130 Sphjeriaceae, AUantosporae, Valsa. 



discum ellipticiim v. circularem nigrum ostiolis punctulatum, raar- 

 gineque pruinosum desinentibus ; ascis minutis lanceolatis; spori- 

 diis allantoideis, hyalinis, 8-10 u. long. — Spermogonia cytispo- 

 roidea, truncata, medio pulverulenta et subrimosa; spermatiis al- 

 lantoideis, coacervatis succineis, 3-5 y.. long. 



Hab. in ramis Alni, Johnsburgh, Warren c, Amer. bor. 



81. Valsa punica S. et S. Michel. I. p. 367, Fungi ital. 403. — Acer- 509 

 vulis sparsis, cortice nidulantibus, e peritheciis paucis, laxe cohao- 

 rentibus monostichis efformatis; peritheciis globulosis '/j mill. diam., 

 nigris, nitidis, ostiolis cylindraceis perithecium subaequantibus, rao- 

 dice convergentibus erumpentibusque; perithecii contextu sinuose 

 parenchymatico fuligineo; ascis cylindraceis sessilibus, 45-50:^8, 

 utrinque obtusiusculis, aparaphysatis, octospororis ; sporidiis disti- 

 chis botuliformibus, 12-14 ::; 3, utrinque obtusis 1-guttulatisque per- 

 fecte hyalinis. 



Hah. in ramulis corticatis Punicae Granati a Conegliano, 

 aut. 1877, socia Cytispora punica Sacc. ejus spermogonio, sic de- 

 finienda : peritheciis subcutaneis, globulosis, laxe congregatis, ostio- 

 lis vix convergentibus cylindraceis, perithecio sublongioribus; con- 

 textu regulariter parenchymatico, fuligineo ; sperraatiis botulifor- 

 mibus, 5i;l, hyalinis, basidiis bacillaribus duplo triplove longiori- 

 bus suffultis. 



82. Yalsa acclinls Fr. Sumra. Veg. Scand. p. 412. Nits. Pyr. Gerra. ^io 

 p. 207. De Not. Sf. ital. n. 39, f. 39. — Stroraate convexo, depres- 



so, rainuto; peritheciis sub peridermio fere liberis, corticis inte- 

 rioris strato supremo parum v. vix immersis, in orbera v. rarius 

 in soros oblongos dispositis, decurabentibus, globosis, rainutis, ex 

 fusco nigricantibus, in colla perithecii diametrum a>quantibus v. 

 . brevioribus subito attenuatis, apicibus obtusis nec incrassatis, ad- 

 scendentibus, perforatis, subjunctis, peridermiura perforantibus ; 

 ascis clavatis, basira versus breviter attenuatis, octosporis 60 ^ 6- 

 8; sporidiis conglobatis, cylindricis, parum curvatis v. subrectis, 

 hyalinis, 7-9^2 (sec De Not. sp. 12-14 y.. long.). 



Hab. in ramis exsiccatis Pyri Mali, Driesen (Germania), in 

 Ital. bor., Suocia. — Species homonyma Schweinitzii Sj-n. f. Amer. 

 bor. n. 1389 aliena est, teste Cooke, et hic sub noraine Yalsce in- 

 clinis exhibetur. 



83. Valsa syngenesia Fr. Summa V. S. 411. Cooke Handb. n. 2462, nec sn 

 Curr. — Conica, basi adnata ceterura sublibera ; stroraatc cinereo-ni- 

 gro, ostiolis exertis; sporidiis cylindricis, curvulis, rainutis, hyalinis. 



