102 NOTICES OF NORTH AMERICAN FUNGI. 



Pustules small, scarcely raising the bark; ostiola fasciculate, 

 club-shaped; spovidia minute, sausage-shaped. 



872. Valsa caryigena. B. ^ C— Pustulis seriatis ; ostiolis ma- 

 teric alba intermixtis ; sporidiis allantoideis. 



On branches of Carya. Pennsylvania, Michener. No. 5150. 



Pustules small, in rows, covered below with the smooth bark, 

 disc white, studded with the black ostiola ; sporidia sausage-shaped, 

 • 0004 long. 



873. Valsa Americana. -B. ^ C— Pustulis epidermide tectis, ostiolis 

 congestis necs tellatis ; ascis clavatis ; sporidiis allantoideis. 



On branches of various trees from various parts of the United 

 States; almost as common as Valsa stelhiJata. It has the 

 appearance of V. stilhostoma, but the sporidia are quite different, 



874. Valsa innata. B. &)• C. — Pustulis subcorticalibus planis ; 

 ostiolis disco elevato brevi abditis ; ascis filiformibus ; sporidiis 

 oblongis. 



On Castanea vesca. Mountains of New York. 



Perithecia forming a flat annular ring round the raised disc, 

 within which the ostiola are concealed ; asci filiform ; sporidia in 

 a single row, oblong, slightly narrowed either way from the centre, 

 •0003 long. 



875. Valsa albo-velata. B. cf C. — Pustulis cortice tectis ; disco 

 albo ; ostiolis nigris cylindricis punctato ; ascis clavatis ; sporidiis 

 angustis fusiformibus quadrinncleatis. 



On Rhus copallinn. Car. Inf. No. 1885, 2479. 



Pustules hid by the bark ; disc white, pierced by the cylindrical 

 ostiola; asci clavate ; sporidia biseriate, fusiform, or narrowly 

 cymbiform, with four nuclei. The specimens are accompanied by 

 an Helminthospormm^ with short fusiform, triseptate s])ores. 



* Valso pulchella. -fV-.— Car. Sup. No. 310. Car. Inf. No. 

 1545, 1890. On peach. 



876. Valsa gemmata. B. S[ C. — Peritheciis pancis, coUis una 

 erumpentibus apice stcUatis ; sporidiis fusiformibus brevibus 3- 

 septatis. 



On Rhts radicans. Car. Inf. No. 3046. 



Perithecia few, circinating ; necks united ; ostiola stellate ; 

 sporidia shortly fusiforms, triseptate. 



877. Valsa tribulosa. B. Sf C. — Peritheciis paucis, coUis spicu- 

 losis ; sporidiis fusiformibus 3-septatis. 



On alder. Car. Inf. No. 5003. 



Perithecia few ; necks subcylindrical, projecting ; sporidia fusi- 

 form, triseptate, -0008 long. 



878. Valsa condensata. B. Sf C. — Pustulis pnrvis ; ostiolis brevi- 

 bus ; stromate fusco ; sporidiis obovatis, 5-septatis, hie illic verti- 

 caliter devisis. 



On Quercus montana. Virginian Mountains. No. 3364. 



