216 Sphferiaceae, Phjeosporae, Ceratostoma. 



draceis; sporidiis ovoideis raajusculis, granulosis; paraphysibus fi- 

 liformibus ascos dimidios asquantibus. 



Hab. in ligno putri quercino, Finistere (Gallia). — Sporidio- 

 runi color 1. c. non indicatur, sed species prope phaeosporas locatur. 



3. Ceratostoma caminatum (C. et E.) Sacc. Sphceria (Immersae) ca- "^73 

 minata C. et E. New Jersey Fungi. Grev. VI, p. 94, t. 100, fig. 

 30. — Immersum ; peritheciis subglobo.«;is, atris, sparsis, vel subgre- 

 gariis, in colluin <»longatum productis; ascis cylindraceis ; sporidiis 

 uniseriatis, ellipticis, brunueis, 12=; 6. 



Ilab. in ligno decorticato Aceris in New Jersey Am bor. — 

 Ostiola elongata prominent. 



4. Ceratostoma Avocetta (C. et E.) Sacc. Sphceria Avocetta C. et E, '^'* 

 New Jersey Fungi Grev. VIII, p. 15. — Sparsum, imraersum, dein 

 liberum ; peritheciis atris, globosis, supra in coUum longe attenua- 

 tis; ascis cylindraceis; sporidiis anguste ellipticis, brunneis, 12 s 5. 



Hab. in ligno putrescente in New Jersey, Amer. bor. — Peri- 

 th(!cia. ligno labefacto. libera; initio ostiola tantura emergunt. 



5. Ceratostoma brevirostre (Fr.) Sacc. Sphceria bremrostiHs Fr. S. 



M. II. 474. Curr. Linn. Trans. XXII, p. 322, fig. 68. — Sparsum, 775 

 glaberrimum, atrura ; peritheciis seraiemersis, globosis, laevibus; 

 ostiolo peritheciis duplo breviori cylindrico a^quali ; ascis cylindra- 

 ceis, breve stipitatis, 100 s 10; sporidiis monostichis ellipsoideis, 

 15-17 [}., long. pallide fuligineis. 



Hab. ad ligna mollia cariosa in Suecia. — Juventute immer- 

 sum, dein raagis raagisque emersum, subnudum, uterrimum, la^vis- 

 simum, fere nitidura, fragile, mox evacuatura; ostiolum breve, cy- 

 lindricum, crassiusculura, laeve, rectum, subobtusum. 

 0. Ceratostoma australe Speg. Fungi Argent. Pug. IV, n. 126. — m 

 Peritheciis epidermide dealbata saepius tectis, eaque secedente li- 

 beris, globosis, 300-450 [x. diam., glabris, atris, membranaceo-co- 

 riaceis, contextu indistincte parenchymatico, atro-fuligineo, in os- 

 tiolum carbonaceum praelongum 1000-1500 s 80-100, rectum cylin- 

 draceum, apice ob sporidia conglobatim protrudentia, gruraoso-ca- 

 pitulatum productis; ascis obovato-clavatis, v. elongato-clavulatis 

 40-60 sS-10, sursum obtusiusculis, deorsum indistincte sed (ut vi- 

 detur) longiuscule pedicellatis, mox secedenti-liberis, octosporis, pa- 

 raphysibus crassiusculis, parcis, longissimis, guttulatis, fluxilibus 

 immixtis; sporidiis oblique raonostichis, v. distichis, ellipticis, re- 

 ctis V. rarius subinaequilateralibus, utrinque acutinscule rotundatis, 

 9-10 =4-5, primo 1-guttulatis, dein eguttatis, fuligineis. 



