184 Sphaeriaceae, Allantosporae, Cryptosphaeria. 



p. 159. — Stroinate corticis pareachymali plus minus elevato innato, 

 nunc longe effuso ramosque ambiente et eorum corticem in crustam 

 coutinuam, :oqualem, superficie punctulato-asperulam mutante, nunc 

 varie interrupto undulato v. macula?forini, cum peridermio imniu- 

 tato V. rarius tandem nigrescente concrescente; peritheciis corti- 

 cis strato supremo, haud nigrificato immersis, monostichis, densis- 

 sime stipatis, globosis sed plerumque mutua pressione angulatis, 

 collo brevissimo, ostiolo minuto, punctiforrai, heinisphajrico, peri- 

 derraium perforatum parura superante instructis ; ascis anguste cla- 

 vatis, longissime pedicellatis, octosporis, 40-48 - 5 p. sporif. ; spo- 

 ridiis in asci luraine utrimque angustato subdistichis, cylindricis, 

 parum curvatis v. subrectis, pallide fuscescentibus 8-10 s IV^-^- — 

 Spermogonia simplicia; spermatiid cjlindricis, curvis, 24 sl. 



Hab. in ramis exsiccatis Fagi sylvatica?, prope Miinster, 

 Germania. 



5. CryptosphaBria sepulta (xNits.) Sacc. Valsa sepulta Nits. Pyr. Germ. 679 

 p. 1(32. — Stromate longe lateque effuso, indeterminato, contiguo 



V. hinc inde interrupto, cortici crassiori innato, spurio ; perithe- 

 ciis corticis parenchymati immutato alte immersis, monostichis, 

 dense stipatis, globosis, peridermio expallente tectis, coUo brevi, 

 ostiolo minimo obtusissimo, applanato, punctiforrai, atro, ruguloso 

 V. obscure quadrisulcato, peridermium perforante ac vix extante 

 instructis; ascis clavatis v. oblongis, longissime pedicellatis, octo- 

 sporis, 80-90 :; 8 p. sporif. ; sporidiis in asci lumine utrinque ma- 

 xime attenuato subdistichis v. conglobatis, cylindiicis, curvulis, fu- 

 scentibus, 18-22 s ^Vg-SVa- 



Hab. in trunco E v o n y m i e u r o p fe i in Westphalia. — C. mil- 

 lepunc(atce affinis, peritheciis profundius infossis, rainoribus, den- 

 sioribus, ascis sporidiisque raajoiibus etc. differt. 



6. Cryptosphaeria ocellata (Fr.). Ces. et De Not. Schema Sfer. p. 57. ggQ 

 Sph. et Halonia ocellata Fr. S. M. II. 480, SpJt. brevis Sow. — 

 Sparsa, peritheciis iramersis globosis persistentibus nigris, ostiolis 



in disco truncato albo exsertis solitariis urabilicatis ; ascis octospo- 

 ris; sporidiis biseriatis, allantoideis, curvulis, hyalinis, 10 a long. 

 Hab. in ramis Fraxini, Salicis in Suecia, Belgio, Britan- 

 nia, Germania, Italia. — Stictis speciem primo obtutu refert; di- 

 scus erurapens minutus ceraceus albus, deraum vero nigrescens, 

 in cujus centro adest ostiolum depressum opacum nigrum, fere ut 

 in V. leurostoma, sed perithecia in cortice interiore nidulantia 

 omnino simplicia, solitaria, glabra, nuda (nec pruinosa) atra, ple- 



