SOUTH AFRICAN FUNOT. 
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Hydrophoza stezcozaxia, Todc. 
On dung. Nos, 487, 1299. 
Feziza (Mollisia) subgilva, Kalch. <6 Cke. 
Sparsa, sessilis, ceraceo-mollis. Cupulis totius subgilvis J-l-^ 
mm. diam.) concavis; margine rotundato, subtumido ; ascis 
cylindraceis. Sporidiis ellipticis, hyalinis (‘008 X *004 mm.). 
Paraphysibus filiformibus. 
On rotten wood. R. 22a. 
Helotium capensis, Kalch. dc Che. 
Sparsum, aurantiacum. Cupulis stipitatis, explanatis (3 mm. 
diam.). Stipite deorsum attenuato, pallidiore (2^ mm. long.) in 
cupula expanso, ascis clavatis. Sporidiis fusiformibus, curvulis, 
5 septatis (‘05 x ‘006 mm.). 
On sticks. 
Helotium ferzugineum, Fr. 
On twigs. Nos. 22, 1126. 
Phillipsia kezmesina, Kalch. & Cke. 
Sparsa, substipitata, firma. Cupulis (1 cm.), concavis, purpureo- 
rubris, extus Ijevi, pallido, deorsurn attenuato; ascis cylindraceis. 
Sporidiis ellipticis, binucleatis, dein spurie uniseptatis (•019-’023 
X *011 mm.). Paraphysibus linearibus, multinucleatis. 
On chips. 
Substance much firmer than in Peziza, not shrinking or collaps- 
ing in drying. The genus was established by Rev. M. J. Berkeley 
for five or six species formerly included in Pezizia. 
Dezmatea pelidna, Kalch. dc Che. 
Caespitosa, erumpens. Cupulis concavis, contortis (3 mm. 
diam.), subsessilibus, extus rufis, furfuraceis. Disco atro-fuligineo. 
Ascis cylindraceis. Sporidiis linearibus (’004 mm. long). 
On decorticated branches. No. 16. 
Allied to D. furfuracea and D. fascicularis. Exterior covered 
with short granular hairs. 
Dezmatea zufa, Che. in Grevillea viii , p. 72. 
On bark. Natal, No. 400. 
Stictis thelotzemoides, Phil. 
Sparsa, immersa, orbicularis mm. diam.). Disco melleo, 
excavato. Margine prominente, subintegro, albo. Ascis cylin- 
draceis. Sporidiis filiformibus (*15 mm. long). Paraphysibus 
filiformibus. 
On branches. No. 76. 
Stictis bella, Kalch. & Cke. 
Immersa, orbicularis ('1 mm. diam.), margine niveo, expanso, 
lobato-fissurato ; disco aureo, excavato. Ascis cylindraceis. 
Sporidiis filiformibus (*3 mm. long). Paraphysibus filiformibus, 
subflexuosis. 
On branches. No. 1288a. 
The cups break through elongated fissures of the bark, and 
have somewhat the appearance of miniature daisies. A very 
elegant species. 
