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SOME EXOTIC FUNGI. 
Sphaerella rubiginosa, Cke. 
Epiphylla. Peritheciis sparsis, minutis, punctiformibus, sub- 
prominylis, atris. Ascis clavatis, sessilibus. Sporidiis ellipticis, 
obtusis, medio leniter constrictis, unis ep tatis, chlorinis (*01 x *005 
mm.). 
On dead leaves of Pittosporum rubiginosum. Johnston River, 
Queensland. 
Quite different from Sphcerella pittospori, Cke., although the 
fructification is similar. 
North America. 
Leptothyrium liriodendri, Cke. 
Peritheciis in macula exarida fusca sparsis, epiphyllis, disci- 
formibus, nitidis, plano-convexis, atris, minutis. Sporulis cylin- 
draceis, curvulis rectisque, tenuibus, hyalinis (*005 X *001 mm.). 
On leaves of Liriodendron. Aiken, S. Car. (Ravenal, 2600.) 
Associated with Eysterium maculare forma Liriodendri. 
Phoma cerasina, Cooke. 
Epiphylla. Peritheciis punctiformibus, densissime gregariis, semi- 
immersis, atris, nitidis, poro pertusis. Sporulis subcylindricis, utrin- 
que rotundatis, rectis, enucleatis, hyalinis, •OIS-'OIG x ‘0035 mm. 
On dead leaves of Prunus lauro-cerasus. Aiken, S. Car. 
(Ravenal, 2573 bis.) 
NEW BRITISH FUNGI. 
(Continued from p. 41.) 
Phoma galacis, Cooke. 
Spots irregular, pale brown or cinereous, without any distinct 
margin. Perithecia gregarious in dense patches, very minute 
(-08 mm. diam.), immersed at the base, punctiform, black, shining. 
Sporules cylindrical, rounded at the ends, 2-4 nucleate, hyaline 
(•012-*015 x *004 mm.). 
On fading and dead leaves of Galax aphylla. Kew. 
Phyllosticta pentestemonis, Cooke. 
Spots irregular, brown, without distinct margin. Perithecia 
subimmersed, mostly concentrically disposed, sometimes scattered, 
punctiform, black. Sporules ovoid-oblong or elliptic, hyaline (*005 
X *003 mm.). 
On leaves of Pentestemon qrandijlorus . Kew. 
Ustilago marina, Durieu. Rabh. F. Fur., 1199. 
Mycelium black, forming tubercles on the rhizomes. Spores of 
two forms, one globular or obtusely ovoid, or elongated (•Ol-’OIS 
mm.), the other irregularly ovoid, elongated (*016 X •Ol-’OIS mm.), 
clear olive-brown, with a smooth epispore. — Waldh. Ustilag., 
No. 27. 
On the rhizomes of Scirpus parvulus. Little Lea, near Poole, 
Dorset. (E. M. Holmes.) 
