Sphaeriaceae, AUantosporae, Valsa. 113 



13. Valsa affinis Nits. in Fuck. Symb. rayc. p. 199. — Peritheciis 441 

 primo spermatiis cylindraceis, curvatis, 4i;l, in sterigmatum ra- 

 mosorum apicibus repletis, ascophoris circinatis, in discum parvum 

 vix eraergentem convergentibus ; ascis lineari-oblongis, sessilibus, 

 Ssporis, 30 s 4 ; sporidiis subdistichis, cylindraceis, parum curvatis, 

 continuis, hyalinis, 8i;2. 



Hab. in ramis Coryli Avellanae, (Estrich, Rhenog. et Ita- 

 lia bor. — In specirainibus italicis asci oblongo-clavati, 18-22 ^ 6, 

 sporidia botuliformia, minutissima, 5-6 s ly^, 2-guttulata, hyalina. 



— A Valsa Fuchelii Nits., cui afRnis, ascis sporidiisque conspicue 

 minoribus recedit. 



14. Valsa fallax Nits. in Fuck. Symb. myc. p. 200, — Pustulis mi- 442 

 nutis gregariis, vix prominulis; peritheciis circinantibus corticolis, 

 ostiolis in discum minutum peridermium breviter excedeus con- 

 vergentibus ; ascis lineari-oblongis, sessilibus, 8sporis, 36 ^; 4 ; spo- 

 ridiis subdistichis, cylindraceis, curvatis, continuis, hyalinis, 8 s 2. 



— Spermogonium sistit Cytisporam Corni West. 



Hab. in ramis siccis Corni sanguineae in Germania, Bel- 

 gio, Gallia, Italia. 



15. Valsa Plni (Alb. et Schw.) Fr. Summ. Veg. Scand. p. 412. Sphce- 443 

 ria Pini A. et S. Sph. leucophceata Reb. — Stromate conico- 

 truncato vel hemisphserico, plus rainus prorainente, nunc perider- 

 mio fere integro vel fisso tecto et extus intusque cortici conco- 

 lori, nunc contra, peridermio mox secesso, libero et ut SLiperficie 

 corticis ipsa ex fusco nigricante, discreto vel rarius confluente; 

 peritheciis numerosis, 20-30 in quovis stromate, dense confertis, 

 subovoideis, perexiguis, coUis breviusculis ostiolisque in discum 

 planum collectis, apice rotundatis vel truncatis, dein pertusis, ater- 

 rimis, abbreviatis, raro rostellatis, rainutissimis ; ascis cylindraceo- 

 clavatis, 30-32^^5-6; sporidiis, conglobatis, 5-9 i; 1,5. — Spermogo- 

 nia {Cytispora Pini Desm.) stromatibus perithecigeris similliraa, pa- 

 pillis 1, raro 2-3 instructa, intus griseo-viridula, raultilocularia, 

 locellis radiatira dispositis. Sperraatia elongata, subrecta, hyalina, 

 4^:1, tandera in cirrhos flavidos propulsa. 



Hab. in cortice raniorum Pini sylvestris in Suecia, Ger- 

 mania, Belgio, Italia, Fennia, Araer. bor. — Valsce clecumbenti 

 affinis. 



16. Valsa leiphaemloides B. et C. North Am. Fungi n. 868. — Pu- ^^^ 

 stulis subcorticalibus, ostiolis congestis tandem expositis; pulvere 

 niveo intermixtis, sporidiis ailautoideis, 10 a. long. 



