AUSTRALIAN FUNGI. 
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elongated, fusiform, curved (14-18 x 2 p), with 3-4 guttules, and 
a short, oblique bristle at each end. 
On wood. W. Australia. (Pig. 290.) 
Genus 34. FROTOSTEGIA. Che. 
At first covered, then naked, discoid, margin torn, toothed, or 
fringed, disc gelatinous ; sporules thread-like, continuous, pedicel- 
late, theu free. 
1886 . Frotostegia eucalypti. Che. Mass. Grev. xvi., 75. 
Epiphyllous. Receptacles immersed, cup-shaped, gelatinous, 
orange coloured, covered by the epidermis, which is at length split 
open ; sporules obclavate, sigmoid or curved, elongated, hyaline, 
continuous, 60-90 x 3 p, on very short sporophores. 
On dead leaves of Eucalyptus incrctssatus. Victoria. (Fig. 
291.) 
Family V. MELANCONIJEI. Berk. 
Fungi without perithecia or asci ; pustules produced beneath 
the cuticle, at length partly erumpent, often soft, dusky, grey, or 
brightly coloured; conidia evolved from a proligerons stratum. 
Genus 35. GLtEOSPORIUM. Mont. 
Pustules nestling beneath the epidermis, discoid or pulvinate, at 
length sometimes erumpent, pale or brown ; conidia ovate-oblong, 
rarely oblong, continuous, hyaline, often conglutinate and erum- 
pent in a globule or tendril ; basidia thread-like, fasciculate. 
* On twigs. 
1887 . Glceosporium citri. Che. &/ Mass. Grev. xix., 92. 
Gregarious, erumpent, pale fuliginous ; pustules rather small, 
often confluent, cuticle splitting irregularly above ; conidia obtusely 
fusiform on short sporophores, at first nucleate or granular, hyaline, 
20 x 5-6 p. 
On branches of lemon. Victoria. 
** On leaves. 
1888 . Glceosporium intermedium. Sacc. F. Ital. 1048. 
Sacc. Byll. 3675. 
Pustules gregarious, punctiform, black, then erumpent (^-i 
m.m. diam.) ; conidia elongated, rounded at the ends, straight, 
hyaline (14-18 X 4-6 p). 
On leaves of Moya australis. Queensland. 
1889 . Glceosporium citricolum. Che. Mass. Grev. xvi., 3. 
Spots dark brown, small, rather discoid, often confluent ; pus- 
tules immersed ; conidia oval, continuous, hyaline, 8 X 6 p. 
On orange leaves. Queensland. 
1890 . Glceosporium subglobosum. Clce. <j- Mass. Grev. xv., 
p. 3. 
Epiphyllous ; pustules scattered, pallid, inconspicuous, basidia 
short, conidia subglobose, erumpent in a gelatinous mass, 10x8 p. 
On fading leaves of Goodenia ovaia. Victoria. 
