Sphasriacese, Hyalodidymae, Mellanopsamma. 575 



Hab. iu foliis graminum vetustis in Fennia et Spitzbergia. 



3. Lizonia fragilis (Berk.) Sacc. Sphceria (caespitosse) fragilh Berk. 224 

 Fl. N. Zel. II, p. 205, t. CVI, fig. 7. — Peritheciis congestis, fra- 

 gilissimis, nigro-fuscis, obtusis, opacis, minimis; sporidiis hyalinis 

 breviter subfusiformibus, uniseptatis vix constrictis, 16-25 fx. long. 



Kab. in pag. inf. foliorum Eurybise furfuracese in Nova 

 Zelandia (Colenso). 



4, Lizonia pullulans (Berk.) Sacc, Sphceria (c^spitosae) pullulans 2247 

 Berk. Fl. N. Zel, II, 205. — Peritheciis aggregatis, subglobosis, 

 astomis, vel ore leviter prominulo opacis; ascis subcylindricis ; spo- 

 ridiis oblongis utrinque subattenuatis, curvulis, uniseptatis, 16-17 



u. long., leniter constrictis. 



Hab. in foliis Leucopogonis Fraseri, praecipue in pag. 

 inf., Mission Station, Nova Zelandia (Colenso). 



IMELANOPSAMMA Niessl Notiz. Liber Pyren. pag. 40 (nomen), Sacc. 

 Mich. I, p. 347. (Etym. melas, niger et psamme, arena). — Pe- 

 rithecia superiicialia v. basi adnata v. semi-immersa, globosa, v. 

 conico-depressa, papillata, carbonacea, glabra v. initio pilis coni- 

 diophoris inspersa. Asci paraphysati 4-8-spori. Sporidia ellipsoidea 

 Y. subfusoidea. uniseptata, hj^alina. — Respondet Amphisphcerice et 

 pariter variat formis peritheciis globosis stricte superficialibus et 

 peritheciis conoideis basi infossis; quse formae in posterum forte ge- 

 nerice distinguendae erunt. Arnphzsphcerice species hyalodidymas 

 huc ad interim duxi. 



1. Melanopsamma pomiformis (Pers.) Sacc. Mich. Sphceria pormformis 2248 

 Pers. Syn. Fung. p. 65. Enosphceria raripila Sacc. F. V. ser. II, 

 326. Melanomma pomiforme Fuck.. Rehm Asc. n. 36. — Peri- 

 theciis coufertis v. sparsis, superficialibus, pomiformibus, circa ostio- 

 lum papilliforme impressis, laevibus, subtenuibus, rigidulis, atris, 

 initio pilis rariusculis conidiophoris vestitis, latit. circiter 0,4 mill. ; 

 ascis fusoideo-clavatis, 65-75 ^; 12-14 octosporis, mucoso-paraphy- 

 satis; sporidiis distichis, ellipsoideis, uniseptatis, 2-guttatis, ad se- 

 ptum vix V. parum constrictis, hyalinis, 12-16 s 6-7. — Status co- 

 nidicus sistit Sporocybem albipedem B. et Br. {Fuckelina socia 

 Sacc. F. Ven. II. p. 326). 



Hab. supra ligua truucorum exsiccatorum Quercus, Alni, 

 Salicis, Ulmi etc. in Feunia meridionali per annum passim, in 

 Suecia, Britannia, Gallia, Germania, Italia, Austria, Algeria, Arae- 

 rica boreali. — Perithecia juvenilia globosa, conico-papillata, et 



