Sphaeriacere, PhaBodidymte, Parodiella. 123 



;j.. diain., snbastomis, glabris, basi hyphulis, paucis cinctis; ascis 

 tereti-clavulatis, subsessiiibus, apice truiicatis, octosporis, oO-bo ^ 

 10; paraphysibus bacillari-clavulatis ; sporidiis distichis, fusoideo- 

 oblongis, constricto-1-septatis, 14-15::; 4-5, olivaceo-fuscis. 



Jlab. in p. inf. foliorurn subviventium Banksia3 marginata) 

 in INew-South-Wales Australia). — Mycelium fere nulluni, crgo 

 non Diraerosporinm. 



*2. Parodiella melioloidss (B. et C.) Winter in Ilcdwigia 1886 p. 107 1021 

 et 207, Spluvria melioloides B. et C. Fungi from Cuba n. 849, Ro- 

 sellinia melioloides Sacc. Syll. I, pag. 276, Nectria megalospora 

 Sacc. et Berl. in Rev. Myc. 1885, p. 157. — Perithecia globosa, 

 astoma, minuta, '/j-V^ mm. diam,, pruina araoene cinnabarina tecta, m\\ 

 in mycelio rufo-fuligineo, septato, ramoso sita; asci magni, centro 

 inflati, sursum leniter rotuodati, crasse tunicati, in stipitem bre- 

 vissimum desinentes , aparaph^^sati , 120-130 ;; 35-45, octospori; 

 sporidia oblongata, apice rotundata, didyma, medio parum con- 

 stricta, h)culo superiore longiore, 40-42 s 12-15, diu hyaiina vol 

 luteola, granulosa, demum flavo-brunneola. 



*3. Parodiella caBspitosa Winter in Hedwigia 1885, p. 256. — Po- 

 ritheciis epi-rarius liypophyllis, superficialibus, csespites densissi- 

 mos, hemispha^ricos, 1-2 mm. latos formantibus, subglobosis, ver- 

 tice depressis vel demum impressis et parum umbilicatis, rugu- 

 losis, atris, opacis, 0,4 mm. latis ; ascis late clavatis, vertice ro- 

 tundatis vel parum attenuatis, deorsum longe stipitatis, 8-sporis, 78- 

 06:2 23-26; sporidiis conglobatis, oblongo-ellipticis, utrinque ro- 

 tundatis, saepe ina^quilateralibus, uniseptatis, non vel vix constric- 

 tis, dilutissime luteo-fuscidulis, 22-28^:9-9,5. 



Hab. ad folia viva Composita> scandentis adhuc indetermina- 

 ta^, in Brasilia (E. Ulk). 



*4. Parodiella paraguayensis Speg. Fungi Guar. Pug. 1, n. 22(). — Gtiis 

 Peritheciis epiphyllis, deiisissime aggregato-constipatis, crustain 

 atram, granulosam, superficiem foliorum obtegentium efficientibus, 

 globulosis, 200-225 a. diam., atris, glabris, vix rugulosis, ostiolo 

 minutissime papillulato donatis, crassiuscule membranaceo-coriaceis, 

 contextu minute parenchyinatico (cellulis 3-4 /. diam.) parum di- 

 stincto, olivaceo-fuligiaeo, subopaco; ascis cylindraceo-clavatis, 

 apice rotundato-truncatis, crasse tunicatis, postice breviler cras- 

 seque stipitatis, 80-85::: 14; paraphysibus densissimis, filiformibus 

 obvallatis, 8-sporis ; sporidiis recte vel oblique distichis, ellipticis, 

 imt^quilateraiibus, utrinque obtusiuscule rotundatis, 17-18^7,5-8, 



