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Tribe Phacidiacei. 

 Perithecium coriaceous or carbonaceous ; outer coat or 

 perithecium bursting and exposing the disc, which is surrounded 

 bj an obtuse or inflected margin. 



Ehytisma, Fries, 

 Perithecia confluent, wrinkled, stroma thin, 

 B. liypoxantlium, B. et Br., n. s , on leaves of Cudraniajavanensis 

 Brisbane Eiver (Bailey). This fungus forms thick yellow 

 patches, dotted with black, on the foliage of the aboTe 

 rambling shrub. 



AsTERiNA, Leveille. 

 Minute flattened epiphyllous fungi. Perithecia fragile, formed 

 of a fimbriated mycelium. Asci perfect. 



A. Bailey i, B. Br , new species on leaves of JSakea lorea, Spring- 

 sure (Bailey), Burnet Eiver (Dr. Bancroft), Maroochie 

 (Bailey). 



A. pelUculosa, Berk., on Trema aspera leaves, Maroochie (Bailey). 



Sph^riacei. 



Perithecium carbonaceous or membranous, pierced at the apex. 

 Hymenium diffluent. Asci usually springing from its walls. 



Hypocrea, Fries. 



Eleshy or gelatinous, horizontal fungi, growing on wood &c. 

 Perithecia tender, hyaline or colored. Sporidia indefinite. 

 S. memhranacea, B. et Br., n. s., on wood, Brisbane scrubs (Bailey) 



Xylaria, Fries. 



Club shaped, somewhat corky, often friable fungi, usually 

 distinctly stipitate, covered with a rufous or black bark. Perithecia 

 crowded on the surface of the receptacle. Sporidia eight. 



X. pileiformis, Berk., on wood, Enoggera Creek (J. E. Mair). 

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