CALIFORNIAN FUNGI. 
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Spoiridesmium fumago, Cke., var. umbxinum. 
In this variety the general colour is umber brown ; otherwise it 
scarcely differs from the common form, which is probably only a 
condition of some Capnodium. 
On twigs and leaves of Arctostaphylos, (1485.) 
Kelicoma fasciculatum, Berk. Sf Curt, in U.S. Exp. Exp. 
A very interesting species only previously found in Japan. 
On Aawrws leaves. (1508.) 
KARKNESSIA, Cke. 
Perithecia vera nulla. Sporee ellipticse vel subglobosge, sim- 
plicia, opaca, deorsum pedicula hyalina producta, in nucleum con- 
glutinata, demum in cirrhos atros erumpentia. 
Allied probably to Melaiiconium. 
Harknessia eucalypti, Cke. 
Epiphylla, vel caulina. Sporis late ellipticis, atro-fuscis (*03 X 
•015 mm.) deorsum pedicellatis. Pedicellis aequalibus linearibus, 
hyalinis (’04 mm. long). Orificio orbiculari, margine elevato, hin- 
illic dentato-lacerato. 
On leaves and twigs of Eucalyptus globulus. (1280.) 
This curious fungus seems to be related to Melanconium. The 
spores resemble most those of an TJromyces^ but they are ejected in 
thick black tendrils, immersed in gelatin, and do not become pul- 
verulent. There is no proper perithecium, and the tendrils issue 
from orbicular openings, the margins of which are elevated into a 
kind of collar, and remain after the spores are dispersed, and then 
not unlike some Stictis. Chiefly found on the dead leaves, but also 
scattered over the young twigs. Its development requires to be 
studied in living specimens, and as its host. Eucalyptus globulus, is 
becoming widely distributed, this parasite should be sought after, 
and its life-history investigated. 
Diatxype eucalypti, Cke. & Hk. 
Suborbic ularis, convexa, nigra, ostiolis conicis, sulcatis. Ascis 
clavatis, longe stipitatis. Sporidiis leniter curvulis, utrinque ob- 
tusis, hyalinis (*01 X '0015 mm.). 
On branches of Eucalyptus globulus. (1419.) 
Diatxype prominens, Ghe. ^ Hk. 
Erumpens, oblonga, convexa, nigra, elevata. Ostiolis promi- 
nulis, sulcatis. Ascis clavatis, sessilibus. Sporidiis leniter cur- 
vulis, utrinque obtusis, hyalinis (*012 -’OIS x '002 mm.). 
Oli twigs of Mimulus and Arbutus Menziesii. 
(1321, 1580, 1581, 1583.) 
Valsa eucalypti, Cke. & Hjc. 
Erumpens, subrotunda, convexa, nigra. Peritheciis oblongis. 
Ostiolis elongatis, cylindricis, Isevibus, rectis. Ascis clavatis, ses- 
silibus. Sporidiis rectis vel leniter curvulis, utrinque obtusis, 
hyalinis (•008-'009 X *0015 mm.). 
On twigs of Eucalyptus globulus. (1287a.) 
Pustules small, consisting of five or six perithecia. 
