No. 95. 
March, 1892 
(Sr^iltp. 
A QUARTERLY RECORD OF CRYPTOGAMIC BOTANY 
AND ITS LITERATURE. 
AUSTRALIAN FUNGI. 
By M. C. Cooke. 
( Continued from p. 36). 
Ustilago confusa, Massee. 
Sori produced in the ovary, soon naked, mass of spores pulve- 
rulent, violet-black ; spores clear brown, with a tinge of violet by 
transmitted light, epispore about 1 p thick, perfectly smooth, sub- 
globose, or irregularly angular (11-14 ft). 
On Panicum par adoxum. Victoria. 
Previously confounded with Ustilago destruens, from which it is 
distinct. 
Xisestadia Litsese, B. Br. (Sphserella). 
Spots irregular or suborbicular, on the upper surface, becoming 
pallid, with a broad brown border. Perithecia semi-innate, black, 
punctiform. Asci clavate. Sporidia elongated, elliptical, con- 
tinuous (20-30 ft long), hyaline. 
On leaves of Litscea. Queensland. 
Sphsexopsis numerosa, Glee, fy Mass. 
Gregarious ; perithecia semi-immersed, or nearly superficial, 
globose, black, becoming flattened ; sporules elliptical, continuous, 
brown, 15 x 8 ft. 
On dead bark. Dimboola. Victoria. {Reader, 16.) 
Astexomella homalanthi, Qoolee $ Mass. 
Spots suborbicular, on both surfaces, fuliginous (1 c.ni. diam.) ; 
dotted with the minute black punctiform superficial perithecia. 
Sporules elliptic, hyaline (5 X 3 ft). 
On leaves of Homalanthus populifolius. Queensland. (Bailey, 
923.) 
Iftelophia leptospexmi, Coolce. 
This was published under the name of Melophia phyllachoroidea, 
Cke., but since discovered that the specific name is preoccupied 
by Speggazini. 
