Sphaeriacese, AUaatosporse, Dia/trypella. 209 



erurapens, ellipticus, minutus, niger, ostiolis obsolete prominulis, 

 sparsis. 



26. Diatrypella Liriodendrl (Schw.) Sacc. Sph. Liriodendri Schw. 768 

 Syn. Car. n. 60, Curr. in Linn. Trans. XXII, t. XLVI, fig. 72. — 

 Obovata, rugosa, nigrofusca, intus candida, peritheciis araplis mono- 

 stichis, ostiolis subprominulis ; ascis clavatis, breve stipitatis, poly- 

 sporis; sporidiis allantoideis, luteolis, 5-6 u.. long. 



Hab. gregaria in cortice Liriodendri Tulpiferae in Caro- 

 lina, Amer. bor. — Erumpens, prominens, ,subconfluens, 2-3 lin. 

 longa et lata, cortici usque ad basim nigrescenti insidet et junior 

 ab eodem circumdatur ; superficies pulverulenta, ostiolis indistinctis 

 variolosa ; sed in nostro specimine valde adulto nuda, atra, ostiolis 

 prominulis, intus nigrescens ; perithecia 3-6, subglobosa, collo bre- 

 vi. Fr. S. M. III. 356. — Peraffinis D. asperce, sec. Curr. I. c. 



27. Dlatrypella Caphalanthi (Scliw.) Sacc. Sph. Cephalanthi Schw. 769 

 Syn. Carol. n. 59, Fr. S. M. II, p. 356. — Subrotunda, verrucse- 

 formis, extus intusque atra, basi circumscripta, stromate obliterato 

 ostiolis crassis crenatis coDfluentibus; ascis clavatis polysporis; spo- 

 ridiis allantoideis. 



Hab. in ramis Cephalanthi occidentalis emortuis, Ca- 

 rolina, Bufi^alo, Alabama (Amer. bor.). — Sec. exerapl. a cl. Far- 

 low accepta sporidia 8-10^:1,5, subhyalina, sed plantae habitus vix 

 Diairi/pellce, potius vero Crypiovalsce. — Minor, gregaria, lineam 

 lata, confluens, per epidermidem stellatim v, radiatim ruptam erum- 

 pens, prominens, rimas corticis infestans ; perithecia aggregata, co- 

 uica, cortice tenui tecta. Fr. I. c. 



28. Diatrypella melsena Nits. Pj^r. Germ. p. 78. — Stromate plerum- ^^q 

 que majusculo, crasso, e basi ovali per peridermii rimas transver- 

 sim directas erumpente alteque protuberante, elliptico vel forma 

 plus minus irregulari, verruciformi v. confluendo deformi, verti- 

 cem versus vix v. omnino non attenuato, lateribus arduis perider- 

 mii laciniis fissis arrectisque vestito, raox aterrimo, disco nudato, 

 planiusculo v. convexo ostiolis crassis, conicis, leviter striatis, ex- 

 sertis exasperato, ceterum laeviusculo; peritheciis in singulo stro- 

 mate 3-20, ovato-subglobosis, monostichis,inagnis, collo brevi, cras- 



so instructis; ascis cjlindrico-clavatis, longissime pedicellatis, pa- 

 raphysibus filiformibus simplicibusque stipatis, myriosporis, 120 ii 

 18 p. sporif. ; sporidiis numerosissimis, conglobatis, cylindricis, cur- 

 vulis, fuscescentibus, 6-7i;lV2. 



Hab. in ramis Betulse albae prope Driesen, Germauia. 



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