1156 Deuteromycetse, Leptostromatacese, Melasmia. 



ERIOTHYRIUM Speg. — Syll. X p. 418. 



1. Eriothyrium ? rosicola Speg., Myc. Argent. J^, p. 395, in Anal. 

 Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires XX (1910). — Maculis nullis v. folio 

 infecto hinc inde leniter vageve pallescente; pycnidiis amphige- 

 nis laxissime gregaiiis v. sparsis, superficialibus, orbicularibus, 120, 

 |j.. diam., dimidiato-scutatis, astomis, membranaceis, margine mo- 

 dice fimbriato-radiantibus, atris; sporulis ellipsoideis v. ovoideis 

 utrinque plus minusve rotundatis, 4-5 ^ 1,5-2, eguttulatis, hya- 

 linis. 



Hcbb. ad folia viva Rosae lucid;e in hortis La Plata Argen- 

 tina Amer. austr. 



2. Eriothyrium cucurbiticola Speg., Myc Argent. V, p. 394, in Anal. 

 Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires XX (1910). — Maculis nullis v. foliis 

 hinc inde obsolete pallescentibus; plagulis-amphigenis repando-or- 

 bicularibus, 5-7 mm. diam., atro-olivaceis ex hyphis tenuibus, 50- 

 250^5, dense v. laxe intertextis, olivaceis efformatis; pycnidiis 

 dimidiato scutatis, 100-260 [x. diam. margine inaequalibus, crenu- 

 latis. radiantim j^rosenchymaticis, nigro-olivaceis, ex hyphis con- 

 glutinatis dense septulato-articulatis, articuhs 4-6 ^ 5, obscure 

 olivaceis; sporalis eyhndraceis utrinque obtuse rotundatis, sicpius 

 biguttulatis, 9-11 «2, hyaHnis. 



Hdb. vulgata ad folia viva Cayaponife citrullif oliiie in 

 sepibus circa Tucuman Argentina America austr. 



MELASMIA Lev. Syll. III p. 637, X p. 419, XI p. B55, XIV p. 994, 

 XVI p. 989, XVII p. 793, XVIII p. 424. 



1. Melasmia falcata Syd. Ann. Mycol V (1907) p. 362. — Stroma- 

 tibus amphigeuis, innatis, orbicularibus, planis, \ 2-2 cm. diam., 

 atris, opacis, flavo-marginatis,; pycnidiis globulosis, immersis, su- 

 binde circulariter dispositis; sporulis filiformibus, valde curvatis, 

 plerumque falcatis vel sublunulatis, hyalinis, continuis, aciculari- 

 bus, 18-25«'/,; sporophoris subfiUformibus, hyahnis. 



Hdb. in foliis Diospyri, prov. Sao Paulo, Confins, BrasiUa. 



2. Melasmia salicina Lev. ap. Tul. Fung. Carp. III p. Il9, t. XV, 7B( 

 f. 15-17 (1865). — Pycnidiisdisciformibus, epidermideatrata tectis et 



ex ea fere formatis poroque dehiscentibus, nigris, subinde leviter | 

 umbonatis v. demum pUcatis, 130-160 a. latis; sporophoris 

 densissime stipatis bacillaribus, 16-23 a. alt., stratum basilarem 

 fungilli omnino formantibus; sporuUs lineari-cylindricis copiosis- , 



