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D. PARAPHYSATA E. & E. ? Biill. Torr. Club, 24:288 (1897). 



Perithecia subcuticular, depressed-globose, pilose-tomen- 

 tose, black (white inside), 300-400 fx diam. with papilliform 

 osteolum raising the epidermis into pustules and finally rup- 

 turing it, thickly scattered, often 2-3 sub-confluent; sporules 

 ovate-elliptical, hyaline at first, then brown and uniseptate 

 but not constricted, 22-27 x 12-15 l^> accompanied by stout 

 branching paraphyses loo-iio /x long by 1.5-2 ju, thick and 

 borne on stout basidia mostly shorter than the sporules. 



On bark of Tilia, in company with IMalanconis tiliacea. 

 Fayette: near Nuttallburg, March, 1896. (Nuftall, 832). 



BOTRYODIPLODIA Sacc. 

 B. AcERiNA E. & E., Proc. Phila. Acad., 1894, 363. 



Type habitat : On dead limbs Acer Pcnnsylvanictun, 

 Feb. 2, 1894 (Nuttall, discov. 1362, 319). 



Perithecia erumpent in botryoidal clusters, often seri- 

 ately confluent for i or more cm., about .5 mm. diameter, 

 white inside, flattish above, with a broad papilliform osti- 

 olum. Sporules elliptical, brown, uniseptate, 20 to 25 x 12 

 to 15 /x on basidia of about the same length. 



B. sp. 



Stylosporus stage ? of Pseiidovalsa sigmoid e a (C. & E.) 

 On dead limbs Qucrcus Primis, with that species. Spores 

 brown, i-septate 25 x 12.5 fi (Nuttall, 1829). 



ASCOCHYTA Lib. 

 A. Clematidina Thum. 



On Clematis Virginiana, Aug. 10, 1895 (Nuttall, 1842, 



733)- 



ACTINONEMA Fries. 

 A RosAE (Lib.) Fr. 



On Rosa cult., June 27, 1894 (Nuttall, 1563). 



HENDERSONL-V Berk. 

 H. Lirella Cooke. 



On Sali.v nigra falcata, April 23, 1894 (Xuttall, 1480. 

 460). Sporules 15 x 7.5 fx. 

 H. Desmazieri Mont. 



On bark of limbs Platainis occideiitalis, April 24, 189.1.. 

 Sporules -j- 40 x 22 /j. (Nuttall, 1466). 



STAGONOSPORA Sacc. 

 S. petiolorum E. & E., Proc. Phila. Acad., 1894, 365. 



Type habit.^t : On dead petioles Aralia spinosa, Feb. 17, 

 1894 (Nuttall, discov. -1389, 357). 



