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Scortechinia, Sporidia continuous, hyaline. 
1620. Byssospliseria (Schortechinia) acanthostroma. 
Mont. Sacc. Syll. 1754. 
Byssisedons ; perithecia very small, globose, gregariously 
crowded, even, black, not papillate, soon depressed in the centre, 
pierced at the apex, girt by the subiculum of the same colour, 
fibres of the subiculum septate, divided into short aculeate branches ; 
sporidia ovoid-cymbiform, small, 5-6§ /j. long, biguttulate. 
On wood and bark. Queensland. 
Sub-Family 1. Villosae. Fries. 
Perithecia villose, tomentose, or setose. 
Genus 33. LASIOSPHiERIA. Cooke. 
Perithecia superficial, setose ; sporidia hyaline, or sub-hyaline. 
* LErTospORA. Sporidia continuous, sub-hyaline. 
1621. Lasiosphseria ovina. Pers. Syn. 71. Sacc. Syll 
3568. 
Perithecia gregarious or superficial, subsphtcroid, covered with 
a clammy white villosity, naked at the base, ostiola papillate, 
blackish m.m. broad); asci fusoid-clavate, 135-150 X 12-16 p . ; 
sporidia cylindrical, vermicular, simple, multiguttulate, hyaline or 
pale yellow, 48-54 x 5-6 p. 
On rotten wood. Victoria. 
** Enchnospu.eria. Sporidia multiseptate, 
1622. Lasiosphaeria larvsespora. Che. If Mass. Grev. xix., 
83. 
Perithecia superficial, loosely gregarious (1-f m.m. diam.), 
globose, covered with a mealy, floccose, lemon-coloured investment, 
with a naked, pierced ostiolum ; asci cylindrically clavate, octos- 
porous; sporidia elongated-fusiform, straight or flexuous (160 x 
10 p), at first nucleate, then multiseptate (15-19), hyaline. 
On bark. Victoria. (Fig. 220.) 
Genus 34. CONIOCHiETA. Sacc. 
Perithecia hispid, subsuperficial. Sporidia coloured. 
* Pleosph.-uria. Sporidia muriform, coloured. 
1623. Conioclueta (Pleosplueria) pulvinula. Berk.=: 
Lasiosphau'ia pulvinula. Berk. Hook. Journ. 1815, 299. 
Sacc. Syll. 3927. 
Scattered, subglobose, at length collapsed and depressed, rather 
hairy, black ; ostiolum obsolete. Sporidia irregularly ellipsoid, 
many septate, muriform. 
On rotten wood. W. Australia. (Fig. 221.) 
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