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FUNGUS-FLOKA. 



DESMAZIEEELLA. Libert (emended). 



Receptacle sessile, becoming orbicular, dark-coloured, 

 externally tomentose, margin setulose ; hymenium minutely 

 velvety due to the projecting black-pointed tips of the 

 paraphyses ; asci elongated, cylindrical, 8-spored ; spores 



Desmazierelln acicola, Lib. ; Fig. 1, fungus on pine leaves, x 2 ; 

 Fig. 2, surface view of ascophore, x ; Fig. 3, section of same, x ; 

 Fig. 4, branching hyphae from base of ascopliore, x 400;- Fig. 5, free 

 pores, X 400 ; Fig. 6, asci and two clusters of the pointed paraphyses, 

 x 250. 



