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On dead twigs of Ceanothus ‘american ieee 
Albany. H. D. House, January to April 1915. Type in the her- 
barium of the New York State Museum. Resembiing Didy- 
mosphaeria ceanothi Cooke & Harkness of Caltfionnme 
but the spores much smaller. 
Microdiplodia ceanothi Dearness & House, sp. nov. 
Acervuli scattered, raising the cuticle which is blackened into 
small pustules, 43 to % mm broad; spores smoky brown, suboblong, 
Q-I1 by 4-5 p. 
On- ‘dead twigs of Ceanothus americanus) (mm 
Albany. H.D. House, March 1915. Type in the herbarium of the 
New York State Museum. Probably a stage of Didymos- 
phaeria housei Dearness, which was found upon the same 
twigs. 
Diplodia microspora B. & C. 
On Viburnum dentatum Limn, Albany, Nigyeieee 
lected by H. D. House, May 1915. 
There is nothing in the meager description of Diplodia 
microspora to exclude our material except that the conidia of 
the latter are rather uniformly 9 x 3-3™% wp instead of 6-7 x 3 pw as 
given in the description by Saccardo. The type of D. micro- 
spora was collected by Curtis on Viburnum opmir- 
Poliim: (V.Opulus): 
Hichleriella leveilliana (B. & C.) Burt 
(Stereum leveillianum B. & C.) 
On dead branches and twigs of hemlock, Tsuga canaden- 
sis (L.) Carr. Vaughns, Washington county. S. H. Burnham, 
February 20, 1914. (Determined by E. A. Burt.) 
Flammula penetrans Fr. 
On decayed pine logs, Sylvan Beach, Oneida county. H. D. 
House, October 12, 1915. 
Gloeosporium alnicola Dearness & House, sp. n. 
. Spots subcircular, reddish brown with a diffused darker border, 
I cm in diameter; acervuli amphigenous, concolorous or usually 
darker, depressed, 50-150 p, mostly about 70 »; conidia continuous, 
elliptic-oblong, 9-12 by 2.75-3 p. 
On living leaves of Alnus rugosa (DuRoi) K. Koch. 
Eastport, Long Island. Dr C. H. Peck, August. 
