6 Discomyceteae, Cyttarieae, Cyttaria. 



ta non vel vix basi umbilicata, sessilis vel ^x brevissime crassia- 

 sculeque stipitata, semper farcta, prirao levis, dein favosa, glabra, 

 cortice primo coriacea-membranaceo, dein liquescenti-evanescente 

 tecta; loculis globosis, 2-3 mra. diam., primo clausis, dein obturaculo 

 raucoso evanescente, late ostiolato-apertis, imraarginatis, pulpa fla- 

 vescente pellucida farctis; ascis cylindraceis longe pedicellatis, p. 

 sp. 90-100 :i 10, ped. 50-70 » 5-9, apice truncato-rotundatis cras- 

 siusculeque tunicatis, iodi ope nulla, paraphysibus filiformibus sub- 

 scquilongis densiuscule obvallatis; sporidiis recte vel oblique mono- 

 stichis, recte ellipticis, utrinque obtusiusculis, 14-16=; 8, levibus 

 nubiloso-farctis, hjalinis. Spermogonia, sec. Fischer, in parte infer. 

 ascomatis imraersa; sporulis ellipsoideis 2 =; 1-1,5. 



Hab. in ramis vivis Fagi antarcticse et F. betuloidis ubi- 

 que per Fuegiam totam, in Patagonia, Chile. ■ — Species edulis, 

 insipida, gummosa, per aetatem nigrescens ac liquescens. Incolce 

 illam crudara comedunt ac formam juvenilera Asscinik, maturara 

 Avacih, senescentera ac nigrescentera Mmmma vocant. 



4. Cyttaria Harioti Fischer in Bot. Zeit. 1888, p. 816, t. XII, f. 1-4. 

 — Subglobosa, basi brevissime contracta plicataque , superficie 

 ubique locellata, vix colliculosa, brunnea, 2-2,5 cm. diara., intus 

 albo-farcta; locellis initio farctis, diu tectis, subglobosis, 3 mm. 

 diam. ; ascis cylindraceis, 120=; 14, octosporis, breviter stipitatis 

 apice rotuadatis, operculatis; sporidiis monostichis, globoso-cuboi- 

 deis, 1-nucIeatis, hyalinis, 10 y.. diam. paraphysibus filiformibus 

 ascos superantibus, mox resorptis. 



Tfa^. ad ramos Fagi betuloidis et antarcticae in Fuegia 

 (P. Hariot). 



5. Cyttaria Hookeri Cerk. in Hooker FI. Antarct. p. 452, Speg. F. 

 Pat. n. 314, Fisch. Bot. Zeit. 1888, pag. 827, t. XII, f. 8-10. — 

 Flavescenti-cinnamomea, obovata vel clavulata, superne applanato- 

 umbonata, inferne attenuata 1-1,5 cm. alt., 4-6 mra. crassa, far- 

 cta, levis, glabra, in disco superiore peripherice 4-8 loculigera, 

 ceterum sterilis; loculis e globoso obovatis 2 mm. •diam., primo 

 clausis dein lacero-dehiscentibus, non v. raarginatis, pulpa fuscescente 

 v. pallide olivascente farctis; ascis cylindraceo-fusoideis, apice trun- 

 cato-rotundatis, deorsum longe attenuatis, 200-250 s 20, octosporis, 

 paraphysibus densis apice corpusculo clavulato ruguloso-anguloso 

 olivaceo deciduo coronatis obvallatis; sporidiis s;Tepius in parte asco- 

 rum supera congIobatis,ellipticis, non v. vix in?equilateralibus, utrin- 

 que obtuse rotundatis 15 s 10, pallidissime olivascentibus. Spermago- 



