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Genus 40. ILLOSPORIUM. Mart. 
Tubercles wart-like or pulvinate, or somewhat effused, white or 
bright coloured, between gelatinous and waxy, afterwards falling 
away. Conidia globose, then sigmoid, variable, agglutinated in 
mucose glomerules. Sporophores various, interwoven, passing 
into conidia. 
2004. Illosporium flavellum. B. § Br. Linn. Trans. 1883, 
p. 68. 
Stipitate, yellow, stem rather short, conidia globose. 
On Lichens. Queensland. 
2005. Illosporium obscurum. Cke. fy Mass. Grev. xvi., 113. 
Pulvinules somewhat gregarious, orbicular, erumpent, at length 
almost superficial, then falling away, minute, sooty brown ; threads 
abbreviated, dichotomously branched ; conidia solitary at the apex, 
or 2 to 3 in a chain, globose, hyaline, 12 p diam. 
On leaves of Eucalyptus globulus. Victoria. 
2006. Illosporium flaveolum. Sacc. Syll. 3106. 
Pulvinules very minute, subglobose, gregarious, yellow m.m. 
diam.) ; threads dichotomously branched, tortuous, 8 p thick, 
guttulate within, curved at the tips, rounded, then falling away. 
On rotten wood. Queensland. (Fig. 831.) 
Genus 41 . 2EGERITA. Pers. 
Tubercles subglobose, sessile, slender, somewhat mealy, growing 
on wood superficially ; sporophores white or pale coloured, rather 
short and thick, simple or branched, becoming obsolete. Conidia 
globose or ovoid, rather large, solitary, subapical. 
2007. iEgerita Candida. Pers. Syn. 684. Sacc. Syll. 3124- 
Crowded, like granules, globose or hemispherical, size of a poppy 
seed, white but yellowish when dry, even, smooth, then mealy 
from the conidia ; sporophores short, fasciculate, cylindrical, rather 
thick, flexuous ; conidia ellipsoid (12-15x7-8 p), for the most 
part apical, hyaline. 
On wood and bark. Victoria. (Fig. 332.) 
Genus 42. PUSICOLLA. Bon. 
Tubercles pulvinate, lobed, or effused, unequal, superficial, bright 
coloured, rather gelatinous. Sporophores filiform, branched, con- 
tinuous ; conidia apical on the branches, cylindrical, or fusoid- 
falcate, continuous, hyaline. 
2008. Fusicolla incarnata. Cke. § Mass. Grev. xvii., 8. 
Epiphyllous. Pustules small, gregarious, seated on paler spots, 
convex, rosy flesh colour, here and there confluent (scarce £ m.m. 
diam.), somewhat gelatinous, or scattered over the petioles and 
midribs ; conidia cylindrical, rounded at the ends, nucleate or 
granular, hyaline, straight, simple, 16-20 x 4-5 p ; sporophores 
very short and deciduous. 
On dead coriaceous leaves. Queensland. (Fig. 333.) 
