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F. THEISSEN I LE GENRE ASTERINELLA 



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Asei cylindraceo-subventricosi, dense tenuiterque paraphysati, 

 breviter pedicellati, supra rotundati, 80-100=18-25 Sporae oli- 

 vaceo-fuligineae, demum atro-brunneae, 18- 

 22=9-12 fx, distichae, médio constrictae, 

 cellula superiore subglobosa latiorc, inferio- 

 re angustiore paullo elongata (iuventute co- 

 nice attenuata, dein etiam rotundata, diu- 

 tius hyalina quam cellula superior quae pri- 

 mo brunnescit — cfr. fig.). Iocli ope nonnisi 

 túnica mucosa sporarum leniter cyanescit. 



11. A. sublibera (Berk.) Th. 



orasihensis 



1 - Ascus sporis supra g Asterina sublibeta Berk. — Fl. N. 



tantum coloratis _ , * r , 



ti , Zeal. n 208. — Syl . I p. 43. 



2 — Idem maturus. J * ^ J 



[Herb. Kew, in foliis Metrosideri effusae, 



New Zealand.] 



Cfr. v. Hõhnel, Fragmente z. Mykol. n.° 509. 



Mycelium laxe contexitur ex hyphis ple- 

 rumque opposite ramosis, obscure brunneis, 

 breviter leniterque undulatis, 5 [ J - crassis, 

 septis approximatis (IO 12 pt). Thyriothecia 

 inversa, orbicularia, plana, cenfro vix ele- 

 vata, 250-340 y. diam., unâ paucisve lineis 

 curvis elevatis costato-rimosa, radiatim con- 

 texta ex hyphis rubro-brunneis, ca. 2 1 / p 

 crassis, undulato-rectis, centro fere opaco- 

 obscura, ambitu in fimbriam brevem laetio- 

 rem cristatam terminantia, ostiolo centrali 

 mox latius aperto. 



Asei elongato-clavati, brevissime pedi- 

 cellati, 4-spori, 70-75 = 20-22 pi, paraphy- 

 sibus tenuiter nliformibus, hyalinis : I — . 

 Sporae alterne distichae, rubro-brunneae, 

 ellipticae, utrinque rotundatae, cellulis fere 

 aequalibus, 25-27 == 10 p.. 



Fig. 1 1 



A. sublibera 



Mycelium 



Initiae thyriothecii 



Ascus 



Sporae, 



