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flexible, dehiscing by a very minute determinate pore at the apex ; 
mass of spores bright yellow-olive. Capillitium very dense. Spores 
globose, warted, 6-7 /a diameter. 
Subterranean or partly exposed. Adhering so firmly to the soil 
as to be with difficulty removed. 
On the ground. Gipps Land. ( Martin , 934.) 
Polysaccum album, Cke. 8f Mass. 
Peridium globose, 5-6 c.m. diameter, white, polished and shin- 
ing, attenuated below into a very short, stout, irregular, stem-like 
base. Peridiola irregularly polyhedral, 2-3 m.m. across. Spores 
in the mass yellowish-olive, globose, rather coarsely warted, 9-10 p 
diameter. 
On the ground. Dundoo, Queensland. (Martin, 916.) Victoria. 
Zignoella (Zignaxia) erumpens, Cooke. 
Scattered, or aggregate, erumpent, and then nearly superficial, 
or semi-immersed. Perithecia globose, smooth, black (J m.m. 
diam.), slightly papillate. Asci cylindrically clavate, octosporous. 
Sporidia fusoid-elliptic, uniseptate, slightly constricted, binucleate 
(15-16 x 4-5 /a), hyaline. 
On twigs. Victoria. (Martin, 948.) 
Coniothyrium septorioides, Cke. $ Mass. 
Epiphyllous. Spots orbicular, tawny, with a broad purple 
margin. Peiitbecia mostly in circles upon the spots, sometimes 
scattered, black, erumpent, globose, membranaceous. Sporules 
broadly elliptical, continuous, pale brown, 5-6 x 3-4 p. 
On leaves of Frostanthera lasiantha. Grampians, Victoria. 
(Baron Mueller.') 
Diplodia canthifolia, Cke. fy Mass. 
Epiphyllous. Perithecia scattered, immersed, membranaceous, 
4ark brown, piercing the cuticle. Sporules elliptical, for a long 
time continuous, then elongated and uniseptate, slightly con- 
stricted, brown (8x5 then 12 x 5 /a). 
On leaves of Canthium latifolium. Tempe Downs. (Mueller.) 
Coxyneum viminalis, Cke. Mass. 
Pustules punctiform, flattened, scattered, black; not seated on 
definite spots. Conidia obovate or pyriform, 1-2 septate, not con- 
stricted (8-10 x 5-6 /a), pale purple-brown, on rather long filiform 
sporophores, 
On leaves of Eucalyptus viminalis. Victoria. (Reader). 
Stilbum caninum, Cke. <$• Mass. 
Gregarious, clavate or subspathulate, flesh-coloured (2-3 in. 
high), capitulum darker, continuous with the smooth stem. 
Conidia ellipsoid, continuous, hyaline, 5 x 3 /a. 
On dog’s dung. Victoria. (Martin, 944.) 
Stem sometimes furcate. Larger, and more robust than S. 
Hmetarium , with smaller conidia. 
