152 Spha^riacea?, Allantosporaj, Eutypella. 



convexum efformantibus, non prominentibus; ascis crassiuscule cla- 

 vatis, longissime stipitatis, 100 s 6, parte sporifera 50 s 6, Ssporis ; 

 sporidiis inordinate distichis, cjlindraceis, parum curvatis, utrin- 

 que rotundatis, 1-guttulatisque, luteolis, 12^2^2-3. — Status sper- 

 mogonicus Cytisporam referens: spermogoniis plurilocularibus 

 nigris stromate lignescente nigro-limitato insidentibus; spermatiis 

 filiformibus, incurvis, hyalinis, 15 :i Vg» demum in cirrhos aureos 

 intricatos, capiilares protrusis. 



llab. in cortice ramorum Ailanthi glandulosae Patavii et 

 Selva (It, bor.). — Affinis E. cervicullatce et E. sielhdatce, a qui- 

 bus forma et magnitudine ostiolorum et sporidiorum satis diflfert. 

 IG. Eutypella grandis (Nits.) Sacc. V. grandis Nits. Pyr. Germ. p. 164. 578 

 Sacc. Myc. Ven. Sp. t. XII, f. 57-59. Sph. Radula Pers. Syn. p. 37(?), 

 V. Radula (Pers.) Cooke Valsei U. S. p. 114. — Stromate valseo, 

 grandi, forma valde irregulari v. fere diatrypeo, cortici crasso, duris- 

 simo, ligneo immerso, parte immersa corticis substantia parum v. vix 

 mutata, nigro-limitata formata, erumpente, strati corticalis supremi 

 laciniis, plerumque irregulariter fissis cincto, immo pro parte te- 

 cto, superficie ina;quali verrucoso-rimoso, ostiolis exasperato; pe- 

 ritheciis in singulo stromate numerosis, magnis, ovatis, subglobosis 

 V. mutua pressione angulatis, irregulariter monostichis v. fere di- 

 stichis, coUis plerumque longis, ostiolis incrassatis, validis, nunc 

 elongatis ac longitudinaliter sulcatis nunc abbreviatis, depresse co- 

 nicis v. rotundatis et sulcis plerumque 6 leviter ac radiatim ex- 

 aratis, tandem poro latiusculo perforatis instructis; ascis cylindri- 

 co-clavatis, longe pedicellatis, octosporis, 30 s 7; sporidiis in asci 

 lumine utrimque maxime angustato subdistichis, cylindricis, cur- 

 vulis V. subrectis, fuscis, 9-10, rarius 13=; 2^2-3. 



Hab. in cortice duriore Quercus in Germania et Aceris, 

 Padova (Ital. bor.), Populi, Carolina (Amer. bor.). — Sec. Schw. 

 Syn. Araer. bor. n. 1369 stromata intus albicantia, sed non nigro- 

 circumscripta; ostiola saepe seriato-fasciculata. An ergo species Ca- 

 roliniana diversa ab europaea'? 

 17. Eutypella elegans Niessl in Thuem. Contr. Myc. Lusit. n. 524. 579 

 — Stromate valseo, ligno immerso, peritheciis sine ordine confer- 

 tis, di-tristichis, globosis vel mutua pressione angulosis, numerosis, 

 majusculis, ostiolis fasciculatis crassiusculis, radiatim quatuor-sex 

 sulcatis, atris, nitidis ; ascis clavatis, longe pedicellatis, 30-35 s 6-7 

 p. sporif.. octosporis; sporidiis subdistichis, cylindraceis, curvulis 

 vel subrectis, fuscescentibus, 7-9 ^ 2,5. 



