634 Sphaeriacere, Hyaloditlyrase, Diaporthe. 



pta (Fr.) Mont. Syll. Crypt. n. 764, Valsa iortuosa Fuck. Nass. 

 p. 55. — Stroraate diatrypeo, niox late effuso ramosque ambiente, 

 nio\ contra breviore, maculaeformi, immo valseo, cortice arcte ad- 

 ha^rente v. saepius relaxato tecto, rarius nudato lignique superfi- 

 ciem colore sordide nigricante tingente, intusque undique nigroli- 

 mitato : peritheciis exiguis, subglobosis, ligni strato extimo omnino 

 infossis v. saepius semiimmersis tantum. parte superiore plus minus 

 extante, ordine vario distributis, mox laxe sparsis, raox dense ac 

 monostiche, immo subcircinatim stipatis, tunc stroma exacte val- 

 .seum referentibus ; ostiolis plus minus elongatis, cylindricis sed ba- 

 sin versus sensim incrassatis, sub cortice soluto saepe longissimis 

 ac tenuissirais, decumbentibus. flexuosis, hinc inde nodulosis, adhae- 

 rentem contra corticem plerumque conjunctim perforantibus, bre- 

 vioribus, rectiusculis; ascis subcylindricis v. anguste clavatis, octo- 

 sporis, sessilibus, 45-60 ^ 7-9 ; sporidiis distichis v. rarius oblique 

 monostichis, anguste fusiformibus, bicellularibus, quadriguttatis, vix 

 unquani constrictis, plerumque rectis, 12-15^3. — Spermogonia 

 phomatoidea: spermatiis ovato-oblongis, 8 :; 3-4, biguttatis. 



Hab. in rarais emortuis Sambuci racemosae et nigrae in 

 Gerraania, Gallia, Britannia, Italia, Suecia, Belgio et Amer. bor. 



99. D. Euporthe tropicalis Speg. Fungi Argent. I, p. 182. — Stro- 2451 

 mate raraos late ambiente per lignum leniter infuscatum vel im- 

 rautatura, sinuose excurrente, nigro-liraitato ; peritheciis in cortice 



vel ligno nidulantibus, confertissirae gregariis, globosis y^-V^ mill. 

 diam. ; ostiolis brevibus, cylindraceis, superficiem epidermidis sub- 

 imrautatae attingentibus, non exertis; ascis fusoideo-clavatis, 45 i; 

 8-10, octosporis, aparaphysatis; sporidiis distichis, oblongis, raedio 

 1-septatis, constrictis, utrinque obtusiuscule rotundatis, 12-14 s 

 4-5, quadriguttulatis, hyalinis. 



Hab. in ramulis emortuis dejectis Bauhinia? grandiflorae 

 a la Recoleta, Argent. Amer. merid. 



100. D. Euporthe tumuiata C. et E. G. 34. — Sparsa; peritheciis, di- 2452 

 stinctis, ligno sub-immersis, brunneis; ostiolo peridermium perfo- 

 rante elongato ; ascis clavatis; sporidiis lanceolatis, quadrinucleatis 

 demum uniseptatis, hyalinis, 12=; 5. 



Hab. in ramis Coryli araericanae, New Jersey Amer. bor. 

 — Linea nigra stromatica per lignura excurrit et peritheciorum 

 greges circurascribit. 



101. D. Euporthe valida Nits. Pyr. Gerra. p. 262. — Stroraate raox 2453 

 late effuso, plagas magnitudine et forma raaxime varias, hinc inde 



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