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D. EUPORTHE aculeata (Schw.) Sacc. 



'On Phytolacca decandra, Nov. 14, 1894. Asci 40 to 55 x 6 to 

 7.5 /z. Spores 12.5 to 18 x 3 to 3.5 t>.(Nuttall, 1754, 639). 



D. TETRASTAGA rostellata (Fr.) Nits. 



On Rubus odoratus, May 31, 1894 (Nuttall, 1528, 560). 



AMPHISPH^RIA Ces. & DeNot. 

 A. pinicola Rehm. 



On Pinus rigida at Glade Creek, and on Pinus Virginiana, May 

 4, 1894. Spores very variable -\- 35 x 12 // (Nut tall, 1499, 

 480). 



VALSARIA Ces. & DeNot. 



V. exasperans (Ger.) Sacc. 



On Juglans cinerea, Nov. 3, 1893 (JSTuttall, 1260, 202). 



MASSARIA DeNot. 



M. Magnolias E. & E., sp. nov. 



TYPE HABITAT: On bark of dead limbs Magnolia acuminata, 

 April 25, 1895 \Nuttall, discov. 1818, 700, 705). 



Perithecia scattered, buried in the bark, depressed-globose, 

 .75 to 1.25 mm. diameter, the subconical ostiolum piercing but 

 not perceptibly raising the bark. Asci broad oblong, p. sp. 150 

 to 200 x 55 to 65 IJL with a very short, nodular stipe, 8-spored, 

 paraphysate. Sporidia crowded-biseriate, oblong or clavate- 

 oblong, 3 to 5-septate, mostly 3-septate, when young, hyaline at 

 first, finally deep brown and then with only one distinct septum, 

 though often i to 4 other faint septa can be seen. There is a dis- 

 tinct constriction at the main septum, which is a little below the 

 middle of the spore, but none at the other faint septa which are 

 often wanting. The sporidia measure 65 to 80 x 20 to 25 /./., 

 larger than in M. fxdans (Tode), which has sporidia about 50 x 

 20 //, 3-septate and constricted at all the septa, besides being 

 more distinctly narrowed below. 



LEPTOSPH^RIA (Pers.) DeNot. 



L. Doliolum (Pers.) DeNot. 



QnPolymnia Uvedalia and Helianthm decapetalus^Q\. 16, 1894. 

 Perithecia covered by outer bark. Asci, fertile part no x 6 //, 

 stipitate, spores overlapping at ends. Spores 22 x 4 n, 23 x 

 4.5 //, 25 x 5 fj., 27 x 5 fjL, 30 x 5 ,; 3-septate, nucleate, con- 

 stricted at septum when mature; straight, one-sided, or curved 

 (Nuttall, 1744). 



Li. vagabunda Sacc. 



On dead stems Hydrangea arborescens, Nov. 21, 1894. Asci 

 125 to 150 x 7.5 IJL total length (Nitttall, 1745). 



L. ogilviensis (B. & Br.) Ces. & DeNot. 



On Cimicifuga racemosa, July 4, 1894 (Nuttall, 1586). 



