Vol, VI, No. 2.] BuLLeTin oF THE TorREY Botanical Cuue. [New York, Feb., 1875. 
§ 5. New Fungi from New Jersey.—The fungi here noticed were 
sent me from New Jersey by Mr. J. B. Ellis. It is not known that 
they occur in New York, nor do I find any described species with 
which they agree. They are therefore published as new. 
Peridermium pyriforme, Pk.—Peridia erumpent, large, white 
when evacuated, the cells subrotund, with a paler margin, marked 
with radiating striations, spores obovate, pyriform, or oblong-pyri- 
form, acuminate below, .0015-.0025 inch long. 
Bark of pine branches. The specimen is labelled “ Newfield, 
N. J.;” but Mr. Ellis informs me that it may have been collected in 
Georgia, and been placed by accident among his New Jersey specimens. 
In the dried specimens the peridia are mostly compressed, about 
one-fourth of an inch long, and scarcely exserted above the surface 
of the bark. The spores are pale yellow; but probably they are 
more highly colored when fresh. e acumination is generally 
acutely pointed, and it is sometimes so elongated as to make the spore 
appear clavate. It is one of the most distinctive features of the species, 
Reestelia Ellisii, Pk.—Spots yellow, red, or brown; subicular 
projections clustered or scattered, ovate, greenish or yellowish; 
peridia cylindrical, single «at. the apices of the projections, the 
lacinie remaining united at the apex, the cells linear, subflexuous, 
smooth; spores subglobose, minutely rough, brownish, .00065- 
-00075 inch in diameter. 
Under side of living leaves of the Shad-bush, Amelanchier 
Canadensis. Newfield. September. ri 
This species is related to FR. transformans, Ellis, from which it 
differs in its paler, shorter, and differently shaped subicular projec- 
tions, the smooth cells of the peridia, and the apically united laciniz. 
In this last character an affinity with RB. cancellata, Reb., is indicated. 
The subicular projections also imitate, to some extent, the form of 
the peridium in that species. They might easily be mistaken for 
small insect galls. The spores extend down in these subicular pro- 
cesses below the apparent base of the true peridium. The species 
is dedicated to Mr. Ellis, who discovered it. It is the fourth Re- 
stelia known to attack the Amelanchier, three occurring on the 
living leaves, and one on the unripe fruit. 
‘A form of &. transformans has been sent me in which the subi- 
cular projections are scattered, not clustered as in the specimens 
originally described. 
Helminthosporium septem-septatum, Pk.—Effused in a thin, 
indeterminate, blackish brown stratum ; flocci simple, slender, flexu- 
uous, colored, septate; spores fusiform, pale and triseptate when 
young, colored and seven-septate when mature, .0011—.0015 inch long. 
Decaying wood of an old oak stump. Newfield. May. 
Under a lens the flocci appear somewhat tufted, but the tufts 
are so confluent or crowded that to. the naked eye they seem to 
form a nearly even, velvety stratum. The species is closely related 
to H. fusisporum, Berk., which is said to have the spores narrower 
than the flocci. In the ‘present species the spores are decidedly 
broader than the flocci, these being only .0002 inch in diameter, 
while the spores are .0003-.00035 inch. 
