Sphaeriacese, Hyalodidymse, Melanopsamma. 481 



Hab. ad ligna et cortices Aceris etc. in Amer. bor. (Schwein., 



Farlow). — Solitaria, major, late conica, superficiali-innata, gla- 



berrima, vix nisi sub lente perspicue rugulosa. Ostiolum distincte 



pertusum. 



23. Melanopsamma? europaea Speg. Fungi Arg. Pug. IV, n. 150. — 2270 

 Peritheciis innato-superflcialibus, basi raatrici parce infossis, glo- 

 boso-depressis, 250-350 u.. diam., ostiolo minuto, papillato-truncato 

 donatis, sparsis vel gregariis, atris, subnitentibus, carbonaceis ; ascis 

 fusoideo-clavatis, sursum subtruncato-rotundatis deorsum in pedi- 

 cellum parvulum attenuatis, 80-84 ^ 12-14, octosporis, paraphy- 

 sibus filLformibus, densiusculis obvallatis; sporidiis distichis, fusoi- 

 deo-ellipticis, utrinque obtusiusculis, 27-28^:0-7, primo medio tan- 

 tum 1-septato-constrictis, 4-6-guttulatis (dein triseptatis hyalinis, 

 strato mucoso tenui ad apicem incrassato obvolutis), 



Hab. in sarmentis putrescentibus Rubi discoloris in du- 



metis prope S. Jose de Flores, Argent. Amer. merid. — Species 



notis plurimis fructificationis Lophio$tomaiibus affinis videtur, sed 



. adhuc ostiolum umboniforme poro rotundo pertusum visum est. 



(( An Massariella? )-). 



24. Melanopsamma? Diana Speg. Fungi Arg. Pug. IV, n. 149. — 2271 

 Peritheciis laxe gregariis, lenticulari-hemisphsericis, 250-300 p. 

 diam., atris, glaberrimis, subcarbonaceis, epidermide velatis, pro- 

 minulis, ostiolo vix papillulato erumpente, non exerto ornatis ; ascis 

 cylindraceo-clavatis, sursum obtuse rotundatis ac crasse tunicatis, 

 deorsum breviter attenuato-pedicellatis, 95-110^:16-18, octosporis 

 paraphysibus filiformibus obvallatis ; sporidiis recte vel oblique di- 

 stichis, ellipticis vel elliptico-elongatis, rectis vel insequilateralibus, 

 utrinque attenuato-rotundatis, 30-35^:9-10, primo medio 1-septa- 

 to-constrictis, loculis grosse 2-guttulatis, stratoque crassiusculo, 

 2-3 [x. crass., obvolutis (dein muco destitutis, 3-septato-constri- 

 ctis, hyalinis ; an postremo fuligineis %). 



Hab. in ramis dejectis putrescentibus Cephalanthi Sarandi 

 in dumetis uliginosis a las Conchas, Argent. Amer. merid. — Spe- 

 cies a genere Malanopsamma longe abhorrens et facile ad novum 

 genus trahenda ; characteres peritheciorum Bidymosphcerice , fru- 

 ctificationis fere Massarim, ab utroque tamen valde diversa. (( Pro- 

 babiliter Massariella ». 



BERTIA De Not. in Giorn. bot. ital. I, p. 335 (Etym. a Doct. Josepho 

 Berti, botanophilo ex Porto Maurizio Ital. bor.). — Perithecia su- 



