Discomycetea), Patellariea, Dictyospora), Biytridiura. 805 



Blitrydlum nlgro-clnnabarinum (Scliw.) Sacc. Angelina B. et C. "^^oo 

 (Jul). Fuiigi II. 728, Patellaria nigro-cinnabarina Schw. Syn. 

 Amer. bor. n. 1959. — Sparsum et fasciculatum, 1'acile deciduum, 

 pulcherrimum, 2-1.') mm. diam., ascomatibus sessilibus breviterve 

 stipitatis, extus olivaceo-nigris, coriaceis, margiiie tumido, elegan- 

 tor plicato, siccitate arcte inflexo et clauso, fore II//sleriH)ii refe- 

 rente et discum omnino obtegente, madefactis orbicuhitim expan- 

 sis ; disco plano, 4-7 mm. diam., pulveris cinnabarini strato crasso 

 semper obtecto, margine taineri infloxo; ascis cylindraceis; spori- 

 diis oblongis 3-soptatis, 20-25 = 7-9, deuique muriformibus coloratis. 



7/a^. in truncis ramulisque putridis Cratiugi, Calycanthi, 

 Lirioilendri etc in Carolina, Pensylvania, Cuba, Surinam, Nova 

 Zelandia, Africa. — Subinde matricem colore lilacino tiiigit. Cfr. 

 Sacc. Syll. II, p. 758 et Minks Symb. lich. II, p. t)3. 

 Blitrydium subtroplcum Winter in Hedwigia 1885, pag. 203. — 'sm 

 ilypophyllum sparsum vel subgregarium, superficiale, rotundatum 

 V. angulatum s;epe irregulare et confluens, disco applanato huine- 

 ctato parum convexo, ruguloso, toto atro opaco, usque y^ mm. 

 lat., 200 a. alL; ascis clavatis, in stipitem sublongum attenuatis, 

 8-sporis, 110-130 s 21-23; sporidiis inordinatis v. subdistichis, ob- 

 longo-subclavatis, utrinque paruin rotuudatis, plerumque 9 septis 

 transversalibus, septo 1 v. 2 loiigitudinalibus praeditis, muriformibus, 

 primo hyalinis, demum (an semper?) fuscidulis, 20-37 ;= 9,5-12; pa- 

 raphysibus copiosis, valde conglutinatis et coiifluentibus, epithecium 

 crassum, fusco-atrum, granulosum, rugosum et rimosum forman- 

 tibus. 



Hab. ad folia viva M olas to m aceio cujusdam,San Francisco 

 Brasiliae (Ule). 



II. Trijblidaria Sacc. Ascomata patellaria, margine subiategra. 



Blitrydium subsiduum (C. ot E.) Sacc. Patcllaria subsidua C. et 3.302 



E. Grev. VI, p. 8, t. 90, f. 31. — Gregarium; cupulis atro-brun- 

 !'Ms, depressis, inter fibrillas nidulantibus, diflormibus; ascis cla- 

 alis; sporidiis lanceolatis, quinque-septatis, iiinc illinc transversa- 



liter divisis, hyalinis, 25-30 s 10, rarius 15-18=; 7; paraphysibus 



clavatis, brunneis. 



Ifab. in ramis decorticatis Mori, New Jersey Ainer. bor. — 



.\scoma 1 mm. lat. 

 i. Blitrydium fenestratum (C. et P.)Sacc. Patellaria C. et Peck 28 330:^ 



lu'p. pag, 08. — Sparsuni, nigricans, udum ceraceo-inolliusculum. 



