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LEPTOSTROMACE^:. 



LEPTOTHYRIUM Kunze & Schm. 

 L. - - sp. 



On living leaves Ilex opaca, Aug., 1894 (Nuttall, 1679, 584). 

 Maculae white. 



Xi. Liriodendri Cke. 



On dead fallen leaves Liriodendron Tulipifera, April 17, 1895 

 (Nuttall, 1805). 



Xi. dryinum Sacc. 



On living leaves Quercus rubra, alt. 1,300 ft., June 29, 1894 

 (Nuttall, 1592, 540). 



Xi. Castanese (Spr.) Sacc. 



On fallen \ea.ves-Castanea dentata, April 17, 1895 (Nuttall, 1806). 



X. petiolorum - - var. 



On dead leaves Magnolia Fraseri, April n, 1895. Sporules 

 5 x i it (Nuttall, 1802, 689). 



Xi? foraminulatum Sacc. & Ell. 



On fallen leaves Ilex opaca, Aug. 16, 1894. Sporules 25 x 3 ,a 

 (Nuttall, 1657). 



Xi. vulgare (Fr.) Sacc. 



On Dioscorea villosa, on Aralia spinosa, and on Onagra biennis. 

 Sporules 5 to 7 x .75 // on each host, Feb. 8, \%<3\ (Nuttall, 1368, 

 3 2 3)- 



SACIDIUM Nees. 



S. Vitis E. & E., sp. nov. 



TYPE HABITAT: On Vitis cordifolia, Nov. 6, 1893 (Nuttall, 1254, 

 198). Fungi Columbiani 290, N. A. F., 3067. 



Perithecia scattered; scutellate not perforated, 180 to 220 ,a 

 diameter. Sporules oblong-cylindrical, straight or curved, 15 to 

 20 x 4 to 5 <>., rilled with small nuclei. 



In the specimens of Sacidium viticolum, B. & C. in Rav. F. Am. 

 the sporules are ovate or elliptical, 6 to 7 x 5 //, and the peri- 

 thecia are only 75 to 100 //. diameter. 



DISCOSIA Lib. 



D. Artoceras (Tode) Fr. 



On Castanea dentata, Oct. 20, 1893. On Epigcea repens, Jan. 18, 

 1894. On Betula lutea, Fraxinus Pennsylvania, Magnolia Fraseri, 

 Cornus florida, Sassafras Sassafras, and CephalantJnis occidentalis 

 (Nuttall, 1228, 173). 



D. MACULICOLA Ger. 



On living leaves Disporum lanuginosum, Grant Co., near Bayard 

 (Millspaugfi). On Smilax rotundifolia and Oxydendron arbor eum, 

 July 8, 1894 (Nuttall, 1598). 



