Discomyceta\ Dermatcacofc, Ilyalo.sporDC, Urmila. 121 



Fam. i"). Lermateaceae Fr. 

 Sect. 1. ll>alos|)orjp. 



MIDOTIS Fr. — Syll. VIII p. 547, XI p. 422. 



1 Midotis brasiliensis Rick in Ann. niycol. 1904, p. 246. — Asco aoii 

 matibus breve stipitatis, primitus otideiformibus, dein expanso- 

 auriculari;i'formibus usque ad 5 cm. diam., coriaceis, stramineis, 

 extus pallidis et leviter tomentoso-rugosis, secus glabris; ascis 

 160 » 10-12 octosporis; sporidiis ovoideis, levibus, monostichis, 

 hyalinis, unilocularibus, biguttulatis 16 * 10; paraphysibus filifor- 

 mibus, simplicibus, subhyahnis, non curvatis, 2 [j.. latis. 



Hab. in ramis corticatis gregatim Boniam flavam imitaus, 

 Bom Jardim, Amer. merid. — G-enus Midotis non quidem hy- 

 menio separabili (quamvis et hoc inveniatur] sed contextu coriaceo 

 et vegetatione epixyla et paraphysibus non curvatis ab Otidea 

 dififert. 



MIDOTIOPSIS P. Henn. Fungi blumenaviensis II, in Hedw. 1902, 

 p. 17 (Etym. a Midotis, cui affinis). — Ascomata erumpenti-su- 

 perficialia, coriacea plus minus stipitata, primo clausa dein sub- 

 cupulata extus tomentosula. Asci cylindraceo-clavati, octospori, 

 paraphysati. Sporidia globosa, hyaliuse, continua. — Ab affini gen. 

 Midotis prcecipue dififert sporidiis sphtericis. 



1. Midotiopsis bambusicola P. Henn. 1. c. — Ascomatibus coriaceis, 3612 

 superficiaiibus, stipitatis, primo clavatis, clausis dein excentrice 

 cupulatis, marginatis 3-5 mm. diam., extus subluteis granuloso- 

 furfuraceis, stipite tereti 1-2 mm. longo, 0,5-0,8 [x. crasso, squa- 

 moso-furfuraceo, concolori, squamulis polyhedricis brunneoHs 8-12 

 [1. diam ; disco convexo ochroleuco, levi ; ascis cylindraceo-clavatis, 

 vertice obtuso-rotundatis, basi attenuatis, octosporis, 60-60 » 4 . pa- 

 raphysibus filiforniibus, hyalinis ca. 2,5-3 \i. cr. ; sporidiis monosti- 

 chis, globosis, hyalinis, levibus 3-4 \i. diam. 



Ilab in culmis putridis Bambusarum, St. Catharina Bra- 

 sili.i' austr. 



URNULA Fr. - Syll. VIII p 548, Xl p. 422, XVI, p. 762. — Cl. 

 Kupper in BuU. of the Torrey bot. Club 1902, p. 142 pro Ur- 



