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even, ostiola punctiform, rather crowded, not prominent ; perithecia 
crowded, oblong, often unequal Q m.m. high, c m.m. thick) ; asci 
cylindrical ; sporidia broadly fusoitl, nearly straight, rather acute 
at each end, 18-22 x 6 p, guttulate, sooty brown. 
On branches of Bursaria spinosa. Callington. 
Genus 16. DALDINIA. DeNot. 
Stroma superficial, subsphmroid, with a black, carbonaceous 
cortex, fibrous within, concentrically zoned ; asci cylindrical ; 
sporidia ovoid or oblong, brown ; perithecia wholly immersed in 
the stroma, not protuberant; ostiola umbilicate. 
1561. Daldinia conceutrica. Bolt. DeNot. Schema. 198. 
Sacc. Syll. 1515. 
Stroma spha:roid or snbsphteroid, or hemispherical, rarely 
obovoid, internally zoned with concentric strata, black, or brown, 
turning black (2-5 c.m. diam.) ; perithecia obovoid, angular by 
pressure, ostiola small, punctiform; asci cylindrical, 80-110 X 
8-10 p ; sporidia ellipsoid, often unequal-sided, brown, 12-15 X 
7-10 p . 
On trunks. Victoria. Queensland. N.S. Wales. W. Australia. 
King’s Island. Tasmania. (Fig. 202.) 
1562. Daldinia vernicosa. Schwz. DeNot Schema. 198. 
Sacc. Syll. 1516. 
Large (25-30 m.m. high, 12-14 m.m. thick), rather turbinate, 
attenuated beneath into a thick stem, surface black, varnished, 
even, internally white, concentrically stratose ; perithecia in many 
rows, minute, black, ostiola small ; asci narrowed ; sporidia oblong, 
20 X 6f-7 p . 
On trunks. Victoria. 
Genus 17. HYPOXYLOH. Bull. 
Stroma subspliajroid or hemispherical, or sometimes more or less- 
effused, crust-like, at first conidioferous, then naked, between woody 
and corky, blackish or rust-colour; perithecia immersed ; sporidia 
continuous, brown. 
* Macroxylon. 
Large, indurated, irregular. 
1563. Hypoxylon scleroplilaeum. B. <j- C. Linn. Journ. xin., 
177. Sacc. Syll. 1341. 
Expanded, pulviriate, thick, surface rubiginous, a little rugose 
from the prominent ostiola, substance hard, black ; perithecia 
oblong; asci cylindrical; sporidia brown, continuous, 12 X 5 p- 
On trunks. S. Australia. 
1564. Hypoxylon placentseforme. B. 4' C. Cuban Fungi 
No. 815. Sacc. Syll. 1535. 
Large, depressedly pulvinate (40-50 m.m. long), margin in- 
dexed, free, substance black, surface rusty brown, then black t 
perithecia oblong, immersed, ostiola papillate ; sporidia somewhat 
elliptic, sooty brown, 12-14 m.m. long. 
On old trunks. Queensland. 
