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The Philippine Journal of Science 
1913 
cibus vel raro parce breviterqiie ramosis parcissime septatis 4-6 
(X latis composito oriundis, sessilibus, prime clausis, mox apertis 
et patellaribus, rotundatis, 0.3-1 mm diam., vivide luteo-ochra- 
ceis, ceraceis, extus praecipue ad marginem pilis rectis vel sub- 
rectis flavidis asperulis apice obtusis 80-150 ix longis 6-9 fx latis 
obsitis, disco concolore, contextu ad basim obscure fusco-olivaceo 
grosse parenchymatico ex cellulis 15-22 /x diam. composito, in 
centre et in parte superiore e cellulis multo minoribus composito ; 
ascis remote stipatis, ovato-globosis, apice incrassatis et late 
rotundatis, brevissime crasseque stipitatis, 35-44 ^x longis, 24-34 
fx latis, 6-8-sporis, rarius elongatis subsaccatis et tunc usque 65 fx 
longis, aparaphysatis ; sporidiis 2-4-stichis aut conglobatis, ellip- 
soideis vel ellipsoideo-oblongis, utrinque rotundatis, transverse 
5-septatis (rarissime 6-septatis), ad septum medium constrictis, 
22-26 fx longis, 11-12 ix latis, obscure olivaceo-fuscis, cellulis om- 
nibus vel fere omnibus longitudinaliter 1-septatis. 
Luzon, Province of Nueva Vizcaya, Bur. Sci. 20266 McGregor, January, 
1913: Province of Laguna, Los Banos, Baker 1088, May 1, 1913; both speci- 
mens on living leaves of Premna odorata. 
A most beautiful fungus which cannot be compared with any known 
genus. The asci are rather remotely imbedded in a hyaline tissue formed 
of small parenchymatous cells. The whole hymenium is covered by a 
yellow-brown grumose or granular layer. Toward the bases of the as- 
comata the cells become very large, dark, and thick walled. These cells 
measure up to 22 fx in length, and are loosely united with each other. 
DASYSCYPHA Fries 
DASYSCYPHA MERRILLII Syd. sp. nov. 
Ascomatibus sparsis, solitariis, cupulatis, breviter stipitatis 
flavo-citrinis, 300-500 g latis, extus furfuraceo-pilosis ; pilis bre- 
vibus, hyalino-flavidis, asperulis, 3-4.5 g crassis; stipite albo- 
flavido, 200-250 /x longo; disco citrinulo; ascis tereti-clavulatis, 
50-7 0 fx longis, 4-6 g latis, octosporis ; paraphysibus simplicibus, 
filiformibus, 1 g crassis; sporidiis di- tristichis, acicularibus vel 
angustissime fusoideis, rectis, hyalinis, continuis, 13-16 /x longis, 
1.5 /X latis. 
Luzon, Province of Laguna, Mt. Maquiling, Merrill 8658, March, 1913, 
on dead stipes of Cyathea spec. 
The species is related to Dasyscypha Oncospermatis (B. et Br.) Sacc., 
especially in external appearance. It differs, however, by having much 
smaller asci and sporidia. 
ERIN ELLA Saccardo 
ERINELLA PHILIPPINENSIS Syd. sp. nov. 
Ascomatibus sparsis vel subgregariis, sessilibus vel brevissime 
crasseque stipitatis, cupuliformibus, 1-1.5 mm diam., margine 
integro, extus albido-ochraceis et pilis simplicibus rugulosis hya- 
