Sphasriaceae,' AUantosporse, Calosphaeria. 97 



Persoonu peritheciis adultis aut in superficie aut in interiori par- 

 te nidulantibus, collis diaraetro perithecii serael-ter longioribus, cy- 

 lindraceis, aterrirais, subtilissirae perforatis, exsertis. saepe fasci- 

 culatis instructis; ascis oblongo-clavatis, antico obtusis, basi lon- 

 ge, tenuissime acurainatis, Ssporis, 24 ^; 5; sporidiis conglobatis in 

 asci latiori parte, cjlindraceis, continuis, curvatis, hyalinis, 5 s 1 ; 

 pseudoparaphysibus longissimis, articulatis, 5-8 y.. crass. 



Hab. in cortice interiore Fagi, prope (Estrich (Rhenogovia). 



6. Calosphseria corylina Nits. Pyr. Gerra. p. 95. — Peritheciis satis 396 

 nuraerosis (8-20), rarius paucioribus, in soros raajusculos, ovales, 

 corticis interioris superficiei, sub periderraio adnatos, nec irnmer- 

 sos densissirae sociatis, arcte inter se conjunctis, circinatira decum- 

 bentibus, peridermio, vix pustulato-elevato tectis, rainutis, globosis, 



ex fusco nigricantibus, glabris, tandem collapsis, in collura plus mi- 

 nus elongatum, crassiusculum, medio ssepissime ventricoso-inflatum 

 ac ut perithecia ipsa saepe collabescens subito constrictis ; ostiolis 

 majusculis, rotundatis, tandem pertusis, in discura rainutum, ple- 

 rumque ellipticum, rarius suborbicularera collectis, per peridermii 

 rimulas transversim directas erumpentibus ; ascis anguste cunei- , 

 formi-clavatis, apice obtusissimis, fere truncatis, in pedicellum lon- 

 ge attenuatis, octosporis, 32-36 ^ 6-7 (p. sporif.), pseudoparaphy- 

 sibus longissirais, continuis obvallatis; sporidiis subdistichis, cy- 

 lindricis, curvatis, hyalinis, 10-12^:2. 



Hab. in rarais emortuis Coryli Avellana? prope Miinster 

 (Gerraania). 



7. Calosphseria drylna~(Curr.) Nits. Pyr. Germ. p. 94. Sacc. F. ital. 397 

 tab. 477 (forraa subrautica). Sphcetna dryina Curr. — Peritheciis 

 globosis V. pyriforraibus ex fusco tandem aterrirais, majusculis, in 

 casspites minutas coUectis, subcircinantibus, saepius solitariis, spar- 

 sis, decurabentibus, sub peridermio facile solubili liberis, cortici in- 

 teriori tamquara afflatis, collis perithecii diaraetro brevioribus, raro 

 nonnihil longioribus, apice obtusis, iramo pauUo incrassatis, peri- 

 derraiura poro minutissirao perforantibus instructis; ascis oblongo- 

 clavatis, obtusis v. truncatis, subsessilibus, octosporis, pseudopa- 

 raphysibus simplicibus, septatis, 5-7 a. crassis longissime supera- 



tis, 50-80 ii 8-12; sporidiis in media v. superiore asci parte laxe 

 conglobatis, cylindricis, valde incurvatis, hyalinis, 10-12^2^,-3. 

 Hab. in ramulis Quercus pedunculataein Britaiinia, Ger- 

 mania et Italia. 



8. Calosphaeria microtheca (C. et E.) Sacc. Sphceria (obtectae) mi- 39S 



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