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EXOTIC FUNGI. 
( Continued from Vol. XIV.* p. 130. ) 
Australasia. 
Polyporus (Spongiosi) hystriculus, CooTce. 
Mesopus. Pileo lento, strigoso-hispido, atro-brunneo (1^-2 
in.) discoideo, convexo. Stipite crasso, abbreviato, centrali. 
Rymenio pallido. Poris elongatis, majusculis, angulatis, 
decurrentibus, dissepimentis tenuibus, dentatis laceratisve. 
Contexto albido. 
On stumps. Melbourne, Australia (I leader, 13). 
Rosellinia (Coniochaeta) Colensoi, CooJce. 
Peritbeciis aggregatis, superficialibus, subglobosis, setis 
rigidis fuscescentibus tectis, papillatis, ascis clavatis, octosporis. 
Sporidiis inordinatis, ellipticis, fuscis, continuis (’025 X ’011 
mm.). 
On dead wood. New Zealand ( Golenso , 126). 
Very mucb the habit and appearance of Sjohceria canescens. 
Sphaerella Aristoteli®, CooTce. 
Maculis epiphyllis, pallidis, orbicularibus, late fusco-cinctis. 
Peritheciis minutis, immersis, membranaceis, globoso-depressis, 
perforatis. Ascis clavatis, octosporis. Sporidiis cylindraceo- 
ellipticis, utrinque rotundatis, uniseptatis, vix constrictis 
(18-20 x 4 p). 
On living leaves of Aristotelia racemosa. New Zealand 
( Golenso , 116). 
Sphaerella (Sphaerulina) assurgens, CooTce. 
Peritheciis sparsis, semi-immersis, globosis, demum subliberis, 
submembranaceis, atris, opacis, pertusis. Ascis clavatis, sub- 
sessilibus, aparaphysatis, octosporis. Sporidiis fusoideis, trisep- 
tatis, hyalinis (20-24 x 4 /i.) 
On living fronds of Trichomanes venosum. New Zealand 
( Oolenso , 200). 
Patellaria torulispora, Phillips. 
Crowded. Cups 1-3 mm. sessile, orbicular, hymenium plane, 
black or brownish black, margin slightly raised ; asci cylin- 
drical. Sporidia oblong, uniseptate, brown, readily dividing at 
the septum (’01 X - 004-’005 mm.) paraphyses filiform, stout, 
clavate and brown at the apices. 
On dead bark. New Zealand ( Colenso , 144). 
The sporidia appear to be 16 in each ascus of subglobose 
form, owing to the division existing before they leave the 
ascus. 
Berggrenia aurantiaca, CTce. var. cyclospora. 
Sporidia globose (’018 mm. diam.). 
On the ground. New Zealand ( Colenso , 266). 
