86 TWENTY-FOURTH REPORT ON THE STATE MUSEUM. 
SPH#RONEMA ACERINUM 7”. sp. 
Perithecia innate in the bark, bursting through the epidermis, 
conico-hemispherical below, with a long, slender, more or less 
flexuous or curved point above, black or brownish black ; spores 
elliptical, generally with one or two pellucid nuclei. 
Dead trunks and branches of the red maple, Acer rubrum. 
Greenbush, Sandlake and Indian Lake. April, October. 
The perithecia are numerous and somewhat seriately placed. 
Their bristle-like points give to the branch a hispid or strigose 
appearance. 
SPH #®ROPSIS PULCHELLA B. & C. 
Dead branches of sumach, especially of Rhus glabra. 
SPH#ROPSIS ANOMALA 1. SP. 
Perithecia ceespitose, black, seated on the inner bark and burst- 
_ ing through transverse chinks, ostiole papillate; spores oblong, 
a7’ long. 
Bark of dead cherry trees. Albany. /?. Prescott. 
The aspect of this species is that of Zympanis conspersa F7., 
but the fructification is that of a Spheeropsis. 
Spu#ropsis MENISPERMI 7. sp. 
Perithecia numerous, prominent, black, at first covered by the 
epidermis, which at length bursts, revealing the apex of the peri- 
thecia ; spores oblong, 734,’ long. 
Dead stems of Menispermum Canadense.. Greenbush. Novem- 
ber. Buffalo. Clinton. 
The stem is roughened by the prominent perithecia, and the 
epidermis of the bark gives them a shining appearance. 
VeERMICULARIA Dematium /7. 
Dead stems of herbs. West Albany. May. 
VERMICULARIA oOvATA Schw. 
Dead stems of herbs. Greenbush. May. 
Discosta ArtocrEAS /7. 
Fallen oak leaves. Greenbush. 
MeELANcoNIUM BicoLor /Vees. 
Dead branches of the white birch, Betula populifolia Center. 
June. 
DisceLia ogscura B. & C. | 
Dead branches of Acer spicatum. Knowersville. July. 
