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VIII. FUNGI. 
[Sphceria. 
minute, black, appearing as black specks on the cuticle. Perithecia covered 
by the cuticle, subglobose, smooth, not produced into a neck, depressed when 
dry. Asci linear, mixed with slender paraphyses. Sporidia 2-seriate, lanceo- 
late ; nucleus 2-partite but not septate. 
Campbell’s Island : on leaves of Luzula crinita, J. D. H. 
14. S. Acetabulum, Berk, in FI. N. Z. ii. 206. t. 106./. 2. Minute, 
black, covered by the cuticle. Perithecia slightly irregular, depressed, con- 
vex below, concave above, adnate with the cuticle in the centre, without a 
trace of orifice. Asci oblong, narrowed and truncate above. Sporidia ob- 
long, immature. 
Northern Island : on Corynocarpus, Colenso. 
15. S. cryptospila, Berk. mss. Microscopic, punctiform, black, shining. 
Asci short. Sporidia elongate, linear, curved, 3-4-septate. 
Northern Island : on leaves of Hypericum, Sinclair. 
75. CAPNODIUM, Montague. 
Mycelium of black jointed mouiliform filaments, mixed with other simple 
ones, enclosing elongate sometimes branched perithecia. Perithecia con- 
taining sometimes asci with sporidia, at others only spores. 
A remarkable genus, perhaps a more perfect form of Antennaria. 
1. C. fibrosum. Berk, in FI. N. Z. ii. 209. Forming a rigid bristly 
stratum, 1 in. thick. Perithecia elongate, crowded, fasciculately branched. 
Northern Island : on bark, Colenso. 
76. PEMPHIDIUM, Montagne. 
Perithecium spurious, convex, shield-like, black, formed of the diseased 
epidermis, closed or terminating in a papilla or 2-lipped pore ; nucleus gela- 
tinous. Asci perfect. Sporidia elongate. 
A peculiar genus, of one species, the following, and a native of Guyana. 
1. P. opacum, Berk, in FI. N. Z. ii. 207. t. 106./. 9. Patches 
in. broad, round, black, opaque, beneath which is an ovate transparent mass 
of asci. Asci cylindric or swollen in the middle. Spores fusiform, narrowed 
to a thread at either end, not septate, but the endochrome is divided irregu- 
larly into 2 or 3 masses. 
Northern Island : on stems of Rhipogonum, Colenso. 
77. ERYSIPHE, Hedwig. 
Perithecia free, globose, without an opening, giving off at the base flexuous, 
equal, simple or sparingly branched filaments. Asci saccate. 
An immense genus of minute Fungi, natives of temperate regions, where they are the pest 
of agriculturists, etc. 
