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and •■ die back.*' Investigated by Brooks and Shari)les and re- 

 corded in the bulletins of the Ao-rieultural Department, Federated 

 Malay States. 



Xi/lriria rijnoglo.ssa, Cooke {Sphaeriacpae) . A small pale 

 coloured ttuvgue-shaped fungus recorded by Baneroft. 



Stem axd Br-vxches. 



Apiasporiinii (drum, Massee {Ferisporinccac) . Found on dead 

 branches. Bancroft does not consider it a parasite. 



Asterina fenulssima, Fetch, (Perispuriaceae) . Fetch consider.s 

 that this mould lives on the sugary secretions of the nectaries at 

 the base of the leaves. 



Botrijodiplodia iheohroinac, Fat. (Spliaerioidnceae) . Eeport- 

 ed by R. M. Richards as a cause of " Uieback." 



Cpphnlnsporium, sp. (Mucrdinareae). Recorded by Belgrave 

 as one of the fungi present in " mouldy rot " on tapped surfaces. 

 He also found it a parasite on Ilemilea rastatri.r. 



Corticium calceum , Fries, {Thelrphoracrae). A l)ark fungus 

 determined by Massee in 1906. 



Corticium javanicum , Zimni. (Tlielephorareae) . A cause of 

 '' Fink Disease." 



('orficin)ii mlmonicolor, B. et. Br. (Theleplioraceae). The 

 cause of " Fink Disease." Described in detail by Brooks and 

 Sharpies in the bulletins of the Agricultural De])artment, Federated 

 Malay States. 



Cryptornlsa rnicrosporn, Sacc {Splideriaccae) . A new species 

 found by ('. F. Baker on rotting stems. 



< 'i/j)li('lhi heveae. Massee {Thedephornrpue) . A cause of 

 '' Thread blight." Found on the bark bv R. M. Richards. 



Daldinia concenfrica, Ces. et De Xot. (Spliaeriaceae). A 

 dark chocolate coloured bun shaped fungus forming hard globular 

 masses, occurring commonh' on dead wood. 



Daldinia concentrica, Ces. var, escJioJzii, Ehrenb. {Sphaeria- 

 ceae). Found on a dead trunk. 



Didymella oligospora, Sacc. {Spliaeriaceae). Recorded by C. 

 F. Baker on dead branches. 



Diplodia rapax, Massee (Sphaerioidncrae). Described by Rid- 

 ley as a " pestilential black fungus " and named by Massee in 1909. 



Diplodia, sp. (Sphaerioidaceae). The cause of "Die Back." 

 It is coiLsidered to be a wound parasite, that is to say, it can only 

 enter its host through a dead or wovuided part. The fungus itself 

 is scarcely visible to the naked eye, and is in the form of minute 

 black dots on the dead shoots. 



Euti/pa cauJivora,. Massee, (Sphaeriaceae). This fungus forms 

 numerous large black blotches on the trunk and is considered by 

 Massee to be a parasite. Bancroft suggests it is a '' wound para- 

 site," and quotes Fetch as stating that this fungus is the same as 

 Nummularia pithodes. 



