PLATE 6. 



Perisporieae. 



Asterina delitescens, E. & M. 



Fig. i. Natural size on leaf. 

 " 2. Portion of a leaf with the fungus somewhat magnified. 

 " 3. Four perithecia, one entire and three showing the stellate 

 mode of dehiscence. 

 4. Two asci. 

 " 5. Two sporidia. 



" 6. Perithecium in its early stage of growth. 

 " 7. Hypha from which arises a conidiophore and conidia? 

 11 8. Conidium? 



