54 Sphioriacese, Plueosporie, Hypofylon. 



■^ ll;>. Hypoxylon Caaguazu Speg. Fungi Guar. Pug. I, n. 205. — Stro- 03 

 rnatibus matrice denudata ac nigrificata insidentibus, latiuscule ef- 

 fuso-pulvinatis, o-lO cm. diam., 1-1,2 mm. crass., ambitu repan- 

 dulis, quandoque rotundatis quandoque eftusis, suporficie scrupu- 

 loso-undulatis ac per aitateni s;iepius dense minutissinieque dilfra- 

 cto-riinulosis, coiifertissime papilluloso-asperis, fusco-atris, opacis, 

 glabris; peritheciis globulosis, minutis, 200-250 y.. diam., densis- 

 sinie stipatis, conoideo-proininulis ostioloque parvulo coronatis, 

 atiis, carbonaceis, strato stromatico tenui, fusco-fibrosulo insiden- 

 tibus; ascis et paraphysibus raox fatiscentibus; sporidiis oblique 

 monostichis, navicularibus, utrinque acutato-rotundatis, 9-11 s4-5, 

 opace fuligineis. 



Hah. ad ligna putrida in umbrosis prope Paraguari Bras. — 

 Species pulchella ac satis distincta, in iuventute plurimis chara- 

 ctoribus II. fi'.sco-p7'rpnrco ac H. vinoso ut videtur affinis. 



*11T. Hypoxyloti subefTusum Speg. Fungi Guar. Pug. I, n. 201. — ra 

 Stromate erumpente, matrice nigrificata insidente, late ambiente, 

 15-20 cm. long., 0,5-1 mm. crass., elongato-i-epandulo, modice pul- 

 vinato-undulato, margine acutato-diflTuso, deuse majusculeque gra- 

 nuloso, atro, glabro, opaco; peritlieciis densissime confertis, glo- 

 bulosis vel obovatis, majusculis, 550-780 j.. diain., parce e stromate 

 prominulis atque apice miuute discoideo-dopressis. disculo margi- 

 nato, medio papillato-ostiolato ; ascis cylindraceis, antice rotunda- 

 to-truncatis, postice longissime attenuato-pedicellatis, p. sp. 55-05 

 s 2,5, 8-sporis, paraphysibus paucis, exilissimis, subtluxilibus obval- 

 latis; sporidiis recte laxeque raonostichis, elliptico-siongatis, 6-7 

 =; 2,5, utrinque late rotundatis, leniter in.ijquilateralibus, non vol 

 2-guttatis, opace fuligineis. 



Hab. ad truncos emortuos non putrescentes Eugenia? spcciei 

 cujusdam, in nemorosis prope S. Tomas Bras. — Species H. ef- 

 fnso iioraflinis; an tantum ejusdem varietas ? 



'■15:5. Hypoxylon intermedium Speg. Fungi Guar. Pug. I, n. 20."}. — r,; 

 Stroiiiatibus primo epidermide tectis dein erumpentibus v. cortice 

 secedente nudis, matrico nigrificata innato-efTusis, 3-5 cm. diam., 

 vix pulvinatis ac unduhitis, Kaxe gregariis v. confiuentibus, am- 

 bitu irregulariter repandis, intus extusque sordide fusco-atris , 

 opacis, minutissime (vix ocuio nudo) et laxe punctulatis, superfi- 

 ciom Dialri/pcs Sliginalis '\u mentem revocantibus; peritlieciis el- 

 liptico-globosis, ."^50-100 y.. diam., monostichis, densissime constipa- 

 tis, atii>;. carbonaceis, non prominulis, ostiolo papillulato, e stro- 



