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NEW BRITISH FUNGI. 
Perichoena decipiens. — B. ^ Br. Ann. N.H., No. 1605, his. t. 9,f. 3. 
External appearance the same as in P. strobilina, but the spores 
are bright-yellow, and of two kinds. 
On fir cones. Perth. 
Macrospores, •0009-‘002 in. long ; microspores, •001-*00l2 in. 
long. 
SOME INDIAN FUNGI. 
M. C. Cooke. 
( Plate 74.) 
The following small collection of Fungi, chiefly made in India by 
Colonel Hobson, contains some very interesting species. It is un- 
fortunate that the species of Rhytisma are without mature fruit, 
but this is by no means an uncommon occurrence. The asci being 
usually matured after the leaves have reposed for some time on the 
ground, they require careful watching to secure them in a perfect 
state : — 
Septoria Taxiegata. Vize. 
Epiphylla. Maculis brunneis, griseis, vel pallidis ; peritheciis 
minutis, immersis, ccespitosis ; sporis minutis, linearibus, hyalinis. 
On large coriaceous leaves. 
Spots brown, grey, or pallid on the same leaf ; perithecia 
minute, the punctiform ostiolum bursting through the cuticle ; 
spores minute, narrow, hyaline, straight, •005 m.m. long. 
Festalozzia phoenicis. Vize. 
Maculis brunneis ; peritheciis minutis, atris, nitidis, sub- 
immersis, bine illic ccespitosis ; sporis subfusiformibus, 4 septatis, 
bicristatis. 
On leaves of Plicenix dactylifera. 
The small shining black perithecia are here and there collected 
together on discoloured spots. The spores are seated on long 
hyaline peduncles, quadriseptate, the upper cell hyaline and crested, 
the intermediate three cells brown. Length of the coloured 
portion *018 X *007 m.m. 
Txichobasis Hobsoni. Vize. 
Hypophyllis. Boris minutis, sparsis vel gregariis, fulvidis ; 
sporis subovatis, rhomboideisque, leniter asperulis. 
On under surface of leaves (tree unknown). Colonel Hobson 
(164a). Rhytisma ustulatum occurs on leaves of the same tree, 
which may be a Ficus. 
Spores mostly with a subrhomboid or obtusely angular outline, 
at first attached to a delicate peduncle ; epispore minutely verru- 
cose, *022 X '02 m.m. 
Txichobasis xnicxospoxa. Vize. 
Epiphylla. Maculis suborbicularis, purpureis ; soris 3-8, minutis, 
erumpentis, pallidis (?) ; pseudosporis subglobosis parvis, levibus. 
