140 Sphajriaceae, Allantosporoe, Valsa. 



Hah. in ramis corticatis Abietis pectinatae et excelsae 

 in Germania. Gallia, Helvetia et Britannia. 



111. Valsa Strobi Pass. Erb. critt. ital. Ser. II, n. 947. - Stroraate 539 

 e basi orbiculari discoideo, protuberante, 2 mill. diam. disco griseo 

 fusco pustulato, peridermio integro vel stellatim fisso, arcte adhaj- 

 rente, tecto; peritheciis numerosis in parenchymate non rautato 

 uidulantibus ; ascis lanceolatis, clavatis, 25^3; sporidiis octonis 

 distichis, cylindricis, rectis vel curvulis, hyalinis, 6-7 s 1-1,5. 



Hah. in cortice Pini Strobi prope Parmam (Ital. bor.). — 

 A Valsa Kunzei stromate crassiore et peritheciis nuraerosioribus 

 prse ceteris differt, Pass. — u An tamen satis diversa a V. super- 

 ficiali Nits.? ». 



112. Valsa superficlalis Nits. Pyr. Germ. pag. 232. — Stromatibus ^40 

 grandiusculis, basi orbicularibus, in pustulas plerumque dense spar- 

 sas iinmo confluentes, convexas sed circa discum medium majus- 

 culum deplanatas v. saepius impressas protuberantibus, peridermio 

 tenui, disco tautum pertuso, ceterura integerrimo et arctissirae ad- 

 ha^rente tectis; disco suborbiculari, planiusculo, stromati tamquara 

 iraposito, basi constricto, ostiolis minutis, arctissime stipatis, ater- 

 rirais, opacis v. nitidulis, rotundatis paene ex integro forraato, hinc 

 inde stromatis substantia parca, ex sulphureo fuscescente perider- 

 raiique laciniis arrectis cincto; peritheciis in singulo stromate nu- 

 merosis 10-30, minutis, submonostichis, confertissimis' saepeque mu- 

 tua pressione angulatis, in collum longiusculum, tenuissimum ab- 

 rupte attenuatis ; ascis oblongis v. subclavatis, sessilibus, octospo- 

 ris, 24-26 s 5; sporidiis conglobatis, tenuiter cylindricis, parum 

 curvatis v. subrectis, subhyalinis, 8-9 ^ IVg- 



Hah. in ramis dejectis levibus Pini Strobi, prope Munster, 

 Germania, rarius. 



113. Valsa duriuscula Otth, in Nits. Pyr. Germ. p. 234. — Stromate 541 

 e basi orbiculari in conulum sensim attenuato, plus minus protu- 

 berante, peridermio arctissime adhaerente poroque exiguo, rotundo 

 tantura pertuso, ceterum integerrimo tecto; peritheciis in singulo 

 stromate 4-8, densissime stipatis valde depressis ac plerumque an- 

 gulatis, minutis, monostichis v. subcircinantibus, in collum tenuis- 

 sime cylindricum abrupte attenuatis ; stromatis substantia oliva- 

 scenti-cinerea, parca; ostiolis aterrimis, perexiguis, disculum orbi- 

 cularem v. rarius ovalem, planum, pulverulento-niveum haud su- 

 perantibus et in ejus regione centrali gregatim, rarius sparsim ac 

 sine ordine erumpentibus ; ascis anguste oblongis v. cylindrico-cla- 



