Discomycetea;, i^atellariefe, DidymosporaD, Karschia. 770 



^ido hyaliuo,- ascis cUivatis, 8-sporis, 70-80 s 10; sporidiis oblon- 

 gis V. ellipsoideis, obtusis, curvulis, Jiyaliiiis 0-13 3 3-5, subdisti- 

 ciiis,- parapliysibus filiforiuibus, 1 a. cr., hyalinis. 



Hab. in caulibus Rubi idaei et fruticosi in Suecia, Fen- 



uia, Italia, Germania. — E.xiinia species. Gregarium, sed absque 



(>rdine digestum, basi lata ligno adnatuin (ascoma evidenter dimi- 



(liatum), per epidermidem erumpens et superne omnino denudatum, 



'pacum, fuligineo nigricans; in statu clauso centro depressum, 



una alterave plica rugosum. margine obtuso cinctum, intus sub- 



cavum ob nucleum mollissimum coUabentera ; Ileterosph. Paiel- 



lce subsiraile, sed abunde diversum statura majori , forraa sub- 



■lliptica, disco non cupulari, plicis etc. Solo favente pleruraque in 



.acinias quattuor dehiscit, profunde fissuin, laciniis sa^pius multi- 



lidis. Discus apertus, moUissimus hemispluTricus, pellucidus, albido- 



hyalinus, ab ascoraate facile discretus. Fr. loc. cit. 



'. Pseudophacidium propolidsum Rehm Disc. p. OG, Pvopolis Rubi ^jfKj 



Rehm Ascom. III. ot Exs. u. 721. — .\scomatibus gregariis rotun- 



iatis ellipticisve clausis sub epidermide griseo-atro-tincta evolutis 



dein epidermide tumofacientibus et rumpentibus, margiiiatisque, di- 



sco demum denudato, flavescente, dein obtuse conoideo, brunneolo, 



inerabranaceo, 2,5 mm. diam.; ascis clavatis, sursum obtusis, 100- 



120^12-15, octosporis; sporidiis ellipticis ovatisve, obtusis, rectis, 



continuis, sursum distichis, 10-1o:jG-8, hyalinis; paraphysibus te- 



nuibus, filiformibus, superne paulluluin latioribus, hyalinis. 



llab. in sarmentis siccis Rubi fruticosi in Saxonia. 



Sect. 2. DidymosporsD Sacc. 



KARSCHIA Kuib. Parerg. p. 459 (1865) [Etym. a cl. prof. Karsch 



' gernianico], Patellaricu, Abvolkalli sp. Auct. — Ascomata super- 



ticialia, sossilia, plano-patellata, coriaceo-carbonacea, atra, margi- 



nata, deinum subinde deforiuata. Asci tereti-clavati, octospori, pa- 



raphysati. Sporidia ovato-oblouga, 1-septata, fusca. 



Karschia llgnyota (Fr.) Sacc. Pat. lignyota Fr. S. M. II, p. 150, 320o 

 cc. Phill. Eliis etc, Karschia Strickeri Korb. Parerg. lichen. 

 ag. 4G0, K. nigricans Rohm Ascom. n. 21, PatcUaria. Strickeri 

 K<irb.) Sacc. Mich. I, p. 57, F. it. f. 1411, Arlhonia meiasper- 

 aclla Nyl. — Cupulis superficialibus, patellaribus, extus atro-ru- 

 :is, margiDG tenui mo.\ floxuoso, disco concaviusculo aterrimo; ascis 

 lavatis, 10-55 c; 12; paraphysibus copiosissimis arcte obvallatis, 



