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subcylindrical, about .002 in. long, shorter than the paraphyses, which 

 are subclavate but end in a rather long acuminate point; spores crowded, 

 narrowly fusiform, straight or slightly curved, .0005 to .0006 in. long, 

 .00012 broad, usually containing 2 to 4 nuclei. 



Dead or dying leaves of Carex Pennsylvanica. Cooperstown Junction. 

 June. 



In some instances only the upper or apical half of the leaf was dead ; 

 this appearing as if killed by the fungus. 



Lecanidion acericolum Atk. 



Bark of dead maple, Acer saccharitiiim. Fall Creek, near Ithaca. 

 March. Prof. G. F. Atkmsoji. The specimens were received under this 

 name, but I have seen no description. 



Rosellinia Linderss n. sp. 



Perithecia numerous, gregarious in elongated patches, naked, the base 

 shghtly sunk in the bark, .04 in. broad, unpohshed or rugulose, obtuse, 

 pierced, opaque, black ; asci very slender, long-pedicellate, the sporiferous 

 part .0024 to .0028 in. long, .00016 to .0002 broad; spores uniseriate, 

 oblong-elliptical, colored, .0004 to .0005 in. long, .00016 broad, often 

 containing one or two nuclei. 



Dead stems and branches of spice bush, Lindera Benzoin. Catskill. 

 July. 



When the perithecia are cut through the section reveals an interme- 

 diate layer of ferruginous cells. No subiculum is present. 



Chaetomium contortum n. sp. 



Perithecia subglobose, .035 to .042 in. broad, fragile, black, seated on 

 a subiculum of slender colored septate hyphae and clothed with smooth 

 black setae, which are 5 or 6 times spirally and somewhat irregularly 

 coiled or contorted and .0005 to .00055 ^^- thick; asci fugacious; spores 

 limoniform, uninucleate, subhyaline, .0005 in. long, .0003 to .0004 broad. 



On bulbs of lilies, Lilmrn longiflorum. Woodside, Queens county. 

 March. F. C. Stewart. 



This fungus is apparently allied to such species as ChcBtomium strepto- 

 thrix, C. spirale and C. crispatiim. Its asci must be very evanescent, as 

 none were seen, although the pale color of the spores would indicate that 

 the specimens were not old. The bulbs on which the fungus was found 

 are said to have been imported from Japan, and it is possible that the 

 fungus or its germs may have been imported with them. 



