Discomycoto.T, Stictou), Phragmospora.', Cryptodiscus. OOD 



sporidiis brunnois, ovato-elongatis, 1-soptatis, constrictis, loculo 

 sup. 6 1.. cr., loculo inf. 4 u. cr. ; paraphysibus coaloscontibus. 



llab. in raniis Daphnes Mozerei, Marmaros Ilungarirc 

 (Lojka). — Intor ascos adsunt basidia conidiopliora, onidiis cy- 

 Hndraceis, apice rotundatis, continuis, hyalinis, 40-5U y.. long. 



Sect. 3. Phragmosporas Sacc. 



CRYPTODISCUS Corda Ic. fung. II, p. 37 (1838) [Etym. cryptos abs- 

 conditus et discus], Slictis et Propolis Karst. ex p. — Asconiata 

 iinmorsa v. dein cmergGntia, plariiuscula, crassiuscula, circulari- 

 ina^qualia, subimmarginata, coracea; oxcipulo inJistincto. Asci teroti- 

 clavati, 8-spori, paraphysati. Sporidia oblonga v. 1'usoidea, 2-plu- 

 riseptata, hyaliua. 



I. Specles typica). 



1. Cryptodiscus major Sacc. Mich. I, p. G2, F. ital. f. 120. — Cupulis 27ji 

 sparsis, discoidGis, ''.5 mm. diara., initio epidermide vclatis, dein 

 urumponti-superficialibus, carnosulis, roseis, disco convexiusculo 

 iramarginatis ; ascis clavatis, breve stipitatis, 100 s 16-18; paraphy- 

 -ibus filiformibus obvallatis, octosporis; sporidiis subdistichis fu- 

 ^oideis, inrequilaterali bus, 22-28^7-8, utrinque obtusiusculis, 4- 

 cuboideo-nucleatis dein spurie 3-septatis, medio constrictis, hyalinis. 



Ilab. in ramulis emortuis P unica3 Granati, Conegliano Ital. 

 bor. (Spegazzini). — .\ Cr. Cesatii differt cupulis conspicue nia- 

 joribus, ascis sporidiisque quoque paullo majoribus. 



2. Cryptodiscus Cesatii Mont. in Hedw. I, p. 102, t. XIV, f . 1. — 27^5 

 Minutissimus, erumpens, aurantiacus, siccus vix conspicuus, madi- 



dus gelatinosus, turaens, vividius coloratus, disco iramarginato, mu- 

 cilagineo; ascis clavatis, octosporis, 60-30 s 10; sporidiis fusoideis, 

 curvis, triseptatis, hyalinis, 17-20 s 6,5. 



Ilab. in culmis putrescentibus Zea3 in Italia boreali. 

 Cryptodiscus pailidus (Pers.) Corda Ic. II, p. 37, t. XV, f. 120, 2iAe> 

 Pat. Tab. anal. f. 490, Sliclis pallida Pers. Obs. 2, p. 71. t. (1, 

 1'. 7, Pcz. punctif. Pers. Syn. p. 074? — Gregarius, immorsus, pun- 

 ctiformis, pallidus, ore connivente subelliptico dehiscente ; ascis cla- 

 vatis 50-GO = 10-12, octosporis; sporidiis oblongo-fusoideis, hyalinis, 

 10-15 s 4-6, distichis, dein 3-septatis; paraphysibus filiforraibus, 

 sursum ramulosis, clavulatis, hyalinis. 



Ilab. in lignis arborum, frondosarum vetustis in Suecia, Ger- 

 mania , Gallia, Feunia, Italia, Belgio, Britannia. — In ligno 



