Brysiplie .] 
VIII. FUNGI. 
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1. E. densa, BerJc. in FI. N. Z. ii. 208. t. 106. f. 16. Mycelium 
dense, cobwebby, persistent. Perithecia scattered, with flexuose somewhat 
forked filamentose appendages. 
Northern Island : on leaves of Aristotelia, Colenso. 
78. CH-ZETOMIUM, Kunze. 
Perithecium brittle, membranous, without an opening, clothed with opaque 
hairs. Asci gelatinous, evanescent. Sporidia brown. 
Minute parasitic Fungi. 
1. C. amphitriclmm. Cor da ; — Berk, in FI. N. Z. ii. 209. Perithecia 
half-immersed; threads smooth, slightly branched ; apices curved. Sporidia 
subglobose. 
Northern Islaud : on damp paper, Colenso. (Europe.) 
2. C. elatum, Kunze ; — Berk, in FI. N. Z. ii. 209. Perithecia free; 
threads branched, minutely scabrous. Sporidia lemon-shaped. 
Northern Island : on damp straw, Colenso. (Ubiquitous.) 
79. MELIOLA, Pries. 
Perithecia carbonaceous, fragile, without a pore, developed from a strigose 
mycelium. Asci broad. Sporidia few, large. 
Minute parasitic Fungi, natives of warm climates. 
1. M. amphitricha, Fries ; — Berk, in FI. JV. Z. ii. 209. Superficially 
innate, black, forming spots in. diameter. Perithecia crowded, sur- 
rounded with erect simple bristles. 
Northern Island : ou living leaves, Colenso. (Subtropics of Old and New World.) 
80. AHTEENARIA, Link. 
Black Pungi, consisting of black jointed moniliform filaments, bearing here 
and there spore-cases full of granules. 
Found in all climates, infesting living plants, often smothering them in a black mass of 
filaments. 
1. A. Robinsoniij Mont. ; — Berk, in FI. N. Z. ii. 209. Forming a 
dense black coat on leaves, consisting of a close gelatinous web, traversed by 
moniliform threads, from which arise branched filaments, bearing lateral or 
subterminal spore-cases. — FI. Antarct. 175. t. 67. 
Northern and Middle Islands : on leaves and twigs, Colenso, Lyall , etc. Xiord 
Auckland’s group and Campbell’s Islaud, J. D. H. 
The genus Sclerotium, which consists of imperfect states of various Fungi, is now sup- 
pressed. A Lord Auckland’s group species was published in FI. Antarct. i. 175, as S. 
durum , Pers. It was found on the capsules of Gentiana, but of what Fungus it is a state 
is unknown. 
