168 Sphaeriacoae, Allantosporae, Eutypa. 



(non Fr.) Valsa lata Sacc Myc. Ven. 128 p. p. (non Pers.) tab. XIV. 

 f. 21-28. V. Vitvi Hazl. Ban. 1873 t. I. f. 4. — Stroraate late ef- 

 fuso ex cortice v. ligno immutato vel sffipius nigrificato forraato ; 

 poritheciis plobulosis, nigris, extus initio albo-furfuraceis, in ostio- 

 la sjvpius brevia conoidea v. obtusata plus minus profunde 4-5-sul- 

 cata productis; ascis clavatis longissime stipitatis, 35-55 s 6-8 p. 

 sporif.; sporidiis distichis allantoideis, utrinque rotundatis, curvu- 

 lis, luteolis !)-14r2-3. — Spermogonia sistit Ci/tispora ludibun- 

 da Sacc. Mich. I. 519. 



Hab. in ramis corticatis, in cortice duriore truncorum, immo, 

 cortice secedente, in ligno denudato arborum fere omnium in tota 

 Italia bor.. nec non in Gallia, Germania et Amer. merid. Cfr. Mich. 

 I. 15, ubi nutrices 38 notavi et forraarum characteres ex quibus 

 notabiliores sequentes: 1. Juglandis regice , quaternarifBformis ; 

 corticola, acervulis parvis gregariis; ostiolis levitor 3-4-rimosis; 

 ascis p. s. 55-60 i; 8; sporidiis 11-15 ^; 2^2-3. — 2. Aceris campe- 

 stris ; peritheciis ligno iraraersis v. semimraersis, in series longi- 

 tudinales parallele stipatis; ostiolis obsolete rimosis; a. p. s. 55- 

 60 = 8; sp. 11-14 s2Vo-3. — Species raaxirae luJibunda; perithe- 

 cia subraonosticha, nunc subsparsa ad instar Cri/ptosphcerice. nunc 

 in ligni superficie denigrata, densissirae stipata ut vera Eutypa, 

 nunc in acervulos quasi Eutypellcv hinc inde aggregata, initio ex- 

 tus albo-furfuracea ; stroraa raodo latura nigruraque, modo tenue 

 ot vix porcipiendum ; ostiola pleruraquo brevia, rarius vero lon- 

 giuscula, non tamen oxserta, vertice conoideo vel obtusato, modo 

 profunde 4-5-sulcato, niodo leviter rimoso, neutiquara levi, ut V. 

 lata (Pers.). A V. referciente Nke Pyr. gorm. 137 differt prseci- 

 pue stroraate in cortice interiore pleruraque nigroliraitato, perithe- 

 ciis extus albo-furfuraceis, monostichis, sed et haec forte ejusdera 

 speciei formam rariorera sistit. Valsa leprosa (P.) Nits. Pyr. 136 

 et V. confluens Nits. ib. 167 verisirailiter a V. ladibunda speci- 

 fice non differunt. V. leprosa perfecte congruit cura forraa quam 

 in Mycoth. Ven. n. 200 edidi. 

 16. Eutypa arundinacea Sacc. Fungi Ven. Ser. IV. p. 15. — Stro- 633 

 mate sHrialitor oxtenso, oblongo, sublineari, sa^pe confluente in cor- 

 tice atroinquinato et hinc inde parum elevato nidulante, zona ni- 

 gricante per lignum sape excurrente limitato; peritheciis rainutis, 

 (liara. V4-V3 mill., spha^roideis v, e mutua pressione subangulosis 

 atris, extus albido-furfuraceis, ostiolis cylindraceis longiusculis, re- 

 ctis V. raro subvalsiformiter conniventibus, corticem perforantibus 



