216 Hypocreaceae, Dictyosporae, Pleonectria. 



scentia: ostiola quandoque 2-3-fasciculata: sforidia rarius 20 a. 

 longitud. 



Secf. 4. niclvosporip Sacc. 



PLEONECTRIA Sacc. Sjll. II, p. 559. 



*2. Pleonectria guaranitica Speg. Fungi Guar. Pug. I, n. 250. — 7235 

 Acervulis raajusculis, 3-15 mm. diara. crasse pulvinatis, 2-5 rara. 

 sparsis v. confluentibus repando v. gyroso-sinuosis, raatrice imrau- 

 tata arcte adnato-superficialibus, densissime granulosis, udis car- 

 nosulis, siccis duris, extus sordide griseo-lateritiis, intus ligneo- 

 fuscescentibus; peritlieciis caruosulo-coriacellis, in pulvinula peri- 

 pherica densissime constipatis, ad tertium superum vel ultra pro- 

 minulis, globosis, 300-350 y.. d., glabris, levibus, ostiolo non raam- 

 millato, non v. vix acutatulo, saepius fuscescente donatis, contextu 

 subimperspicuo, densissimo, aurantio-fulvo; ascis cylindraceis v. cy- 

 lindraceo-clavatis, apice truncato-rotundatis, deorsum longe atte- 

 nuato-pedicellatis, p. ?p. 40-55:^8-12, ped. 35-40:^2-3, paraphy- 

 sibus crassiuscule filiformibus, guttulatis, parcissimis immixtis, octo 

 sporis; sporidiis globoso-ellipticis, utrinque obtusissime rotundatis, 

 ^-11:^6-7, primo cribrose guttulatis, dein densissime seil obscure 

 muraliter cellulosis, hyalinis. 



Hab. ad cortices truncorum putrescentium in silvis uliginosis 

 prope Guarapi P^ras. 



*3. Pleonectria fenestrata (Berk. et Curt.) Berl. et Vogl. Necfrm 72% 

 fenesiraia Berk. et Curt. in Herb. et Cooke in Grev. XII, p. 81. 



— Caespitosa, cinnabarina, erumpens; peritheciis globosis, levibus, 

 glabris, vix papillatis, in stroma tuberculoideum aggregatis ; ascis 

 clavalis, octosporis; sporidiis biserialibus, eilipticis, 5-septatis mu- 

 riformibusque, hyalinis, 30 ^ 10. 



lli(h. ju corticibus, Canada et in insula Ceylon. 

 '•4. Pleonectria denigrata Winter in Torr. Bot. Club. 1883, p. 49. 7237 



— Peritheciis ca:'spitulos densissimos, erumpenti-superficiales, pul- 

 Yinato-subhemisph:«ricos, usque 5 mra. diam. metientes formantibus, 

 stroniatis pulvinati, intus rufescenti-lutei superficie insidentibus, 

 fere globosis, extus griseis, eleganter nigro-papillatis, demum vor- 

 tice depressis et urabilicatis, nigrescentibus, 360-470 a. diam.; ascis 

 cylindraceis, ])reviter pedicellatis, 8-sporis, 70^8-10 (in aqua de- 

 raura usquo 100 y.. elongatis); sporidiis pleruraque monostichis, 

 valde difi"ormibus, rotundato-angulatis, 3-5 transverse septatis et 



