36 Sphaeriaceae, Allantosporse, Diatrfpella. 



rosis; ascis clavato-stipitatis, octosporis; sporidiis allantoideis in 



parte sporifera stipatis, hyalinis, 14 s 2. 



llab. in ramis Berberidis vulgaris, Near Bristol (C. Buck- 



nall). 

 37. Diatrype smilacicola (Schw.) Berk. North Amer. fungi p. 165, g2 



Confr. Cooke in Greviilea XIII, p. 37, Sphceria smilacicola Schw. 



in Fr. Elench. Fung. II, p. 71, Sphcvria smilacicola Schw. Syn. 



Amer. bor. n. 1251 et Sacc. Syll. I, p. 370, n. 4137. — Sporidia 



allantoidea, 12-14 y.. longa. 



DIATRYPEOPSIS Speg. Fungi Guar. pug. I, pag. 186 (Etym. a Dia- 

 irj/pe). — Stroma a matricis substantia heterogeneum, erunipenti- 

 superficiale, effusum. Perithecia stromate iraraersa, ostiolis rectis; 

 Asci octospori. Sporidia cylindraceo-elliptica, utrinque truncato- 

 subrotundata, hyalina. 



Obs. Genus pulchellum stromatis ac peritheciorum habitu ge- 

 neri Ilypoxi/lon et generi Diairype accedens ; sporidiis tamen ab 

 utroque satis distinctum. 



1. Diatrypeopsis laccata Speg. Fung. Pug. I, n. 186. — Stromati- g2 

 bus ligno subinnatis, primo tectis dein, ob corticem secedentem, nu- 1 

 dis, irregulariter elliptico-elongatis, 5-10 mm. long. 1-2 mm. lat. 

 0,5-1 mm. crass., glabris, levissimis (vix sub lente valida dense 

 minutissimeque punctulatis) atris, sublaccato-nitentibus; peritheciis 

 dense constipatis, rectis, ellipticis v. obovatis, sjepe e mutua pres- 

 sione angulosis, 250-300 a. alt. IOO-I-jO /. diam., atris, coriacellis, 

 ostiolo minuto, recto non v. vix stroma perforante donatis; ascis cy- 

 lindraceis, 70-75 :; 4, apice obtusissime rotundatis, basi modice atte- 

 nuato-stipitatis, octosporis aparaphysatis ; sporidiis recte monosti- 

 chis, cylindraceis v. cylindraceo-subellipticis, utrinque truncatis 

 V. vix rotundatulis, 6-7,5 s 3-4,5, grosse 2-guttuIatis, hyalinis. 



Ilah. ad truncos emortuos putroscentes in silvis subvirgineis 

 prope Guarapi Bras. — Species pra^distincta,- an huc llypoxi/lon 

 slyr/iuin ducendum. 



DIATRYPELLA Cos. et De Not. - Sacc. Syll. T. p. 200. 



^I. Diatrypella Populi E. et IIol. in Journ. of Myc. 1885, pag. 4. — e? 

 Peritheciis cartilagineis, ovoideis vel mutua pressione subangulari- 

 bus, Yj-^^ nim. diam. in stromate orbiculari, 2-3 mm, diam., extus 

 brunneo-nigro, intus sordide albo, cortice interiore immerso nidu- 

 lantibus; ostiolis brevibus, crassis, obscure 4-suIcatis, in disco ob 



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