BULLETIN 



OF THE 



TORREY BOTANICAL CLUB 



Vol. IX.l New York, November, 1882. [No. i 1 



New Species of North American Fungi. 



By J. B. Ellis. 



Hexdersonia Rauii. — Pustuliform, on capsules of Polytrichum 

 formosum. Spores oblong-elliptic^ 2 -nucleate, subhyaline, 9-11 x3^-yu, 

 on sporophores longer than the spores. 



Found near Bethlehem, Pa., by Mr. E. A. Rau. 



Hendersonia Viburni. — Perithecia bursting through the epi- 

 dermis in little clusters like a Valsa, Spores ellip.ical, brown, 3- 

 septate, 13--15 x 5^//, on slender sporophores 2-3 times as long as 

 the spore. 



On Viburnum lentago. Decorah, Iowa. E. W. Holway. 



Pestalozzia Jefferisii. — Pustules black, flat, erumpent, scat- 

 tered; spores elliptical, 5-septate, brown except the terminal cells, 

 18-20 X 7^-9^^, ovi long slender pedicels, with a^hort (15^-7/^) oblique 

 crest or beak. 



On Viburnum prunifoHum. West Chester, Pa. Haines, Ever- 

 hart, JefFeris and Gray. 



Differs from P. rostrata and P, insidens (28th Rep. N. Y. State 

 Mus.) in the rather smaller spores and short terminal bristle. 



Pestalozzia capitata. — Pustules hysteriiform, erumpent, min- 

 ute, often subseriate by confluence and bearing some resemblance to a 

 Puccinia; spores clavate-oblong, 3-septate, the lower division hy- 

 aline, the others brown, colored part about 19 x 7^/U, crest 3-parted, the 

 divisions about as long as the spore, spreading and capitate at their 

 tips. 



On dead leaves of Xerophyllum asphodeloides. Differs from P. 

 davata^ C. and E., in habitat and the capitate crest. 



Chaetomella Stevensonii. — Perithecia ovate-globose, -^^-^^xa 

 m. in diameter, beset with straight, bristle-like black hairs 120-190/i 

 long by about 7 //thick at the base and gradually tapering to the 

 tip, septate but so opaque that the septa are scarcely discernible ; 

 spores fusiform, curved, nucleate, subhyaline, 19-26 x 2-^-3/^, on stout 

 branching sporophores of about the same length as the spores. 



On fading leaves of Dentaria laciniata. Fairmount Park, Phila- 

 delphia, Pa. W. C. Stevenson, 



Differs from C, atra, Fckl., in its slenderer hairs, shorter sporo- 

 phores, and spores nearly twice as long. 



Melanconiuai hyalinum. — Bursting through the bark in a 

 semi-transparent mass; spores ovate-pyriform, 11-13 x 7^-8>w. 



On dead limbs of Lombardy poplar. Decorah, Iowa. E. W. Hoi* 



way. No. 102. 



Distinguished from M. patlidum by its smaller, differently shaped 

 spores and lighter color. 



Septosporium FULiGiNOsUM.— Appearing like a coarse black pubes- 

 cence on the bark. Erect hyphae about \ m m. high, simple, sep- 



