REPORT OF THE BOTANIST. 85 
SPH #RONEMA CESPITOSUM 2. Sp. 
Perithecia cespitose, cylindrical or slightly tapering upward, 
black; globule black, shining; spores subfusiform, .00045' long. 
Dead branches of Zlex verticillata. Sandlake and Center. May 
and June. 
This species is remarkable for its tufted mode of growth and its 
black globule. 
SpH#RONEMA MINUTISSIMUM 7. Sp. 
Perithecia scattered, minute, sphzriform or subconical, obtuse, 
easily separating from the matrix, black; globule whitish ; spores 
oblong, simple, hyaline, .00028' long. 
Dead branches of black cherry, Prunus serotina. TWelderberg 
Mts. May. 
The perithecia are seated on the inner bark and leave a small 
round cavity in the epidermis when broken off. They render the 
branch rough to the touch. 
SpHERONEMA PALLIDUM 2. Sp. 
Perithecia scattered, erumpent, subconical, obtuse, surrounded 
by the ruptured epidermis, black; globule pallid or whitish, per- 
sistent; spores fusiform, slightly curved, pointed at each end, 
usually containing two or three nuclei, .00065' long. 
Dead branches of mountain ash, Pyrws Americana. Sandlake. 
June. 
ACROSPERMUM CoMPREssSUM Zode. 
Dead stems of herbs. Guilderland and West Albany. May. 
Spuazropsis MAatorum Berk. 
Old apples. New Scotland, Albany county. May. 
Spy #ropsis Piaranr 7. sp. 
Perithecia hemispherical or convex, thin, black, white within, 
eruinpent ; ostiole minute, papilleeform ; spores elliptical or oblong, 
colored, .0007'-.001' long. 
Fallen branches of Platanws occidentalis. Bethlehem. April. 
The rupture of the epidermis is usually triradiate. 
Sprropsis Pericarrm 2. sp. 
Perithecia small, slightly elevated, hemispherical, covered by 
the epidermis, then rupturing it at the apex; spores colored, 
.0009' long. f 
Old husks of hickory nuts. Albany. May. 
