Sphseropsidcpe, Nectrioiclese, Didyraosporse, Pseudodiplodia. 409 



Sed. 2. Phicosporfe. 



MARTINELLA Cooke et Mass. Grev. XVIII, p. 7, ut snbg. (Etym. a 

 Domina Martin mycologa alacri australiensi). — Stroraa et pori- 

 thecia PolysiigmincB sed sporula3 subsphseroidese v. ellipticae, con- 

 tinuae, fu.sc.e. 



1, Martinolla Eucalypti (Cooke et Mass.) .Sacc. Polysiigmina Cooke 5555 

 et Mass. loc. cit. — Epiphylla; stromate suborbiculari, carnoso, 

 planiusculo, rufo-fusco ; peritheciis rainutissimis, immersis, satu- 

 ratioribus, ostiolo pertuso; sporulis sphaeroideo-ovalibus, continuis, 

 laete fuscis, 6 ^: 4. 



Hab. in foliis Eucalypti, Lilydale Victoria Australi^e (Mrs. 

 Martin). 



SecL 3. Didymosporfe. 



PSEUDODIPLODIA Karst. - Syll. III, p. 621. 



1. Pseudodiplodla corticis Grove in Journ. of Bot. 1886, p. 197, — g^^g 

 Late eifusa; peritheoiis gregariis vel in lineas brevea aut macuias 

 contractis, 1-1,4 mm, diam., globulosis vel oblongis, levibus, nitidis, 

 contextu ceraceo raollissimo, oHvaceo, rainute celluloso, emergenti- 

 bus, denique semisuperficialibus, siccis atro-fuscis, poro pertusis 

 eKiguo, dein celeriter dilatato, subinde phacidiiformiter vel hysterii- 

 formiter laceratis, mox parte superiore prorsus evanidis; nucleo oli- 

 vaceo, senio (disco) subnigro; sporulis oblongis, subfusiforraibus, 

 utrinque obtusis vel basi vel apice acutatis, rarius curvulis, diu con- 

 tinuis, dein senioribus teouiter uniseptatis, vix constrictis, vix gut- 

 tulatis, singulis hyalinis, coacervatis dilute olivaceis, 10-14:5 3-4; 

 basidiis subramosis, fasciculatis, duplo-triplo longioribus suffultis. 

 Hab. in pagina interiori corticis vel etiam iu ligno Aceris 

 Pseud oplatan i, Sutton Goldfleld, prope Birminghara Britan- 

 nise. — A P. Ugnaria Karst. differt loco natali, sporalis angu- 

 stioribus, sed iinprimis peritheciorum magnitudine, qufe 5~7-pIo 

 majora. An his notis satis distincta? Nura vere e Nectrioideis sit, 

 dubium raanet. 



