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ASTEROMELLA Pass. et Thum. - Syll. III p. 182, X p. 2il, XI 

 1). 40S, XVI p. 88G. 



1. Asteromella ovata Tlmm — Syll. III p. 183. — var. tiliophila ^-^ou 

 Forraris, Malp. 1904, p. 494. — Pycnidiis hypophyllis, numero- 

 sissimis, granuliformibus, prominuHs, in maculis atris initio parvis 

 doin confluondo maculas amplas nigras formantibus insidentibus ; 

 sporulis copiosis, cylindraceis, utrinque rotundatis , 3-3,5 » 1-1,5 

 hyalinis. 



Ilah. in foliis dejectis Tilire europioa?, E,iva Valdobbia, 

 Ital. bor. (Ab. Oarestta). 



2. Asteromella sphaerospora Sacc. et Trav. in Aanal. Mycol. 1903, 4210 

 n. 5. fig. V. — Mycelio repente, dense intcrtexto, effuso, maculas 

 irregulares olivaceo-brunneas effbrmante; pycnidiis sparsis, super- 

 perficialibus vel vix basi insculptis, o conoideo giobulosis, poro 

 pertusis, nigris, opacis, 250-500 [a. diam. ; sporulis sph.croideis vel 

 irregulariter ellipsoideis, intus varie et crebro guttulatis, majusculis, 

 12-15*11-14, hyalinis, coacervatis dikitissime olivaceis; basidiis 

 brevibus, crassiusculis , hyaUnis, sporulam mediam vix ccquan- 

 tibus. 



Hah. in culmis emortuis Tritici vulgaris, prope Sassari, 

 Sardiniic (A. N. Berlese). 



SCLEROTIOPSIS Speg. — Syll. III p. 184, X p. 213, XVI p. 887. 



1. ? Sclerotiopsis Pelargonii Scalia, Mycetes SicuH novi II, 1903, p. 2, 4211 

 — Pycnidiis globoso-conicis, basique srepe applanatis, in petioHs 

 foliorum oblongis, aterrimis nitidulis, astomis, parenchymati im- 

 mersis, ac epidermide atrata tectis, prominulis, 520-630 [j.. latis, 

 denique erumpentibus; contextu parenchymatico subatro, circ. 18 



[j-. crasso, e ceJluHs minutis, dense aggregatis formato; basidiis 

 fiHformibus, hyaHiiis, 18-20 [j,. long., monosporis, denso coustipatis 

 o stratu proHgero tantum basi pycnidii evoluto ortis; sporuHs 

 inaequalibus ac fere semihinaribus, utrinque acutatis, plasmate nu- 

 biloso quandoque minute guttulato farctis, hyaHnis, 8-11 ^ 1,5-2. 

 Ilah. in foHis exsiccatis Pelargonii spec. Mascalucia SiciHae. 



2. Sclerotiopsis sicula ScaHa, Mycetes sicuH novi II, 1903, p. 1. — 4212 

 Stromatibus oblongis, parum prominuHs, aterrimis, seriatim di- 

 spositis e matrice mutata constitutis ; pycnidiis profundo immersis, 

 irregulariter lonticularibus, astomis, 700-800 [j.. latis, 80-120 «j,. 

 altis, soHtariis, contextu tenui, iudistincte oHvaceo, parenchymatico ; 

 basidiis cyHndraceis, brevibus, circ. 10-12 [j,. longis, dense consti- 



