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CALIFORNIAN FUNGI. 
Diapoxthe (Eupoxthe) goxgonoidea, Cite, db Hark. 
Stromate effuso, cortice facile solubili tecto, ligni superficiem 
nigrificante v. crustam interruptam sistente, intus nigro-limitato ; 
peritheciis globosis, ligno immersis, plerumque dense stipatis; 
ostiolis cylindricis, gracilibus flexuosis, maxime elongatis. Ascis 
cylindrico-clavatis, octosporis. Sporidiis fusiformibus, biseriatis, 
rectis quadri-nucleatis demum 2-4 cellularibus, hyalinis (’015--017 
X ’003 mm.). 
On Australian Acacia. California. Harkness (No. 2525). 
Closely allied to D. medvscea and D. fasciculata. 
Sphaexia (Wallxothiella) eunotiaespoxa, Cite, fy Bark. 
Superficialis, gregaria. Peritheciis ob-pyriformibus (£ mm.) 
atris, subnitidis, laevibus, fragilis. Ascis clavatis. Sporidiis ellip- 
ticis, medio inflatis, biseriatis, continuis (’03--035 x -012--014 
mm.) plasmate granuloso. 
On Australian Acacia, decorticated. California. Harkness 
(No. 2111). 
Mixed with a species of Diplodia. 
Sphaeria (Melanomma) seminis, Cke. & Hark. 
Superficialis, gregaria. Peritheciis Q-J mm.) atris, opacis, 
subglobosis, quandoque subconfluentibus, ostiolo pertuso. Ascis 
clavatis. Sporidiis cylindraceis, rectis curvulisve, 5 septatis, fuscis 
(’05 x *006 mm.). 
On twigs of Baccharis. California. Harkness (No. 2511). 
Sphaexia (Anthostoma ?) gigaspoxa, Cke. <$• Hark. 
Sparsa, subimmersa, matrice substantia tubercula orbicularia 
elevata tecta, peritheciis globosis magnis (l-|-2 mm.), ostiolo 
obtuso, nigro-punctatis. Ascis amplis, saccatis, octosporis. Sporidiis 
elongato-ellipticis, utrinque leniter attenuatis, continuis, atro- 
fuscis ( # 065-’08 x '025--03 mm.). 
On decorticated twigs. California. Harkness (No. 2266). 
In habit resembling Sphceria cubicularis , Fr., but with much 
larger sporidia, and, as in that species, the perithecia fall out, 
leaving holes not unlike a large Stictis. 
Sphaexia (Anthostomella) oxeodaphnes, Cke. Sf Hark. 
Sparsa, epidermide innata, tecta. Peritheciis globosis, epider- 
mide tumidula et leniter nigrificata velatis, vix papillatis. Ascis 
cylindraceis, octosporis. Sporidiis arcte ellipticis, utrinque rotun- 
datis, fuscis (’014--015 x ’004 mm.). 
On leaves of Umbellulaiia. California. Harkness (No. 2459). 
Sphaexia (Didymulla) megaxxhizae, Cke. Hark. 
Sparsa, tecta. Peritheciis subglobosis, mox depressis, atris, osti- 
olo papillatis. Ascis subclavatis. Sporidiis biserialibus, ellipticis, 
uniseptatis, vix constrictis, hyalinis, pallide luteolis (*012-’0l4x 
*006 mm ). 
On Megarrhiza Californica. California. Harkness (Nos. 2087, 
2088). 
Sphaexia (Didymella) lupini, Cke. <$• Hark. 
Sparsa, punctiformia. Peritheciis tectis, globoso-depressis, le- 
niter papillatis. Ascis clavatis. Sporidiis ellipticis, uniseptatis, 
