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vel fibrillose disposita, minuta, rotundata, contextu radiato, 

 stellatim dehiscentia. Sporulae continuae, oblongae, hyalino, 

 in strato mucoso evolutae. Basidia nulla. 



This new genus is related to Trichopeltulum and Eriothyrium, 

 but differs chiefly by the characters of the subiculum. 



Diedickea singularis Syd. nov. spec. 



Pycnothyriis hypophyllis, maculis, nullis, omnino superfici- 

 alibus, subiculo tenui memhranaceo atro sub microscopio brunneo 

 continuo ex cellulis angustissimis densissirae connatis maean- 

 drice curvatis contexto conjunctis, minutis, 70 — 100 micro, diam., 

 ambitu rotundatis, ad marginem planis, centro convexis, pie- 

 rumque in greges rotundatos vel irregulares 2 — 8 mm latos 

 radiatim vel circinatim ant fibrillose dispositis, rarius irregu- 

 lariter vel soiitarie ordinatis, atris, contextu radiato, opaco; 

 stellatim dehiscentibu*, pariete crassiusculo; sporulis sub centro 

 pycnothyriorum tantum in masea mucosa hyalina ortig, oblongis 

 vel oblongo-fusoideis, continuis, hyalinis, 10.5 — 13 micro, longis, 

 3 — 3.5 micro, latis: basidiis nullis. 



Hab. on the netber surface of the living leaves of Polyosma 

 cyanea Elm., Cabadbaran (Mt. Urdaneta), Mindanao, September. 

 1912, No. 13673. 



Marsonia pavonina Syd. nov. spec. 



Maculis distinctissimis, circinatim in annulos permagnos 

 2—20 cm latos dispositis, amphigenis, in hypophyllo fumosis, 

 in epiphyllo primitus flavis vel flavo-brunneolis mox areseendo- 

 albidis vel griceolis; acervulis epiphyllis, densiuscule dispositis, 

 minutissitnis, nudo oculo vix conspicuis, diu vel fere semper 

 epidermide tectis, succineis; conidiis oblongis, rectis vel le- 

 nissime curvatis, medio 1-septatis, non constrictis, utrinque 

 obtusis, subhyalinis vel dilutissime flavidis, 19 — 28 micro, longis, 

 5 — 6 micro, latis; basidiis non visis. 



Hab. upon the upper side of the living or languishing leaves 

 of Macaranga bkolor Muell. Arg., Cabadbaran (Mt. Urdaneta), 

 Mindanao, August, 1912, No. 13504. 



This fungus has a very peculiar appearance which cannot 

 easily be described in a Latin diagnosis. It forms large colonies 



