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lower segment 28-239 jjl long x 6-7 /x diam., densely incrusted, rough, upper 
segment 18-26 fi long x 3-6 /x diam., faintly rough ; head globular, basidia 
short and thick, 4-5-5 x 3-5 \l ; sterigmata radiating from the basidia 
Fig. 3. 
(fig. 4), 6-7-5 (jl long x 1-5-2 fi diam. ; spores hyaline, abstricted singly 
from apex of sterigmata, 3-6-4-4 x 1-5 [i. 
Habitat. — On a spider of the family Lycosidae; collected by W. Haygarth 
at Krantz Kloof, Natal. The specimen was preserved in formalin, and it was 
hence not possible to grow the fungus and try inoculation experiments. 
The pathogenicity of these fungi requires investigation. 
