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Spore pee elliptico-oblongz, 1-septate, loculo supero majus- 
culo, fuliginez, 18-20 x 7-8 p. Paraphyses clavate, apice brun- 
neo tinct 
On dead. ee and leaves of Atherosperma moschatum, Labill., 
Hobart, Rodway, 62 
Allied to K. Pisthoides, Sace. 
Asterina iieaaaes Massee (sp. nov.). Perithecia gregaria, 
mycelio maculifor nsidentia, spheroideo-depressa, glabra, 
90-1 rie ylindraceo-clavati, breviter pedicellati, 
octospori, 50-55 x 12 os " Shpor ‘e distiche, obovate, uniseptate, 
fuscidulz, loculo superiore majore, obtusatee, 9-10 x 5 
On the upper surface of leaves of Banksia marginata, — 
Rodway, 540. 
atches of mycelium irregularly scattered, 1-2 mm. across. 
Parodiella Banksie is present on the under surface of the same 
leaves (Kew Bull. 1899, 181), and bears a superficial resemblance 
to the present species, bu in i i 
which are densely cro wded in irr egular patches *5-1 cm. diameter. 
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USTILAGINE. 
Ustilago microspora, Massee et Rodway (sp. nov.). Sori pod 
culas totas implectentes, easque in massam pulveraceam tran: 
formantes, obscure fulvi. Spore globose, 3-3°d pu — vel ibs 
gl we, 3-4 x 2--2°5 » diam., glabra, dilute oliv 
Attacking the inflorescence of Danthonia portealiiia, F. Muell, 
Rodway. 
The entire inflorescence of the host is geemored: The species 
is remarkable for the minute smoot spor 
PHYCOMYCETES. 
Pilobolus pullus, Vassee (sp. nov.). Sporangia hemispherico- 
depressa, atra, glabra, 250-300 ae en sone Xa, szepe 
medio constricta. Spore elliptic epispor au “ipsa 
et aba 2x 8-9. Stipes albidus, apice Pe alviboes iullatue, 1 mm 
us. 
n cow dung, Rodway, 551. 
ar to Pilobolus Kleinii, Van Tiegh., from which it aust 
the spherico-depressed smooth sporangium, and 
Bolte lla. 
MELANCONIE. 
Melanconium reanenad dee Massee et Rodway (sp. nov.).  Acer- 
ate densissime gregarii, erumpentes e pidermideque alba laciniata 
MS te ca 10-13 ye diam. Conidia oblonga, apice subacuta, fuliginea, 
fruit of Prichlynt us Besibaes Labill., Rodway, 666. 
It forms large white patches on the fru it. When the conidia are 
dy for  hanevion’: the epidermis is ruptured ina 
llate manner, and through th 
out in a tendril. g e cavity formed the conidia ooze 
