482 Discomycetese, Pezizeae, Hyalodidymaj, Niptera. 



tyrolensi, c. 1300 m. (Britzelmayr), ad ramulos eraortuos Abietis 

 in silva Cansilio Ital. bor. (Spegazzini). 



5. Niptera exsiliens Speg. Mich. I, p. 472. *— Sessilis v. brevissime i> 

 pedicellata, solitaria v. gregaria, hinc inde per epidermidem ramu- 

 lorum erumpens, extus atro-caerulea, disco pallidiore griseo, liuea 

 candida marginato, magnitudine valde ludens, V4-I iiim. diam., con- 

 textu parenchymatico, marginem versus prosenchymatico, densis- 

 simo, raembranaceo , ascis cylindraceo-subclavatis, apice obtusiu» 

 sculis, in pedicellum crassura desinentibus, 55-65 s 5-7, 8-sporis; 

 paraphysibus guttulatis, crassiusculis; sporidiis clavulatis medio 

 uniseptatis, ad septura non vel vix constrictis, hyalinis, 10-15^2-3. 



Hab. in raraulis eraortuis dejectis Quercuum, quandoque pa- 

 rasitica in Colpomate quercino, Conegliano Ital. bor. 



6. Niptera Rhododendri (Ces.) De Not, Comm. Critt. I, pag. 375. — i! 

 Sparsa, sessilis, cupulata, arescendo hysterioideo-subclausa, coria- 

 ceo-ceracea, fuligineo-atra, V4-I ^^- ^^t., glabra ; ascis clavatis, 

 75i;I2; sporidiis oblongis, obtusis, rarius ovoideis, rectis curvu- 

 lisve medio constricto-I-septatis , 16-18^6, distichis, hyalinis ; 

 paraphysibus filiformibus, apice clava ovoidea brunnea, G y.. crass. 

 terminatis. 



Hab. in capsulis siccis (et in ramulis'?) Rhododendri fer- 

 ruginei in Italia boreali et Tyroli. 



7. Niptera Rollandii Boud. Bull. Soc. Myc. IV, p. 83, t. 17, f. 5. — '' 

 Minutissima, sessilis, hemisphaerica, alba, 0,2-0,4 ram. lata, crassa 

 levis V. vix pruinosa, alba, hymenio concolore plano dein convexo, 

 raargine crasso vix superante cincto; paraphysibus gracilibus, sim- 

 plicibus aut ad basim tantura divisis, continuis, sed ad apicera 

 clava oblonga, tri-septata, 15^:4-5 terminatis; ascis elongato-fu- 

 soideis, octosporis, 90-100:; 8-9; sporidiis oblongo-fusiformibui*, 

 hyalinis, quadri-guttulatis, guttulis oleosis, sjepe divisis et tunc 

 plus rainusve granulosis, prirao continuis, denique medio septatis 

 et paullulura constrictis, 13-15 s 4. 



Hab. ad cortices Alni glutinosa? prope Isle-Adara Gallia) 

 (Ivolland). — An Helotiella? 



8. Nlptera subbiatorina Rehra Ascora. n. 858. — Sparsa, sessilis, pri- i' 

 raitus globosa, dein patellaris, ceracea, extus flavidula, glabra, con- 

 textu parenchymatico, flavidulo, versus raarginem album hyalina, 

 disco hyalino-flavidulo, subplano, 0,1-0,3 mm. diam.; ascis cylin- 

 draceis, apice rotundatis, 8-sporis, 00-66 s 5-6; sporidiis oblougis 

 vel oblongo-ellipticis, obtusis, rectis, hyalinis, 2-cellularibus, 7-9 



