Abstract
The sooty mould Acrogenotheca elegans (Fraser) Ciferri and Batista (≡Capnodium elegans Fraser). described originally from Australia, is very common in New Zealand: the species is illusstrated and redescribcd. The fungus produces pyenidia and perithelia on branched upright hyphac: the branches may secede readily. Acrogenotheca pulcherrima Batista and Ciferri described from Cuba, Oedemium robustum Berkeley from New Zealand, and Antennaria heteracanthaSpegazzini from Brazil, arc regarded as synonyms. The fungus is also recorded from Auckland Islands. New Caledonia. Juan Fernandcz. Colombia, Patagonia. Ceylon. New Guinea, and Java.

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