Neotropical Ascomycetes 9. Jobellisia species from Puerto Rico and elsewhere

Jobellisia barrii sp. nov. and J. fraterna sp, nov, are described and illus trated based on material from Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, French Guiana and Th ailand and are compared with J. rhynchostoma, J. luteola and J. nicaraguens is. Jobellisia is characterized by superficial or erumpent ascomata and red brown, ellipsoid, one-septate or one-celled ascospores. Jobellisia barrii and J. fraterna differ from the other species in having dark-colored, non-c ollapsing, beaked ascomata with a three-layered, variously colored ascomal wall structure.