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FUNGUS-FLOKA. 



DESMAZIEEELLA. Libert (emended). 



Eeeeptacle sessile, becoming orbicular, da,rk-coioured, 

 externally tomentose, margin setulose ; bymenium minutely 

 velvety due to the projecting black-pointed tips of the 

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



Degmazierella acicola, Lib.; — Fig. 1, fungus on pino leaves, x 2; — 



I'ig. 2, surface view of asoophore, x ; — Fig. 3, section of same, x ;— 



Fig. i, branching byphae from base of aecopbore, x 400;— Fig. 5, free 



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



X 250. 



