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well-kfxown authority on fungi, who reports 5 + qc 
below. A iuVxwi. report wix rG.”.Gtiess be published in 
the Kew Bulletin. 
In the meantime the pest appears to be a serious 
one. Mr. Massee suggests it is a stage in the life-cycle of 
some species of Rosellinia , a genus which has supplied 
some of ^he most injurious fungi we know. It is dis- 
quieting to know that the fungus is doing damage in 
West Africa also as that seems to estimate that it is a 
plant of wide distribution. 
The nectria mentioned in the last paragraph of Mr. 
Massee’s report was a small orange-red fungus found 
on the outer bark of a Hevea tree where there had been * 
an old wound and some of the wood was dead. It is pro- 
bably harmless only attacking dead wood, as it is a 
saprophyte. — E d. 
Fungus on Para Rubber from Singapore. 
The fungus proves to be an undescribed species of 
Diplodia , and will be described as D. rapax. 
The general structure, habit and parasitic nature 
suggest that the Diplodia is a stage in the life-cycle of 
some species of Rosellinia . The lascigerous condition 
may be looked for on thoroughly dead and dry wood 
that had previously been attacked by the Diplodia form. 
In the first batch of specimens sent, the fungus was 
sterile but fruit was present in abundance on the material 
received on October 23rd. 
The same fungus, parasitic on Hevea, has just been 
received at Kew from W. Africa, where it is said to 
spread rapidly. 
The fungus sent in a match box is Nectria sanguine a, 
Fr., a saprophyte. 
26.10.09. 
G. Massee, 
