011 Sphaeriaceae, Hyalodiilymae, Diaporthe. 



Ifab. \\\ ramulis exsiccatis R i b i s n i gr i, R i b. G r o s s u 1 a r i ;o, 

 R i b. rubri et R i b. alpini iii Britannia, Sueciu, Fennia, Bel- 

 gio, Italia. Gerinania, Gallia, Ainer. bor. - Sec. Rehm, Asc. n. 

 420 ailsunt parapbysos articulala'. 

 25. D. Chorostate strumellaeformis (De Not.) Sacc. Sphceria slrn- -^^^ 

 ■tnelhr/omiis De Nnt. Micr. ital. Dec. VIII, 110, tig. IV. ~ Acer- 

 vulis corticoiis erumpentibus, subvalseis, 1 mill. diam., stromate 

 extus nigrescente intus pallescente excoptis, peritheciis globoso- 

 conicis, uigris, tonuibus, circinantibus, in ostiola cjiindracea, exer- 

 ta, obtusa desinentibus; ascis fusoideo- clavulatis aparaphysatis . 

 40-50^:7; sporidiis octonis cylindraceo-fusoideis utrinque obtu- 

 siusculis, 4-guttatis, dein teuuiter (spurie?) 3-septatis, byalinis, 

 15 r 4-5. 



Hah. iii raniis dejectis corticatis prope Taurinuin (Italia). 

 2(1 D. Chorostate sociata (C. et K.) Sacc. Valsa sociaia C. et K. 23?-^ 

 (irev. IV, p. II. — Minuta tecta; peritbeciis subglobosis, corti- 

 ce immersis, paucis ;>-5, atro-cinctis; ascis clavatis; sporidiis el- 

 lipticis, uniseptatis, byalinis, 12:^4. 



]{ah. in rainis corticatis Benzoin, New Jersey ,\mer. bor. — 

 Supra acervulos plerosque emergunt iascicnVi Hei/iunlhospo?ii cu- 

 jusdam, conidiis clavatis multiseptatis pi\iediti. 



27. D. Chorostate varians (Curr.) Sacc. Diatri/pe varians Curr. Linn. 237 

 Trans. XXII, p. 270, t. 4G, fig. 77. Cooke Handb. n. 2439. — Pe- 

 ritheciis subglobosis ; ostiolis conicis, subinde apice umbilicatis, pe- 

 ridermium seriatini parallele perforantibus; ascis tereti-fusoideis. 

 breve stipitatis, crassiusculis, octosporis; sporidiis disticbis, oblon- 

 go-navicularibus, utrinque obtusis, constricto-1-septatis, hvalinis, 



15 a. longis. 



Hah. in ramis corticatis emortuis, Elthani Britannise. — Peri- 

 dermium quo innascitur, vix mutatum. Species quoad subgenus du- 

 bia; an potius e sect. Tetrastagce? 



28. D. Chorostate Helicis Niessl Not. Pyr. pag. 50 D. Nitschkei J. 2380 

 KuMze F. Scl. exs. n. 124. — Stroraate diatrypeo, basi effusa li- 

 gno immerso, in ejusque superficie crustoso, exspanso, medio eleva- 



to, pulvinato, apice cortici interiori adnato, fere tecto vix eruin- 

 pente, minuto, sordide atro, iutus albido; peritheciis paucis 2-4 in 

 singulo stromate, globosis, majusculis, 0,5 mill. lat. ; ostiolo brevi, 

 fragile coriaceo-subcarbonaceis, luce refracta sordide violaceis; ascis 

 lanceolatis stipite brevi, 45-55^7-9; sporidiis farcte distichis, fu- 

 soideo-oblongis, rectis, intequilateralibus vel parum curvatis, obtu- 



