296 Sphaeriacere, Phreosporae, Anthostoma. 



nitente, adeo rigido, iit cultro dissecto, strideat; ostiola convexa, 

 Ircvia, nitida, supeinciein nigro-punctatam reddunt. 



7. Anthostoma areolatum Nits. Fyr. Gerni. p. 115. — Stromate ef- 1103 

 tuso, iitriK» iiniiuMso, parte iininersa ligni siil)stantia, specie immu- 

 tata lormata sed undique nigro-limitata, in snperficie sa^pe non- 

 niliil elevata ac pcrithcciis paruin protuberantibus tnberculosa, ce- 

 terum Ia?vi, fere nitidula, mox nigriticata, maculas sistente, nunc 

 breves, ovatas v. ellipticas, nunc contra elongatas saepeque con- 

 fluentes; peritheciis subglobosis v, saepius a latere parum compres- 



sis, majusculis, irroguiariter sod pleruraque donse ac monostiche 

 sparsis. parte superioi-e plus minus emergentibus, ligno v. stromatis 

 strato extimo, tenuissimo, nigrificato tectis, ostiolo minutissimo, 

 papilla^formi, intogro. tandein poro angusto pertuso in vertice co- 

 ronatis (rarissime occurrunt ostiola elongata, cylindrica, recta v. 

 fasciculatim erumpontia); ascis cyliudricis, brevitor basim versus 

 attenuatis, octosporis, paraphysibus filiformibus siini)licil)usque ob- 

 vallatis, 65-72 c; 9-10; sporidiis oblique moriostichis, ovalibus, utrin- 

 que rotundatis. obtusissimis, rectis, nigricantibus, 10-12:^6-7. 



Hab. in ramis crassioribus decorticatis Fagi sylvatica}, 

 prope Miinstor (Gerinania). 



8, Anthostoma discincolum (Schw.) Sacc. Sph'. dhcincola Schw. Ca- no^ 

 rol. n. 63, Fr. S. M. II, 368, Curr. Comp. Sph. n. 106, fig. 105. 

 — Emerso-superficiale, peritheciis globosis confertis nigris trun- 



cato-annulatis, furfure cinereo-albo obrutis; ascis jani resorptis; 



sporidiis subgloboso-ovoideis v. ellipsoideis, 15 y.. long., atro-fuli- 

 gineis. 



llah. in disco truncorum cresorom Mali in Carolina (America 

 bor.). — Irregulare, subrotundum, rugosum, stromate tenui nigro in 

 ligno profunde penetrans; perithecia sparsa, majuscula, urceolata, 

 ore minuto orbiculari coarctato, apice aperta, sed ex massa fari- 

 nacea (papilla insititia) obturata. 



n. Anthosoma exutans (Cooke) Sacc. Diairype exulans Cooke Fungi lu 

 of Texas p. 143. — Late effusum, nigrum, subcuticulare; ostidlis 

 punctiformibus , depressis; ascis cjlindraceis; sporidiis ellipticis , 

 utrinque attenuatis, brunneis, uninucleatis, 15^8. 



Hab. in ligno vetusto quercino, Houston, Texas (Amer. bor.) 

 et Maungaroa (Nova Zelandia). 



10. Anthostpma inquinans Nits. Pyr. Germ. pag. 114. — Stromate ]ior, 

 effuso, intoriupto, aiubionte v. brevi, maculajfornii, inatrici omni- 

 no innato, superficio sola, atro-inquinata, immo aterrima , opa- 



