Sphaeriaceae, Phseodidymae, Valsaria. 743 



VIII. — Pustulata, epidermidem perforans, tandem nuda; perithe- 

 ciis ovoideis circiuantibus atris, stromati corticali e cinereo ni- 

 gricante iramersis, ostiolis inclusis in discum erumpeQtem planum 

 nigrum opacum rugulosum connatis; ascis cylindraceis 100^:10; 

 sporidiis oblongis, medio septatis-fuscis 20 s 10. 



Hab. in ramis Periplocse, circa Genuam (De Notaris) varia- 

 rum arborum plantarumque in Algeria (Duiueu), in ramis Robi- 

 nise et Gleditschise in Carolina Araericae borealis. 



5. Valsaria syconophiia Schulz. Mjk. Beitr. 1870, p. 652. — Pustu- 28ii 

 lis corticolis, peridermio substellatim fisso cinctis ; peritheciis ui- 

 gris paucis, subglobosis in ostiola obtusa vix convergentia atte- 

 nuatis; ascis cylindraceis, octosporis, paraphysatis ; sporidiis mo- 

 nostichis constricto-bilocularibus, 18-23=: 7-9, atro-fuligineis. 



Hab. in ramis corticatis Fici Caricse in Austria. — An vere 

 distincta a Valsarm insitiva? 



6. Vaisaria? viticola (Schw.'?) Sacc. Diatrype viticola Schw. p. p. 2812 

 sec. Berk. N. Am. Fungi p. 166. — • Tecta, eraergens, in series paral- 

 lelas crescens, fusco-nigra. stromate brunneo ; peritheciis majuscu- 



lis paucis globo?is, ostiolis latentibus; sporidiis elliptico-oblongis, 

 uniseptatis, leniter constrictis, 15 [x. longis. 



Hab. in ramis corticatis eraortuis Vitis rotundifolise in 

 Carolina inf. Amer. bor. — Etsi sporidiorum color non indicatus, 

 taraen Valsarice species videtur. 



7. Vaisaria Diospyri (Schw.) De Not. Recl. in Comm. Critt II, pag. 281.3 

 482. Sphceria Biospyri Schwein. Syn. Car. n. 57, Fr. S. M. II, 



p. 372. — Tecta, emersa, verrucaeforrais, stroraate corticali, peri- 

 theciis subepiphericis sparsis, ostiolis obsoletis; sporidiis (teste De 

 Not.) ellipsoideis, bilocularibus, ad septura ssepius leniter constri- 

 ctis, badiis. 



Hab. in ramis emortuis DiospyriLoti in Carolina (Schwein.) 

 et in Ital. bor. (Daldini). — Pustulse prominentes, difforraes, 2 lin. 

 latae, epiderraide tectse, demum atroinquinatse, indeque erumpenti- 

 nudae apparent. Perithecia rainuta, globosa, raonosticha, coUo bre- 

 vi, nara supra tuberculura innatura collocata, ob epiderraidein te- 

 gentem fere peripherica, ostiolis rainutis obsolete prominulis, de- 

 mura perforatis pulverulentis inquinantibus. Stroraa fuscum. 



8. Valsaria rubricosa (Fr.) Sacc. M. Ven. n. 690. F. Veo. Ser. V, 2814 

 p. 183. F. it. t. 640. Sphceria rubricosa Fr. Elench. II, pag. 63. 

 Myrmcecium abietinum Niessl Hedw. 1874, p. 42 et 49. M. ru- 

 bricosum (l!\x\.) Fuck, Symb. 227 fsect. I). — Difformis tubercu- 



