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vértice irregulariter vel rima longitudinali simplici vel furcatâ de- 

 hiscentia, ambitu fimbriâ fere membranosa cincta, contextu radia - 

 to, opaco-aterrimo, pluristratoso, peripherice hyphis fuscis dentato- 

 crenulatis terminantia. 



Asei ovato-piriformes, 6-8 

 spori, ca. 50-60 = 35-42 pi, 

 ápice late rotundati, apara- 

 physati, muco fumoso-brun- 

 neolo (jodo agente intense 

 cyanescenti) obvoluti. Sporae 

 castaneo-brunneae, oblongae, 

 utrinque rotundatae, circa mé- 

 dium septatae constrictaeque, 

 iaeves, 27-30= 12-14 



Differt ab A. Cryptoca- 

 ryae imprimis thyriotheciis, 

 pluristratosis, opacis, ambitu 

 crenulato fimbriatis. 



5 A. Cryptocaryae 



(Cke.) Th. 



Fig. 4 — A. malaba?'ensis 



1 — Mycelium 



2 — pars thyriothecii marginalis 



3 — Ascus 



4 — Sporae. 



Syn.: Aster ina Cryptoca- 

 ryae Cooke in herb. 

 [Herb. Kew, in foliis Cryptocaryae glaucescentis, Brisbane, Au- 

 straliae; Bailey 1072 (a. 1895)]. 



Mycelium parcum, ex hyphis castaneo-brunneis (quam thyrio- 

 thecia multo obscurior ibus), 6 p crassis, valde toruloso-nodulosis, 

 irregulariter septatis ramosisque formatum. Thyriothecia 250-300 \x 

 diam., applanata, orbicularia, extus atra, sub microscópio laete vi- 

 ridulo-fuscidula, centro fusco (aetate demum fusco-brunnea), non 

 fimbriata, strato simplici ex hyphis 4 \x crassis, rectis, subundulatis 

 radiato-contexta, poro centrali orbiculari dehiscentia. 



Asei clavato-cylindracei (maturi non visi) T 4-spori (?), ápice la- 

 te rotundati, aparaphysati, muco [I K agente intense cyanescenti] 

 obvoluti. Sporae brunneae (maturae nonnisi extra ascos visae), 

 26-29—10-13 \). (non «20-22 =8 pale brown», ut habetur in 



