742 Sphaeriaceae, Phaeodidymse, Valsaria. 



forraa et magnitudine variabilissirao oigro; nunc valseo, nunc dia- 

 trypeo; acervulis pulvinatis, sinuosis, turaidis, raodo 1 raill. diam. 

 non attingentibus, raodo 5 mili. superantibus, atris; peritheciis stro- 

 mate imniersis, phialiforraibus, saepe angulato-compressis, nigris, 

 ostiolis discum non superantibus obsoletis, interdum substellatis; 

 ascis cylindricis brevissime stipitatis, 90-100^8-10, paraphysibus 

 copiosis filiformibus, nucleolatis obvallatis, Ssporis; sporidiis con- 

 stricto-1-septatis, didymis, utrinque rotundatis, 15-18:= 8-9, pri- 

 mo lutescentibus, 2-4-nucleatis, dein obscure fuligineis. — St. mi- 

 cro-pycnidicus sistit Coniothyrium insitivum Sacc. 



Hab. in cortice truncorum, ramoruraque G leditschise, Ro- 

 bini??, Berberidis, Evonyrai, Quercus, Carpini, ^scu- 

 li, Ulmi, Fici, Bro usson etiae, Vitis, Cydoniae, Pruni, 

 Alni, Melise, Populi, Ulicis, Crataegi, Paliuri, Coryli, 

 Rhamni, Syringae, Rhois, Celtidis, Hibisci, Corni, Ro- 

 sae, Aceris, Fraxini, Sambuci, Calycanthi etc. in Germa- 

 nia, Italia, Lusitania, Gallia. — Ad hanc speciera vulgo citatur 

 Sphceria insilira Tode Meckl, II, p. 36, t. XIII, fig. 108, sed haec, 

 meo sensu, perfecte refert Cryplovalsam ampeliaam Nits. Distin- 

 guenda est quoque Valsaria rubricosa (Fr.). 



2. Valsaria Celtidis (Cooke) Sacc. Yalsa Cellidis Cooke Grevill. V, ?808 

 p. 55, t. 81, f. 3. — Peritheciis irregulariter circinantibus, sub- 

 immersis ; ostiolis atris, in discum brunneum pruinosum emergenti- 

 bus; ascis cylindricis deorsura attenuatis, octosporis ; sporidiis uni- 

 seriatis, cllipticis, constricto-uniseptatis, brunneis, 20rl0. 



Hab. in ramis Celtidis in Carolina inf. Amer. bor. (Ravbnel). 

 — Perithecia 6-8 aggregata, linea nigra circumscripta. 



3. Valsaria cincta (Curr.) Sacc. Biatrype cincta (Curr.) B. et Br. 2809 

 Ann. N. H. n. 846, Valsa cincta Curr. Linn. Trans. XXH, t. 48, 



f. 135. Melogramma rubricosum Plowr. Grev. VI, p. 25. — Pe- 

 ritheciis irregulariter ovoideis, stromate subcoriaceo iraraersis, con- 

 gestis ; ostiolis peridermium perforantibus, pustulasque subrotuif- 

 das efformantibus, furfure olivaceo-viridi conspersis; ascis cylin- 

 draceis, breve stipitatis, Ssporis; sporidiis ohtusis. const.ricto-1-sep- 

 tatis, fuligineis. 17-18 y.. longis. 



Hab. in rarais denique decorticatis Fagi, Alni. Robiniae (?) 

 Brandon, Ringstead, Blackheath Britannije (Curr. Plowr.). — An 

 vere distincta a T'. insitivaf 



4. Valsaria Notarisii (Mont.) Sacc. Valsa Notarisii Mont. Syll. n. 754. ogio 

 et FI. Alg., I. p. -170, t. 25, f. 6. Sph. Periplocrr De Not. Microra. ital. 



