171 



OF AUSTRALIAN FVNGI— continued. 



Habitat. 



W.A. 



S.A. 



T. 



N.S.W. 



Q- 



Occurrence. 



General Characters. 



Novit. Fl. Suec. V. (1819). — Sphceropsis — contimied. 



Outl. 315 (1860). 



20601 ... I ... j ... I V. I ... I ... I 



and Thiiem., in M.U. 1689 (1877). 



Grev. III. 25 (1874) 



20C4 



Palm leaves 



Cap of PolypoTus 



portentosus 

 Foliage of Eucaljpts 



and Tristauias 

 Rose twigs 



Leaves and stems of 



Sugar cane 

 Grapes ... 



Leaves of Eucalyptus 



viminalis 



Bark of Leplosper- 

 mum 



Phyllodes of Acacia 



Living leaves of 



Trema aspera 

 Leaves of Homalan- 



thus popidifolius 



Languid leaves of 

 Castanospermum 

 australe 



Spots distinctly defined, glaucous, elliptic or confluent. Receptacles 



very minute, black. 

 Scattered. Receptacles innate, covered by blackened cuticle, pap-like, 



black, shining. 

 On both surfaces. Spots circular, purple. Receptacles gregarious, 



half immersed, black, shining. 

 Receptacles rather minute, covered by the unbroken or stellately-split 



epidermis, dark brown, white within. 

 Receptacles nearly spherical, black, bursting through, scattered or 



greg,arious. 

 Irregular, bursting through, and then surrounded by the narrow 



cuticle. 

 On upper surface. Receptacles immersed, bursting through, black, 



somewhat globose. 



Receptacles scattered, bursting through, then superficial, minute, 

 black, pap-like, white within. 



Receptacles very numerous, densely crowded, and forming blackish 



spots, minute. 

 Spots on upper surface, black, somewhat circul.ar. Receptacles minute, 



rather globose, seated on brown mycelium. 

 Spots somewhat circular, on both surfaces, sooty brown, dotted with 

 minute black receptacles. 



Spots black, often running together. Threads of mycelium, sooty 

 brown. Receptacles dot-like, black. 



(1882). 



Mich. II. 



2065 

 2066 

 2067 



Syl. Berol. 28 (1820) 



2068 

 2069 



Ann. Sci. Nat. III. 62 (1846). 



Icon. IV. 38 (1854). 



Bark of Peach and 



Almond 

 Leaves of Eucalypts 



Pericarp of Macroza- 

 mia Denisonii 



Branches 



Branches of Salix- 

 Babi/lonica 



Dead bark 



Eucalyptus leaves ... 



Rose branches 

 Leaves of Triconjne 



anceps 

 Dead leaves and 



sheaths of Wheat 



Involucres of Leplos- 

 permufii Ittviyatiim 



Leaves of Prostan- 

 thera lasiantha 



Receptacles inuate, clustered, transversely bursting through, black, 



opaque, somewhat gelatinous when moist. 

 Receptacles globose, seated on a sclerotioid body, black, shining. 



Sclerotia loosely spongy, pale brown within. 

 Receptacles in clusters bursting through, black, cuahion shaped, tuber- 



culose, globose or angular. 



Receptacles few, immersed, seated on layer soon bursting through, 



globose or depressed, black. 

 Receptacles none. Spores issuing iu golden tendrils. 



Receptacles gregarious, half immersed, globose, black, becoming 



flattened. 

 On under surface. Receptacles scattered over irregular bro\vn spots, 



at first covered, black. 

 Gregarious or scattered. Receptacles covered splitting the epidermis. 

 Receptacles minute, black, immersed in substance of leaf. 



Receptacles very minute, thickly clustered, at first covered, point-like, 

 black. 



Receptacles scattered, at first covered, then bursting through, rather 



large, pap-like. 

 Spots circular, tawny, with broad purple margin. Receptacles mostly 



in circles upon spots, black. 



