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Septogleum Nuttallii. 



Araphigenous, circinately arranged on pale spots, 2 — 5 mm. 

 in diameter, sparsely scattered over the leaf, oozing out in 

 flesh-colored tendrils; spores cylindrical, truncate, 1 — 5, usu- 

 ally 1-septate. // 36 — 45 X 4 — 5. # 



On living leaves of Nuttallia cerasiformis. Tamalpais, 

 May. 3179. 



Harknessia longipes. 



Orifice orbicular, margin elevated, toothed, spores ellipi- 

 tic or oblong, often curved, apiculate, dark olive-green with 

 2 nuclei and a shining hyaline apex; pedicel persistent, hya- 

 line, slender, flexuous, 4 — 6 times as long as the spore. 

 ju 27 X 12. 



On dead twigs and leaves of Eucalyptus odoratus. Pied- 

 mont, April. 3079. 



Very remarkable for the great length of the pedicel. 



Pestalozzia? anomala. 



Pustules minute, irregular, often confluent, staining the 

 matrix; spores fusiform, curved, 3-septate, constricted, pale 

 brown, ultimate cells hyaline; sporophore thick, as long as 

 the spore, soon deciduous; set* 1 at each end longer than 

 the spore, irregularly 1 — 3-branched at different distances, 

 the one at the base oblique, appearing at the side of the 

 sporophore. // 15 — 18 X 5 — 6. 



Nearly covering the stems of Eriogonum virgatum. Mt. 

 Diablo, July. 2690. 



Does not agree very well with the characters of the genus. 



Pestalozzia corynoidea. 



Pustules flattened, black, oblong or oval, 1 mm. broad, 

 at length depressed and opening by irregular apertures; 

 spores fusiform, curved, 5-septate, greenish-black, ultimate 

 cells hyaline, very small, often nearly obsolete; apex furnish- 

 ed with 1 oblique seta, J as long as the spore. ^ 35 — 37 X 12. 



On dead twigs of Umbellularia Californica. Tamalpais, 

 July. 2788. 



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