Sphseriaceae, Phseosporae, Hypoxylon. 387 



454. Sph. lineata. DC. — Stromate ligno, rariiis cortice crassiori 

 immerso, forraa varia, irregulari, plerumqiie elongato, perithecia 

 perpauca tautum v. plura (2-30) cingente, raro plus rainus emer- 

 so V. denudato, verruciforrai, ex brunneo tandem aterrirao ; liyrae- 

 nio conidifero floccoso, ex albido cinerascente; conidiis subglobosis 

 V. obovatis, rainirais in sterigmatibus raraosis solitarie acrogenis ; 

 peritheciis minutis, subglobosis, papillatis v. papillis tantum v. ipsis 

 plus minus prominulis ; ascis longissimis, 150 - 15 cylindricis, pedi- 

 cellatis, paraphysibus praelougis immixtis; sporidiis recte v. obli- 

 que monostichis, oblongis v. subcylindricis, obtusisimis, raro obtu- 

 se fusiformibus, rectis v. nonnihil insequilateralibus, ex hyalino tan- 

 dem fuscescentibus, 28-30-10-11. 



Hab. ad ligna arida Quercus, Fagi, Coryli, Populi in 

 Britannia, Germania, Belgio, Fennia, Gallia, Suecia, Italia, India 

 orient. et Borneo. — Sperraogonia (sec. Fuck.) peritheciis ascige- 

 ris multo minora ; spermatiis allantoideis 6-8 - 2-3, hyalinis. 



153. Hypoxylon minutum Nits. Pyr. Germ. p. 54. Sphceria confluens 1486 

 Fr. S. M. II, 342 (ut videtur.. p. p.). — Peritheciis minutis, globo- 



sis, vertice conico-attenuato, minutissime papillato emersis, cete- 

 rura ligno superficie immaculato v. dealbato ac fungi stroraate, 

 omnino immerso, parum tantum rautato insculptis, binis ternisve 

 in seriem simplicem, linearera brevera confluentibus, rarius pluri- 

 bus (-6), ordine vario conglomeratis v. solitariis, primum brunneis, 

 mox autem aterrimis, opacis; hyraenio conidifero albido, byssino, 

 caespitulum juniorera vestiente ; conidiis ovato-subglobasis, exiguis ; 

 sterigraatibus longis septatis, raraosis; ascis cylindricis pedicellatis, 

 octosporis, paraphysibus filiformibus, obvallatis, 72-80-8; spori- 

 diis monostichis, ovalibus v. fere globosis, rectis, fuscescentibus, 

 10 ^ 6-7. 



Hab. in ligno putri quercino prope Munster, Germania. — 

 Stromata 2-5 mill. longa. 



154. Hypoxylon semiimmersum Nits. Pyr. Germ. p. 50 Sphceria uda 1437 

 Auct. p. p. — Peritheciis paucis stromate brevi, basi solum ligno 

 immerso conjunctis, tractu lineari, simplici v. sine ordine gre- 

 gatim dispositis, parte superiore protuberantibus, tamquara con- 

 fluentibus v. subliberis, grandiusculis, globosis, apice saspius depres- 



sis, fusco-nigris, tandera aterrirais, papillatis; hymenio conidifero 

 albido, tenuissimo, byssino; conidiis obtuse ellipticis v. subcyliudri- 

 cis, minutis; ascis cylindricis. pedicellatis, octosporis, paraphysibus 

 filiformibus superatis, 120-140 :; 10-12 p. sporif. ; sporidiis oblique 



