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Geopyxis carbonaria A. & S. 

 Pturnl soil. Ithaca. Ma^'. Specimens of lliis and the nine 

 following species were contributed by Mr Durand. 



Calloria caulophylli (E. & E.i Ixclmi 

 Dead stems of blue cohosh, Cau 1 o p li \ I I urn tlmlir- 

 t r o i d e s. Ithaca. May. 



Lachnum inquilinum (Karst.) Schroet. 



Dead stems of scouring rush, Equisetuni hiemale. 



Ithaca, May. 



Sclerotinia smilacinae Durand 



Dead rootstocks of wild spikenard, S m 11 a c i n a r a c e ni o s a. 



Ithaca. May. 



Ciboria americana Durand 



Dead chestnut burs. Ithaca. October. 



Ciboria sulphurella (E. & E.) Kehm 

 Dead petioles of ash leaves. Farmingtou, Ontario co. Sep- 

 tember. 



Peziza violacea Pers. 



Burnt soil. Ithaca. May. 



Caldesia sabinae iDellot) Kehm 

 Loose bark of red cedar, Juniperus Virginian a. Ithaca. 



November. 



Helotium scutula vitellinum Rehm 



Dead stems of herbs. Ithaca. October. 



Ascobolus atrofuscus Vh. & PI. 

 Charred wood. Canandaigua. September. 



Melanospora vervecina (Desm.) Fckl. 

 Decaying wood of yellow birch, Betula lute a. North Elba. 



September. 



Leptosphaeria variegata n. sp. 



Perithecia numerous, minute, depressed globose, seated on in 

 determinate spots of a pinkish, grayish or brownish color, at first 

 covered by the epidermis, then erumpent, black; asci cylindric; 



