AUSTRALIAN* FUNGI. 
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1850. Chaetomella brachyspora. Sacc. 4~ Speg. Syll. 1807. 
Perithecia scattered, subsuperficial, globose, then depressed 
m.m. diam.), mouthless, black, everywhere clad with rigid set® 
(100-150x8-10 g), brown, pale above and obtuse ; sporules ovate- 
oblong, rounded at the ends (5-6x8 p), olive. 
On bark. Victoria, (Fig. 367.) 
Section 3. Ph®odidym 2 e. 
Genus 12. DIPLODIA. Fries. 
Perithecia produced beneath the cuticle, erumpent, somewhat 
carbonaceous, black, typically papillate, pierced ; sporules ellip- 
soid, ovoid, or oblong, uniseptate, brown, on simple, rod-like 
basidia. 
1851. Diplodia lichenopsis. Che. <j- Mass. Grev. xvi., 2. 
Spots brick-red, determinate, at length pallid, or girt with a red 
zone, here and there confluent ; perithecia semi-innate, punctiform, 
black ; sporules elliptic, uniseptate, constricted in the middle, a 
little attenuated to each end, brown, 20-25 x 8-10 n, on sporo- 
phores of equal length. 
On phyllodes of Acacia complanata. Queensland. (Fig. 277.) 
1852. Diplodia phyllodiorum. Penz. Sacc. Syll. 1990 
Perithecia gregarious, minute, subcuticular, then erumpent, 
black, globose, not depressed at the apex, seated on whitish, deter- 
minate spots; sporules uniseptate, elliptical or oval, not constricted 
at the septum, brown, 8-10 x 4-5 p . 
On living or fading phyllodes of Acacia. Victoria. 
1853. Diplodia canthifolia. Che. cj- Mass. Grev. xx., 36. 
Epiphyllous ; perithecia scattered, immersed, membranaceous, 
dark brown, piercing the cuticle ; sporules elliptical, for a long 
time continuous, then elongated and uniseptate, slightly con- 
stricted, brown (8 x 5, then 12 x 5 p). 
On leaves of Ganthium latifolium. Victoria. 
Section 4. IIyaloiudyma:. 
Genus 13. ASCOCHYTA. Lib. 
Perithecia for the most part innate on discoloured spots of leaves 
°r branches, membranaceous, with a central pore, globose or de- 
pressed ; sporules ovoid or oblong, uniseptate, hyaline. 
1854. Ascochyta brunnea. Cke. £ Mass. Grev. xv\, 98. 
Spots on both surfaces, orbicular or irregular, pale brown or 
°chraceous, girt by a darker elevated line ; perithecia minute 
Punctiform, black, innate, at length emergent ; sporules narrowly 
©Hiptic, uniseptate, hyaline, 12x4 p, on short basidia. 
°u leaflets of tree unknown (? Sapindacew) . Queensland. (Fig. 
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