156 
cylindracei, 320-330 x 17-18 p. Spore l-seriatw, cylindraceex, 
continue, curvule, hyaline, 30 x 10 np. 
On decaying logs Tumbulgum, Baker, 9. 
Usually caespitose ; substance thin, much contracted and horny 
when dry. Spores exactly sausage-shaped. 
UREDINEA. 
Acidium Plectroniae, Cooke in Grevillea, x. (1882), p. 124. 
Mount Cook, Endeavour river, on leaves of Plectronia barbata, 
Benth. & Hook., Bailey, 1130. 
SPHEROPSIDEA. 
longe lateque formantia. Sporule yaline, cylindracesx, 
utrinque obtuse, rect vel curvule, 17-20 x 4-4°5 p. 
Mount Cook, Endeavour river, on living leaves of a Ficus, 
Bailey, 1131. 
The fungus forms large discoloured patches, often occupying 
the greater portion of a leaf. Perithecia slightly prominent when 
dry, level with the surface of the leaf when the latter is damp. 
Pestalozzia vermiformis, VMassee (sp. nov.). Acervuli epiphylli, 
gregarii, maculis pallidis subcireularibus insidentes. Conidia 
fusiformia, 4-5-septata ; loculi extremi hyalini, medius olivaceus, 
cellula summa setulas ternas divaricatas gerente, 25-32 x 5-6 pp. 
MOUNT Cook, Endeavour river, on living leaves of an Hugenia, 
Bailey, 1132. 
Distinguished from its allies by the conidia having four median 
olive-coloured cells. P, Eugenie, Thiim., differs algo in having 
the acervuli arranged concentrically, and the pale patches on 
h 
which they are seated bordered by a broad purplish zone of 
colour. . 
Tasmania. 
BASIDIOMYCETES, 
anita grisea, Masser et Rodivay (sp. nov.). Pileus carnosus 
8, levis, glaber, griseo-brunneus, 3-5 cm. latus 
» Ventricose, subdistantes, ex albido pallide. Spore 
globose, glabree, 9-10 u diam, Stipes subeequalis, solidus, albidus, 
“ Z gus, 1 cm. ecrassus ; volva libera, persistens ; annulus 
membranaceus, 
On the ground, Rodway, 145, 
nastinguished by the free, persistent volva. Approaching the 
genus Amani $ in the somewhat rudimentary ring, which is 
nevertheless obvious. : gil Sg 
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