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Genus 21. SCLEROTINIA. Fckl. 
Cups stipitate, springing from a Sclerotium, more or less infun- 
dibuliform, fleshy or waxy, marginate, at length expanded, smooth ; 
asci elongated ; sporidia continuous ; hyaline. 
1422. Sclerotinia ciborioides. Fries Obs. n., 307. Phil. 
Disco., 117. 
Cup infundibuliform, even, dark rufous ; stem very long, hair- 
like, bright brown. 
Amongst leaves. Victoria. 
There is some doubt about this species. 
Genus 22. CIBORIA. Fckl. 
Cups firm, with a long stem, of medium size, waxy, externally 
smooth or mealy, marginate ; sporidia continuous, hyaline. 
1423. Ciboria firma. Derg. Syn. 658. Sacc. Syll. 829. 
Cups infundibuliform, then dilated and repand, pale brown 
(7-12 m.m. broad) ; stem long, attenuated downwards, turning 
blackish (12-20 m.m. long) ; asci elongated, stipitate (16 y long) ; 
sporidia oblong, cylindrical, curved, rounded and obtuse at the 
ends; hyaline, 2-4 guttulate, 14-16 x 4-5 y. 
On rotting branches. Tasmania. (Fig. 156.) 
Genus 23. HELOTIUM. Fries. 
Cups waxy, rather thick, disc flattened, at first punctiform, then 
dilated, always open, sessile or shortly stipitate ; sporidia con- 
tinuous, or spuriously septate, hyaline. 
1424. Helotium nigripes. Pers. Fr. Syst. Myc. n., 132. 
Sacc. Syll. 876. 
Cups flattened, concave, pale, smooth, marginate ; stem rather 
long, turning blackish ; asci clavate ; sporidia oblong, 5x11/!. 
On trunks and rotting leaves. Tasmania. 
1425. Helotium citrinum. Hedw. Muse, n., p. 28. Sacc. 
Syll. 910. 
Crowded, lemon yellow, cups flattened, concave, with the short, 
thick, paler stem obconical (2 m.m.) ; asci clavate, 90-100 x 
8-9 y; sporidia oblong, obtuse; hyaline, biguttulate, 10-12 X 4 p, 
paraphyses filiform, not clavate at the tips. 
On trunks and branches. Queensland. Tasmania. (Fig. 157.) 
1426. Helotium claro-flavum. Grev. FI. Edin. p. 424. Sacc. 
Syll. 914. 
Shortly stipitate or sessile, nearly plane, pale yellow (persistent 
when dry), smooth (scarcely 1 m.m.) ; margin emergent, obtuse, 
somewhat lobed ; asci cylindrical ; sporidia oblong, or oblong 
ellipsoid, 7-10 X 2-3 y, paraphyses thin, filiform. 
On wood and fallen branches. Victoria. 
