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Alaculric irrcgulares, inaequales, subconfluentes, bruiineac vel 

 virido-bruniieae; bypbac byiH)pbyllae, caespitosae, 75-100x5-6 j/ 

 riexuosae, leviter septatae; sporis subcybncJraceis vel sursum 

 attenuatis, 1-3-septatis, 20-90 x 5-() //. 



Clitocybe comitialis Pers. 

 Under balsam fir trees. Inilton Cbain, Herkimer co. October. 

 Tbis is related to Clitocybe clavipes Pers. from which it 

 may be separated by its smaller size, thinner cap, closer and less 

 decurrent gills. It is rare both in this country and in Europe. 



Collybia hirticeps Pk. 

 Half buried decaying twigs or branches of hemlock, Tsuga 

 canadensis (L.) Carr. Vaughns, Washington co. August. 

 S. H. Burnham. 



Cololejeunea biddlecomiae (Aust.) Evans 

 Decaying wood^ First lake, Herkimer co. September. Miss 

 C. C. Haynes. 



Commelina communis L. 

 Waste places. Albany. August. J. Dearness. Introduced and 

 perhaps escaped from cultivation. 



Dacryomyces corticioides E. & E. 

 Decaying pine wood. Alcove, Albany co. October. C. L. Shear. 



Diaporthe atropuncta n. sp. 



Perithecia valsoid, scattered or 3-6 in a cluster, nestling in the 

 inner bark, minute, subglobose, black, surrounded by no black line; 

 ostiola short, naked, black, surrounded by the slightly elevated 

 ruptured epidermis ; asci oblong or subcylindric, .004-.0044 of an 

 inch long, .0004- .0005 broad, 8-spored ; spores commonly distichous, 

 hyaline, uniseptate, .001-0014 of an inch long, .00028-.0003 broad. 



Bark of basswood, T i 1 i a a m e r i c a n a L. Alcove, Albany 

 CO. April. C. L. Shear. 



Related to Diaporthe farinosa Pk. but it has no farinose 

 disk and its spores are much larger. 



Perithecia subvalsea, 3-6 in caespite vel sparsa, minuta, sub- 

 globosa, in cortice nidulantia, nigra, nulla linea nigra limitata; 

 ostiola brevia, glabra, nigra, epidermide leviter elevata rupta cir- 



