Sphseriacese, Allantosporse, Valsa. 135 



Hab. in ramis exsiccatis Rosse rubiginosse et Rubi fru- 

 ticosi, (Estrich (Rhenogovia). — Affinis Valsce salicincB. 



95. Valsa pustulata Aw. in Nits. Pjr. germ. p. 211. Sphceria am- 523 

 biens Auct. p. p. — Stromate e basi orbiculari v. ovali conico, 

 truncato v. centro depresso, plus minus protuberante, pustulato, pe- 

 ridermio pleruraque arcte adhserente, integro, rarius stellatim tisso 

 tecto ; peritheciis in singulo stromate 3-8, rarius pluribus, circinan- 

 tibus, rarissime submonostichis, majusculis, subglobosis, collis brevi- 

 bus, instructis; ostiolis in disci emersi, minuti, ex cinereo fusce- 

 scentis margine erumpentibus vel omnino non v. paullo tantum 

 incrassatulis, cjlindricis, rarius subglobosis, truncatis, poro pro ra- 

 tione majusculo pertusis, atris, nitidulis; ascis anguste clavatis, ses- 

 silibus, octosporis, 44-60 ^; 6-8; sporidiis subdistichis, cylindricis, 

 nonnihil curvatis v. rectis, hyalinis, 15^:3, rarius 10-20 :s 2y,-4. 



— Spermogonia cy tisporoidea ; spermatiis allantoideis, 4-5 i; 1, lon- 

 giuscule stipitatis. 



Hab. in ramis Fagi sylvaticse in Germania, Gallia, Italia. 524 



96. Valsa Taxi Fuck. Symb. Myc. App. I. 316. — Spermogoniis pu- 

 stulatis, 2-3 mill. lat., convexis seu lato-obtuso-conicis, ssepe con- 

 fluentibus, poro centrali minuto in disco orbiculari, plaQO, sordido, 

 intus multicellularibus, corneis, griseis ; cirrhis longissimis, pili- 

 formibus, contortis, aureis; spermatiis cylindraceis, curvatis, conti- 

 nuis, 8 ^ ly^. Peritheciis ascigeris 12-20, demum circum spermo- 

 gonia in cortice interiori inordinate nidulantibus, decumbentibus, 

 globosis, atris, in collum peritheciura dimidium aequans attenuatis, 

 ostiolis in disco sordido, punctiformibus, planis plicatisque, atris, 

 demum discum totum occupantibus ; ascis stipitatis, oblongis 8-spo- 

 ris, 72 i: 8 ; sporidiis distichis, cylindraceis, curvatis, continuis, 16 ^; 3. 



Hab. in ramis siccis corticatis Taxi baccatse in Rhenogo- 

 via, Reichartshausen. — Affinis V. Friesii, a qua sporidiis majo- 

 ribus etc. difFert. 



97. Valsa pauperata C. et E. New Jersey Fungi in Grevillea VIII, 555 

 p. 14, M. U. n. 1954. — Gregaria, tecta, erumpens; peritheciis 

 2-3 in pustulas rainutas congregatis, atris; ostiolis raajusculis epi- 

 dermidem perforantibus ; ascis clavatis 60^:12; sporidiis allantoi- 

 deis, hyalinis, confertis, 14-17:^3. 



Hab. in ramis Aceris, New Jersey, Am. bor. — Pustulse co- 

 piosse, quandoque in lineas flexuosas digestae. — Sperraogonia pu- 

 stulis ascigeris intermixta. 



98. Valsa COOperta Cooke Valsei of Un. St. p. 118. — Peritheciis 526 



