170 SphairiaceaD, AUantosporae, Eutypa. 



Micr. ital. Dec. VII, p. 108, fig. III. — Corticola, stromate nigre- 

 scente, sub epidermide effuso, hinc inde verticaliter descendente, ni- 

 gro: peritheciis acorvulatim confertis, stipatisque, globosis v. an- 

 gulosis, nigris, quandoque substantia albicante tectis ; ostiolis erura- 

 pentibus subpyraraidatis, sulcatis v. teretibus, discretis v. coalitis ; 

 ascis clavatis, stipitatis 45 :; 8-9 (p. sporif.), octosporis, paraphy- 

 sibus genuinis nullis; sporidiis allantoideis hyaliuo-luteolis, cur- 

 vulis, 8-10 = 2-2,4. 



llab. in cortice ramorum Fici (3arica), Genu» (Italia). — 

 EutypiV ludibundcG Sacc. affinis. 



B) Ostiola non sulcata. 



20. Eutypa lata (Pers.) Tul. Sel. Fung. Carp. p. 56, Sphceria lata 637 

 PcTS., / Sph, papillata Hoffm., Vaha lata (Pers.) Nits. Pyr. Germ. 

 p. 141. — Stromate longe lateque eflfuso, contiguo, ligno vel cor- 

 tici crassiori innato, superficie e peritheciis irregulariter emergen - 

 tibus innpquabili. e fusco vel cinereo demum nigricante; peritheciis 

 monostichis, ligno vel cortici haud nigrificato immersis, plus minus 

 protuberantibus, sphaeroideis, latit. circiter 0,5 mill., coUis brevissi- 

 mis vel fere nullis ostiolisque obtuse conoideis vel subhemisphaj- 

 ricis, integris, rarissime obscure rimosis; asci cylindraceo-clavatis, 

 longissime pedicellatis, 48 ^ 4-5 p. sporif. ; sporidiis subdistichis, 

 elongatis, curvulis v. subrectis, pallide fuscescentibus, 8-12 ^; 1,5-2. 

 — Spermogonia hemisphaerica vel subconoidea, simplicia, stromati 

 juniori immersa; spermatiis exiliter cylindraceis, varie curvatis, 

 subsessilibus, hyalinis, tandem in cirrhos pallide roseos propulsis, 

 18-22 = 1. 



Hab. in ligno et cortice Quercus, Fagi, Carpini, Pyri, 

 Pistaciae, Crataegi, Fici, Aceris, Pruni, Rhamni, Ul- 

 rai, Salicis, Corni, Coryli, Ulicis, in tota fere Europa et 

 Amer. bor. — Var. abscondita Dur. et Mont. Alg. p. 461 : peri- 

 theciis immersis epidermide atrata tectis crassiusculis, ostiolis pun- 

 ctiformi-umbilicatis, conicis aut radiatis. In caule FeruIse,.Ri- 

 cini, Dauci in Algeria. — Var. Arundinis Dur. et Mont. Alg. 

 p. 461 : peritheciis minoribus ovatis basi subapplanatis culmo im- 

 mutato aut denigrato colliculoso immersis. In culmis Arundi- 

 nis Donacis et A. mauritanica} in Algeria. 

 21. Eutypa lejoplaca (Fr.) Cooke Handb, n. 24.00, Sph. le/oplaca Fr. 638 

 S. M. II, 370, V. lejoplaca (Fr.) Nits. Pyr. Germ. p. 151. — Stro- 

 raate latissime efi^uso, raro breviore, maculseformi v. interrupto, 



