Perisporiacefc, Perisporiea?, Asterina. 9 



Hab. iu caiilibus langiiidis Epilobii Dodoiiifi pro[ie l'ar- 

 nia Italia) borealis. 



*2\). Asterina carnea Ell. et Mart. in Amer. Nat. I^ot. 1883, \). 1285. r,207 

 — llypopliylla,- mycelio tenui, brunneo-nigro, subcrustaceo, liypliis 

 subanastoinosaiitibus, brunneis, aJpressis, saepissime marginem fo- 

 liorum occupantibus et maculas orbiculares, circiter Y^ cm. diaiu. 

 efTormaiitibus composito; peritheciis minutis, 55-75 ;/. diam., my- 

 celio insidentibus, stipatis, globosis, nstomis, sub lente carneis atque 

 majore ampliticatione luteolis; ascis 4-8, obovatis, sessilibus, 30- 

 40^22-35, octosporis; sporidiis ovatis, bicellularibus, 16-17=; 7- 

 8, muco obvolutis. 



Hab. in foliis vivis Persea? palustris, New Florida Ame- 

 ricse borealis. 



*32. Asterina stomatophora EII. et Mart. in Journ. of myc. 1885, p. r.^ns 

 98. — Peritheciis leiiticularibus, sparsis, minutis, 170-185 y.. diam., 

 mjcelio reticulato insidentibus, centro pertusis, parenchymatice con- 

 textis; ascis oblongis vel oblongo-ovoideis, 30-35 := 6-8, stipitatis, 

 basi abrupte contractis, aparaphysatis; sporidiis distichis, unisepta- 

 tis, subconstrictis, basi acutis, 7-12 ::i 2,5-3, hyalinis. 



Hab. in foliis vivis Quercus laurifolia^ ia Amer. bor. 



"S^. Asterina peribebuyensis Speg. Fungi Guar. Pug. 1, u. 173. — n2'j9 

 Epiphylla; raycelio late diffuso, folium totum sa^pe obtegente, 

 atro, tenui, mucedineo-crustaceo, e cellulis ellipsoideis vel e mu- 

 tua pressione irregularibus, mediocribus (articulis hypharum), cras- 

 se 2-guttuIatis, 5-7:^3-4, olivaceis coinposito, arcte foliorum epi- 

 dermidi adnato; peritheciis dense sparsis vel hinc inde plus mi- 

 nusve aggregatis, globosis, minutis, SO-100, astomis, atris, glabris, 

 tenui-membranaceis, contextu parenchymatico, parum distincto , 

 olivaceo; ascis paucis, ovatis vel obclavatis, antice truncato-rotun- 

 datis atque crassissime tuiiicatis, tunica 6-8 y.. crassa, postice abru- 

 pte attenuato-coarctatis, minute noduloseque stipitatis, 26-28 =; 10- 

 12, octos[)oris, aparaphysatis; sporidiis polystichis, elongato-elli- 

 psoideis, 12-14 s 3, rectis vel insequilateralibus, medio uniseptatis, 

 vix constrictis, loculis centro 1-septatis, non constrictis, supero 

 crassiore brevioreque, hyalinis. 



Hab. ad folia viva arborum in silva montana, Naranjo Cordil- 

 lera de Peribebuy Brasil. — Species, ut videtur. vulgatissima sre- 

 pius in consortio Meliolarum vel Dinierosporiovxun et facillime 

 in iis parasilica. 



"36. Asterina nuda Peck in 38 Rep. St. Mus. pag. 102, tab. 2, fig. o?io 



