120 Sphaeriaceje, AUantosporae, Valsa. 



Hab. in ramis tenuioribus Quecus prope Miinster, rarius. — 

 Nonnullis uotis cum V. ceratophora. habitu vero cum V. ambiente 

 convenit. 



33. Valsa sordida Nits. Pyr. Gerra. 203. Sacc. M. V. Spec. t. XIII. 46i 

 fig. 8-10. V. ambiens Auct. p. p., V. deplanata Nees sec. Fuck. 



— Stromate majusculo, e basi orbiculari v. ovali obtuse conico, 

 nunc depresso, parum v. vix protuberante, nuuc contra pustulato, 

 peridermio integro v. stellatira, rarius rimose fisso, arcte adhae- 

 rente tecto; peritheciis in singulo stromate plerumque 6-12, irre- 

 gulariter circinantibus, globosis in majoribus magisque protuberan- 

 tibus multo numerosioribus (15-25), monostichis, densissime sti- 

 patis, corapressis, in corticis substantia imrautata nidulantibus et 

 in collum nunc breve, nunc loagiusculum attenuatis; ostiolis in- 

 crassatulis, fere globosis v. truncatis, atris, poro angusto pertusis, 

 plerumque in disci ex albido-cinereo raox sordide fuscescentis raar- 

 gine tantum emergentibus; ascis anguste clavatis v. oblongis, ses- 

 silibus, octosporis, 48-60 s 8; sporidiis conglobatis, cylindricis, cur- 

 vulis V. subrectis, hyalijiis, 12^1^2-2. — Spermogonia cytisporoi- 

 dea, radiatim raultilocellata ; sperraatiis allantoideis 4 c; 1, longe 

 stipitatis, dein in cirrhos luteos lougissiraos protrusis. 



Jlab. in ramis Populi nigrae, P. italica^ in Gerraania, 

 Italia, Gallia, California. 



34. Valsa praestans B. et C. in Curtis Catal? Cooke Vals. of Un. ^^^ 



St. 117. — Peritheciis ostiolis non sulcatis ; ascis octospo- 



ris; sporidiis allantoideis, hyalinis 10-12=; 3. 



Hab. in cortice Nyssre, New Jersey, Am. bor. — A V. Nyssce 

 C. et E. dififert sporidiis longioribus; ad speciem Curtisianara pa- 

 rum notam dubitanter cl. Cooke refert hunc fungillum. 



35. Valsa hausteilata Fr. Cooke Valsei of Un. St. 115. Sphccria 463 

 haustellata Fr. S. M. II. 383. Schw. Syn. Ani. bor. n. 1320. — - 

 Tecta, basi innata, late conica, stroraate tenui pallido, ostioHs di- 

 stantibus, cylindricis, pertusis non sulcatis; ascis octosporis; spo- 

 ridiis allantoideis, valde curvatis, 6-8 =; 2, subsuccineis (Cooke 1. c). 



Hab. in ramis in Suecia et in rarais Alni serrulatae et 0- 

 stryae virginicae, Carol. inf., Sautee Swamp, N. York. (Amer. 

 bor.). — Pustulse basi cortici profunde iramersae, lineaque tenui 

 nigra ad lignum penetrante laxius circumscript:e ; perithecia pro- 

 funde demersa, collis longis convergentibus stromate conjunctis, 

 unde discus prominens convexus angustatus, ostiolis brevibus di- 

 stinctis laevibus, subinde apice dilatatis. 



