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AUSTRALASIAN FUNGI. 
Ustilago sclerotiformis, Cke. Sf Mass. 
Black, compact, obovate, large (2 mm. diam), never becoming 
powdery, spores subglobose, dark umber (16-18 /x diam.). Epi- 
spore granulose. 
Absorbing the ovaries of Uncinia ccespitosa. Taheraite, New 
Zealand {Kirk. 821). 
Somewhat resembling U. marmorata , B., but that species has 
spores distinctly verrucose, in the type specimens, although in- 
cluded by F. de Waldheim with the smooth-spored species. 
* Cucurbitaria (IWEelanomma) plagia, Cke. fy Mass. 
Perithecia densely crowded, forming oblong erumpent clusters, 
which are at length almost superficial, and confluent in large 
patches, 2-3 in. long ; the individual perithecia are globose, but 
compressed and deformed by crowding, black, shining, smooth. 
Ostiolum minute. Asci cylindrical; sporidia in one or two series, 
lanceolate, triseptate, pale-brown (40-45 x 10-12 p). 
On living twigs of Cassinia aculeata. Port Phillip {French'). 
Resembling Otthiella morbosa in habit. 
Fusicolla incarnata, Cke. Sf Mass. 
Epiphyllous. Pustules small, gregarious, seated on paler spots, 
convex, rosy flesh colour, here and there confluent (scarce J mm. 
diam.), somewhat gelatinous, or scattered over the petioles, and 
midribs. Conidia cylindrical, rounded at the ends, nucleate or 
granular, hyaline, straight, simple, 16-20 x 4-5 p. Sporophores 
very short and deciduous. 
On dead coriaceous leaves. Brisbane {Bailey 597). 
BRITISH HYPHOMYCETES. 
{Concluded from Vol. xvi., p. 113.) 
Ord. 3. STILBEFE. 
Ser. # Hyalostilbe^e. 
Stilbum melleum, B. $ Br. Sacc. Syll. iv., 2667. 
On bark. Congresbury. 
Stilbum orbiculare, B. # Br. Sacc. Syll. 2676. 
On Lindbladia effusa. Aviemore, Rothiemurchas, N.B. 
Stilbum tomentosum, Schr. Sacc. Syll. 2677. 
On Trichia. Scotland, Scarboro’, Forden, Shere, Hitchen, 
Twycross, Carlisle, Apethorpe, Haywood Forest. 
Stilbum erythrocephalum, Bitm. Sacc. Syll. 2680. 
On dung. Scarboro’, Orton Wpod. 
Stilbum vulgare, Tode. Sacc. Syll. 2682. 
On rotten wood. Scotland, Scarboro’, Berwick. 
Stilbum pellucidum, Schrad. Sacc. Syll. 2685. 
On wood and rotten fungi. Appin. 
