20S Discomycetse, Protomycetacefe, Protomyces. 



n. 21 (Etym. nema filum et spora). — Colonifc (cult;i3) discifor- 

 mes albae ; sporse cylindraceo-fusoiclese, utrinque germinantes . asci 

 cylindracei, utrinque rotundati, octospori; spori^lia cyliudrica con- 

 tinua apico longe ciliata, hj^alina, in asco quateruatim stipata. 



1. Nematospora Coryli Pegl. I. c. cum tabula. — Ascis 65-70 »6-8; 3869 

 sporidiis 38-40 * 2-3, cilio filiformi fere .equilongo. 



Hab. in fructibus C o r y I i A v e 1 1 a n rc morbosis et tunc « Noc- 

 ciuole ammannate » dictis in Italia meridionali. 



Fam. 17. Endomycetaceae Schroet. 



ENDOMYCES Van Tiegli. — Syll. VIII p. 820, X p. 70. 



1. Endomyces coprophilus Mass. et Salm. Copr. fungi I, pag. 324, :3S70 

 fig. 35. — Hyphis arachnoideis, irref.,'ulariter ramosis, crebre se- 

 ptatis, albis 4-6 [x. cr. ; ascis lateralibus, brevissime stipitatis, pi- 

 riformibus v. globulosis, 4-8-sporis, 20-30^18-25; sporidiis elli- 

 pticis 5-6 ^ 3-3,5 hyalinis. 



Hah. in fimo equino, Kew BritannisB. 



Fam. 18. Protomycetace^ De Bary. 



PROTOMYCES Unger — Syll. VII p. 319, IX p. 363, XIV p. 829. 



1. Protomyces vagabundus Speg. Eev. Arg. de Hist. Nat. 1891, p. (12). 3871 

 — Acervulis caulicolis v. petiolicolis, sparsis vel hinc inde parce 

 aggregatis, minutis 1-1,5 mm, diam., prominulis, compactis, epi- 

 dermide velatis, in vivo obscure cinnamomeis, in sicco subnigre- 

 scentibus; sporidiis densissime constipatis, sphttToideis 100-150 



{!-. diam., episporio crasso laxe grosseque colliculoso-undulato, fu- 

 sco-fuligineo fere opaco tectis, protoplasmato hyalino nubiloso- 

 granuloso farctis. An status oogonicus Peronosporce cujusdam? 



Hah. ad caules vivos Medicaginis denticulatic et Ade- 

 smiae punctatoe in herbosis prope La Plata Argentin;e Amer. 

 merid. 



2. Protomyces Theae Zimm. in Centr. f. Bakter. II Abt. 1901, n. 4, 3872 

 p. 140, fig. 11. — Mycelio partim matrici immerso, partim libero 

 crasse tunicato; sporangiis endogenis, vulgo plurimis aggregatis, 



in mycelio acropleurogenis, insequaliter globoso-ellipsoideis, crasse 

 tunicatis, 140-220 {x. diam., flavis. 



Hah. in radicibus The;T} prope Buitenzorg Javi'. — Sporarum 



