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VIII. FUNGI. 
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Both tropical and temperate Fungi. 
1. D. glomeraria, Berk, in FI. N. Z. ii. 205. t. 106./. 13. Pustules 
thickly scattered, small, breaking through the cuticle, black, opaque, in. 
long. Perithecia crowded, subglobose ; neck short ; mouth obscure. Asci 
with 8 linear curved sporidia. 
Northern Island : on branches of Rhipogonnm, Colenso. 
2. D. lata, Fries ; — Berk, in FI. N. Z. ii. 205. Effuse, unequal. Stroma 
thin, black. Perithecia sunk in the wood ; mouth conical. 
Northern Island : on slicks, Co/enso. (Europe, Tasmania.) 
72. DOTHIBEA, Pries. 
Characters of Sphceria, but perithecium 0. Stroma with numerous cells, 
opening by a simple pore. 
A very large tropical and temperate genus of small Fungi, found on leaves, twigs, etc. 
1. D. Ribesia, Fries ; — Berk, in FI. N. Z. ii. 207. Subelliptic, break- 
ing- through the cuticle, depressed, black inside and out ; cells small, white, 
almost superficial. 
Northern Island : on gooseberry twigs, Colenso. (Europe.) 
2. D. filicina, Mont. ; — Berk, in FI. N. Z. ii. 207. Hypophvllous ; 
stroma thin, areolate, black; cells shallow; ostiola minute. Sporidia 
uniseptate. 
Northern Island : on under surface of fern fronds. (Otaheite.) 
3. D. Colensoi, Berk, in FI. N. Z. ii. 207. Orbicular, ^ in. broad, 
black, granulate, fertile on either side ; cells minute, white within. 
Northern Island : on dead leaves, Colenso. 
4. D. hemisphaerica, Berk, in FI. Antarct. 172. t. 67./. 2. Solitary, 
black, carbonaceous, breaking through the under surface of the leaf ; floccose 
at the base; cells elliptic, obtuse. Asci short. Sporidia 8, oblong, 1-sep- 
tate, contracted in the middle. 
Lord Auckland’s group : on leaves of Veronica odora, J. I). H. 
5. D. spilomea, Berk, in FI. Antarct. 173. t. 67./. 2. Gregarious on 
the under surface of the leaf, thin, depressed, orbicular, often confluent, mi- 
nutely granular, shining ; cells globose, orifice punctiform. Asci clavate. 
Sporidia oblong, 1-septate, constricted in the middle. 
Lord Auckland’s group and Campbell’s Island : on leaves of Veronica elliptica, 
J. B.H. ■ 
73. NECTRIA, Pries. 
Small Fungi, growing on wood, bark, etc. Perithecia free or seated on a 
mycelium, thin, rarely thick, vertical, brightly coloured. Sporidia 8, trans- 
lucent. 
A large temperate genus with few tropical species, often brightly coloured. 
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