488 Discomyceteae, Pezizeae, Phragmosporae, Velutaria. 



Sect. 4. Phragmosporae Sacc. 



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MASSEEA Sacc. (Etyrn. a cl. mycologo brita'nnico G. Massee). — Asco* 

 mata subcarDOsa, scutellaria, sessiiia, quasi JIumaricE. Asci tereti- 

 clavati , paraphysati, octospori. Sporidia fusoidea, 3-4-septata, 

 hyalina. 



1. Masseea quisquiliarum (R. et C.) Sacc. P. quisquiliarum B. et C. 

 Cub. Fungi n. 670, Cooke Mycogr. f. 37. — Lutea, crateriformis, 

 sessilis, margine inflexo; ascis tereti-clavatis, filiformi-paraphy- 

 satis; sporidiis fusiformibus curvatis 3-4-septatis, 25 s 6-7, hya- 

 linis, levibus. 



Hab. ad ramos eraortuos in ins. Cuba. — Ascoma 2-5 rara. lat. 



VELUTARIA Fuck. Symb. mycol. p. 300 [1869] (Etym. vellus v. ve- 

 lum). — Ascomata media magnitudine, ceracea, sessilia, aperta, ex- 

 tus pulveraceo-tomentosa, disco colorato, concavo. Asci stipitati, 

 elongato-oblongl , 8-spori. Sporidia ovata oblongave, 2-plurise- 

 ptata, hyalina. Paraphyses filiformes. 



1. Velutaria griseo-vitellina Fuck. Symb. mycol. p. 300. — , CupuHs 

 gregariis sparsisve, sessilibus, carnoso-ceraceis, difformibus, usque 

 ad 2 mm. latis, extus margineque elevato, repando, pulveraceo- 

 tomentosis, griseis, disco plano concavove, vitellino, marginem ver- 

 sus dilute seruginoso; ascis stipitatis, oblongis, 8-sporis, 100 = 10; 

 sporidiis distichis, obiongis, utrinque parum attenuatis, rectis cur- 

 vatisve, triseptatis, hyalinis, 24:^5. 



Hab. in sarmentis humidis, putridis Rubi fruticosi prope 

 QEstrich Rhenogovise. 



2. Velutaria atro-citrina (B. et Br.) Sacc Pez. atro-ciirina B. et 

 Br. Fung. of Ceyl. n. 945. — Sessilis, subhemisphaerica, extus floc- 

 cis citrinis granulatis villosa; hymenio atro; sporidiis clavatis se- 

 ptatis, 45-50 u.. long. 



Hab. in ligno putri in insula Ceylon. 



3. Velutaria nephrodigena (Phill.) Sacc. Peziza nephrodigena Phill. 21 

 in Grev, XV, p. 17. — Gregaria v. sparsa, sessilis, globosa, dein 

 hernispha^rica, primo tenuiter pubescens, dein glabra, alba, cera- 

 cea, fir^ma, 200-400 u. diam. ; disco concavo, castaneo-brunneo, 

 margine inflexo ; ascis clavatis ; sporidiis oblongo-fusiforraibus, 

 utrinque r^otundatis triseptatis ad sepla constrictis, 12-15 cs 4-5; 

 par'aphysibus non visis. 



