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ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW. 
BULLETIN 
OF 
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION, 
No. 8.] (1912. 
XLV.—FUNGI EXOTICI: XV. 
(With PLATE.) 
G. MASSEE. 
Of the five new Fungi described, three have been received goed 
the Gold Coast, West Africa, and two from Mal aya. All ar 
parasitic, but Isaria Pattersonti may be considered a beneficial 
parasite, since it attacks injurious sine gee The other species 
are injurious parasites on economic plan 
ree eae 
Pleurotus Colae, Massee (figs. 11-14). 
Pileus tenuissimus, primo rsupinnins dein Jateraliter pore 
sessilis, tenuiter membranaceus, candidus, puberulus 
diametro. amellae paucae (7-12), distantes, tenues, acie sakeinte 
concolores, apicem versus venoso-connexae. Sporae subglobosae, 
hyalinae, 7-8 : a nu. Basidia clavulata, hyalina, 28-34 x 6-7 p. 
GoLp Coa Aburi, on young fruits of Cola acuminata, 
Schott. & Endl, W. H. Patterson. 
Gregarious on the ay Fe Quite a minute fungus, most nearly 
allied to Pleurotus chioneus, 
ASCOMYCETES. 
Dothidella Pterocarpi, Massee (figs. 5, 6, 9, 10). 
e sparsae, orbiculares vat ditformes, determinatae, 
arescenti-fuscae, zona obscura cinctae. Stromata in centro 
macularum laxe aggregata, matrici innata, ccuedila, atra, nitentia, 
subcarbonacea. Ast subcylindracei, apice incrassato-rotun ati, 
i modice attenuati, pedicellati, octospori. Sporae oblique 
monostichae, ellipsoideae, hyalinae, 1-septatae, 15-18 x 
Matayra. Kuala Lumpur, on living leaves of the Anan tree 
—Pterocarpus indicus, Willd., C. K. Bancroft. 
This fungus closely pee to typical species of Phyllachora in 
= eam characters, but differs in having hyaline, 1-septate 
The stromata are blackish-brown and ‘polished, resembling 
sini drops of pitch sprinkled on brownish patches on oy leaves. 
The stromata are situated on the upper surface of the le 
(26431—6a.) Wt, 189—808, 1125, 10/12, D&S, 
