Sphseriacese, AUantosporae, Cryptovalsa. 189 



corticali, late effuso ; peritheciis in stromate irregulariter nidulan- 

 tibus, majusculis, globosis, nucleo sordido ; ostiolis prominulis, ob- 

 tuso-conicis, opaco-atris; ascis longissime stipitatis, clavatis, poly- 

 sporis, 56 is 8 (p. sporif.) ; sporidiis farctis, cylindraceis, utrinque 

 obtusis, curvatis, continuis, dilute fuscis, 8 w 2^/^. 



Hab. in ramis exsiccatis Rosae caninas, quos ssepius omni- 

 no obducit, prope CEstrich (Germania). 



6. Cryptovalsa uberrima (Tul.) Sacc. Eutypa uberrima Tul. Sel. 695 

 Fung. Carp. II, 64. — Stromate corticali late ramos ambiente; 

 peritheciis in acervulos minutos quaternarise-formes digestis deni- 

 que aggregatis, linea nigra varie excurrente circumscriptis; ostio- 



lis vix extantibus, minutis, obtusis, rimosis; ascis clavatis, 10 p.. 

 cr., polysporis; sporidiis allantoideis exiguis 6,5-8 55 2. 



Kdb, in ramis Tiliae europese in Gallia. — Spermogonia: 

 spermatiis filiformibus, valde curvatis in cirrhos aureos denique 

 propulsis foeta. — Habitus, sec. Nits., Eutypce leprosce. 



7. Cryptovalsa platensls Speg. Fung. Arg. I, p. 181. — Peritheciis 696 

 in acervulos valsiformes, parvulos, y^-l mill., digestis cortice iramer* 



sis totos fere ramulos ambientibus minutis, globulosis Vs-Ve ™ill-. 

 atris, contextu parenchymatico-sinuoso, olivaceo-fuligineo ; ostiolis 

 fasciculatis, superficiem matricis attingentibus, sed numquam exser* 

 tis, atris; ascis cylindraceo-clavatis p. sporif. 60-65 =; 10-12, stip. 

 20-25 s 5, sursum obtuse rotundatis, deorsum in pedicellum desi- 

 nentibus, polysporis, aparaphysatis ; sporidiis botuliformibus, egut- 

 tulatis, ^iil-lVo, dilute olivaceis. 



Hab. ad ramulos emortuos Salicis Humboltianse a San 

 Jose de Flores, Mart. 1880 (Amer. merid.). — Crypt. uberrimce 

 (Tul.) videtur aflfinis. 



8. Cryptovalsa extorris Sacc. Fungi Ven. Ser. IV, p. 17 et Fungi 697 

 ital. tab. 160. — Stromate late ramos ambiente et ligni superfi- 

 ciem infuscante; peritheciis ligno adnatis v. parum infossis, nunc 

 dense valsiformiter stipatis, nunc discretis, e globoso conoideis, V^- 



V4 mill. diam., e mutua pressione quandoque angulosis, atris, hy- 

 phis conidiophoris brevibus dense articulato-nodulosis, fuligineis, 

 prsecipue tetate juvenili, vestitis; conidiis ovoideis dilute fuligineis, 

 5ii3; ostiolis breve cjlindraceo-conoideis, vertice rotundato, 2-4 

 radiatim exaratis, minuteque pertusis; ascis crebris, clavatis, longe 

 stipitatis p. sporif. 70-80 ^; 12-14, stipite 70-80 long., myriosporis; 

 sporidiis dense conglobatis, minutissimis, cylindraceis, curvulis, 6- 

 8iil, lutescenti-viridulis, 3-guttulatis. 



