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THE EARGER ET’XGI 
EXOBASIDIINEAE. 
Parasites. 
EXOBASIDIALES. 
Hynieniuni effused, rarely consisting of basidia only. Parasitic on leaves, etc. 
(especially of Ericaceae). 
EXOBASIDIACEAE. 
Same cliavacters as the order. 
EXOBASIDIUM Woronin. 
(Gr., ex, out of; hasidium, a basidium.) 
"Mycelium vegetating in the interior of the living host, and giving rise, on 
the exterior, to basidia. Hymenium discontinuous. Spores white, elongate fusi- 
form or oblong reniform, smooth, simple or septate; basidia cylindrical, with 
4-5-0 sterigmata. Cystidia none. Parasitic on living leaves and stems." — Kea. 
Xo Australian species recorded. 
