832 Discomyceteas, Calicieae, Phaoosporae, Embolus. 



ticulare, nigrurn; stipite robusto; sporidiis globulosis, 2,5 a. diani.; 

 thallo glauco-virescente. 



llab. in ligno putri Alni in Scotia. 

 11. Cyphellum kylemorlense Larb. in Leight. Lich. p. 42. — Pere- J 

 xiguum, breve stipitatum, crateriforme, nigro-fuscum ; stipite bre- 

 vissimo, pallido ; sporidiis sphcericis, fuscis, G-8 u. diam. 



Uab. in rupibus umbrosis in Irlandia. — Verisimiliter parasi* 

 tans in thallo Lecanorae cinereae. 



EMBOLUS Wallr. FI. cr. I, p. 565 (1831) em. De Not. in Giora. bot. 

 ital. II, p. 315 (1846) [Etym. embolos rostrum navis]. — Ascomata 

 hemisphaerico-capitata, stipitata, nigricantia, vertice mox aperta, 

 stipite cylindraceo, elongato, concolore. Asci cylindracei, octospori, 

 paraphysati. Sporidia ellipsoidea vel oblonga, continua badio-fuli- 

 ginea. Thallus subleprosus v. obsoletus. — A Ci/phelw praecipue 

 sporidiis oblongis, nec sphsericis distinguendus. 



1. Embolus ochreatus (De Not.) Sacc. Cyphelium oclireatum Mass. 

 Mem. lich. 155, f. 191, De Not. in G. bot. it. II, p. 315, Sacc. F. 

 it. f. 1319, F. Ven. IV, pag. 28. — Claviformis, ceraceo-corneus, 

 ater, minutissimus, vix Y^ mm. altus, sparsus; cupulis initio glo- 

 bulosis, dein subhemisphaericis, longe stipitatis, disco convexiusculo 

 immarginato, stipite cylindraceo basi subincrassato, cupula triplo 

 longiore, cupulae contextu anguste prosenchymatico, atro-fuligineo; 

 asci.s cylindraceis, brevissime stipitatis, 50-54:^3-31/2, sub apice 

 truncato leniter coarctatis, ibique crasse tunicatis; paraphysibus 

 (lliformibus sa^pe bifidis obvallatis, 8-sporis ; sporidiis oblique ovoi- 

 deis, 5^/2-61/2 ^ 3-3^2, t'guttulatis, fuligineis, dein opacis. 



Hab. m ligno decorticato Oleae europ::ieoe prope Nizza et iu 

 coUibus Euganeis (Padova). — Tiiallum uullura vidi. 



2. Embolus Clavus S. et S. Mich. I, p. 419, F. it. f. 1320. - Gre- 

 garius vel sparsus, totus niger ; ascomatibus obconico-Ienliculari- 

 bus, planis vel convexulis, non vel vix marginatis Vs^Vs "^'^^- d'*'^-» 

 stipite cylindraceo % nini« longo atro fultis; contextu excipuli mi- 

 nute parenchymatico, subcoriaceo, stipitis prosenchymatico-fibroso; 

 ascis cylindraceis, 70-85 s 5-6'/^, breve stipitatis, apice tunica iu- 

 tegra truncatis, pseudoparaphysibus filiformibus obvallatis, octo- 

 sporis; sporidiis recte v. oblique monostichis, oblongo-ellipsoideis, 

 12-15:^5, olivaceo-fuligineis. 



ll(Ji,b. in liguo putrescente decorticato Castanea^ vescaB S. 



