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Moll ilia p c c 1< i a n a var. a n j»- u s I i o r Sacc. in the ^(jtli 

 Report of the Xew York State Museum, pa^e 49, but it has reccntlv 

 been raised to specific rank of which it certainly seeins worthy. 

 Professor Reade finds that the funt^^us attacks also the stems, peti- 

 oles and principal veins of the leaves of the chokecherry. 



Myxosporium castaneum n. sp. 



Acervuli gregarious, obicular, 3^-^^ mm broad, nestling in 

 the bark, surrounded by the ruptured epidermis, pallid or grayish; 

 spores oblong or elliptic, hyaline, .ooo24-.(X)04 of an inch long, 

 .ooDi2-.oooi6 broad, sporophores filiform, equal to or longer than 

 the spores. 



Dead branches of chestnut, Castanea dcntata (Marsh.) 

 Borkh. Queens co. March. J. Mickleborough. 



This fungus is sometimes associated with the conidial form of 

 Diaporthe parasitica Murr. from which it may be dis- 

 tinguished by the paler color of the acervuli and the larger size 

 of the spores. 



Acervuli grcgarii, orbiculares, lat. 3^3-% mm in cortice nidu- 

 lantes, e})idermide rupta circumscripti, pallidi vel subgrisqi ; sporae 

 oblongae vel ellipsoideae, hyalinae, 6-10 x 3-4 ,", basidia filiformia, 

 sporis aequalia vel longiora. 



Nardia crenuliformis (Aust.) Lindb. 

 Rocks in rivulets. Rockland co. November. C. F. Austin. 



Nectria sambuci E. & E. 

 Dead stems of sweet elder, Sanibucus canadensis L. 

 Wells, Hamilton co. September. 



Neottiella polytrichi (Schum.) Mass. 

 On hair cap mosses. Glenmont, Albany co. November. S. H. 

 Burnham. 



Pallia endiviaefolia (Dicks.) Dumort. • 

 Banks of ditches near Syracuse. October. L. M. Undenvood. 



Phoma corni Fckl. 

 Dead twigs of round leaved cornel, Cornus circinata 

 L'Her. Rensselaer lake, Albany co. April. S. H. Burnham. 



