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EXOTIC FUNGI. 
Sphserostilbe Macowani (Korb.). 
The species described by Koerber in the (Esterreichische 
Botanische Zeitschrift, 1877, p. 357, under the name of Coniocybe 
Owani , according to specimens issued by Arnold, No. 817, are dis- 
tinctly a Sphcerostilbe , the perithecia being scattered in fissures of 
the bark, but with the sporidia immature. The Stilbum reaches 2 
m.m. in height and the conidia are 5 X 3 fi. 
On bark. Cape of Good Hope. 
Uxedo (Uromyces ?) aloes, Cooke. 
Spots suborbicular or confluent, pallid ; sori convex, large, cir- 
culating or clustered on the spots, often confluent, for a long time 
covered. Spores elliptical or subglobose, smooth, with a thick 
epispore (25-30 x 20 /i), pedicels hyaline. 
On leaves of Aloe. Mooi River, Natal. (/. M. Wood, 4511). 
BRITISH TREMELLINEjE. 
Revised by M. C. Cooke. 
TREMELLXNEJE, Fries. 
Whole fungus homogeneous, gelatinous, collapsing when dry, re- 
viving when moistened, internally composed of branched filaments, 
terminating in basidia at the periphery. Basidia tapering, un- 
divided or furcate at the apex, or globulose, cruciatelv divided ; 
spores somewhat kidney-shaped or globose, continuous, germin- 
ating and producing sporidioles. 
Sub-Fam. 1. AJJ RICULARIEAL. Basidia elongated or fusoid, 
plurilocular. 
AURICULARIA, Bull. 
Coriaceous fungi, resembling Stereum , effused and reflexed, 
hymenium gelatinous, reticulately ribbed. 
Auricularia mesenterica (Dicks.), Fries Hym. Fur. 646. Cke. Hdbk. 
No. 919. 
Pilei resupinate, then reflexed, entire, villous, zoned and fasciate, 
brownish cinereous, hymenium costato-plicate, brownish violet ; 
spores oblong, kidney-shaped, 20 x 7 fi. 
On trunks. 
Auricularia lobata, Somm. Fries Hym. Fur. 646. Cke. Hdbk. 920. 
Pileus effuso-reflexed, lobed, variegated with strigose or tomen- 
tose velvety or smooth zones, brownish white, hymenium livid 
tawny ; folds distant, reticulated ; spores as in the above. 
On bark. 
