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FUNGUS-FLORA. 



DESMAZIERELLA. Libert (emended). 



Receptacle sessile, becoming orbicular, dark-coloured, 

 externally tomentose, margin setulose ; bymenium minutely 

 velvety due to the projecting black-pointed tips of the 

 paraphyses; asci elongated, cylindrical, 8-spored; spores 



VesmaziereUa acicola, Lib. ; — Fig. 1, fungus on pine leaves, x 2 ; — 



Fig. 2, surface view of ascophore, x ; — Fig. 3, section of same, x ; — 



Fig. 4, branching kyphae from base of ascophore, x 400;— Fig. 5, free 



pores, X 400 ; — Fig. 6, asci and two clusters of the pointed paraphyses, 



X 250. 



