ix, c, 2 H. and P. Sydoiv : Fungi f rom Palawan 187 
PYCNOTHYRIUM Diedicke 
PYCNOTHYRIUM PANDANI Syd. sp. nov. 
Pycnidiis densiuscule sparsis, plerumque aequaliter distribute, 
superficialibus, orbicularibus, 300-400 p. diam., tenuibus, atris, 
contextu radiato, ex hyphis crebre septatis (articulis 4-6 p. 
longis) 4 p crassis strato simplici composite fusco ; basidiis nullis ; 
sporulis elongatis, subfiliformibus, continuis, minute guttulatis, 
rectis vel subrectis, hyalinis, 15-17 p. longis, 1.5-2 n latis, 
Palawan, Taytay, Merrill 8766, 88H, April, 1913. Both specimens on 
dead leaves of Pandanus tectorius, on seashore. 
Fig. 10. I schno stroma merriUii Syd. a. Longitudinal section through a stroma showing one 
loculus (X 370) ; b, part of the margin of the stroma (X 400) ; c, spores (X 650). 
ASCHERSONIA Montagne 
ASCHERSONIA MACULARIS Syd. sp. nov. 
Stromatibus epiphyllis, in maculis flavo-brunneolis usque 1 cm 
diam., plus minus distincte circinatim congestis, minutis, 100-200 
fx diam., globulosis, margine albido alatis, ochraceis; pycnidiis 
omnino immersis; basidiis obtusis, 12-16 ^ longis, 1.5-2 p, latis; 
sporulis oblongis, utrinque obtusis, continuis, hyalinis, 5-6 fx 
longis, 2-2.5 t x latis. 
Palawan, Taytay, Merrill 8855, May, 1913. On living leaves of Mischo- 
carpus. 
