus, intus granulosis, fuligineis, 19-22 «11-13; sporophoris 

 hyalinis, cylindraceis, sporulas subiequantibus. 



Hah. iu ramis emortuis dejectis ^sculi Hippocastani in 

 Horto Botanico Patavino, Ital. bor. 



4. Sphaeropsls simillima Peck, Bull. Torr. Bot. CI. XXXVI (1909) 6803 

 p. 337. — Pycnidiis minutis, 0.25-0,33 mm. latis, dense gregariis, 

 raro caespitosis, erumpentibus, atris ; sporulis ellipsoideis v. oblou- 



gis, obtusis, 20-25 « 10-12. 



Hah. in ramis Aceris saccharini, River Forest Illinois 

 Amer. bor. (E. T. et S. A. Harper). — Sph. fertili valde affinis. 



5. Sphaeropsls Sarmientol Speg., Myc. Argent. V, p. 363, in Anal. 6804 

 Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires XX (1910). — Matrice tota cinerascenti- 

 albescente; pycnidiis parenchymate innatis epidermide velatis sie- 

 pius hinc inde laxe gregariis, lenticularibus, 150-200 \y. diam., o- 

 stiolo impresso pertusis, contextu parenchymatico subindistincto 

 fuligineo; sporophoris bacillaribus, 10 « 2, constipatis, hy^alinis, 

 monocarpis ; sporulis ellipsoideis v. obovatis utrinque obtusis 15- 

 22*8-10, subopace fuligineis non v. leniter imequilateralibus. 



Hab. ad pericarpium fructuum Bulnesi;\3 Sarmientoi, 

 Sierra Santa Barbara Chaco, in Rep. Argentina Amer. austr. 



6. Sphaeropsis americana Saccardo, New Fungi New York, Journ. G805 

 of Myc. v. XIII (1907) p. 47. — Pycnidiis laxe gregariis, globo- 

 so-depressiusculis, peridermio pustulatim elevato tectis et denique 

 ostiolo breviter papillato erumpentibus, 500-700 [i..diam., excipulo 

 crassiusculo, 90-100 [a. cr., minute celluloso, atro-fuligineo, nucleo 

 farcto subolivaceo ; sporulis oblongo-ellipsoideis, 28-30 « 9-11, rectis 



V. leviter imequilateris ex ochracoo olivaceo-fuligineis. initio gra- 



