REPORT oF THE BorAanisr. 103 
VALSA THELEBOLA J, 
Dead branches of alders. West Albany. June. 
Vausa Prarant Schw. 
Fallen branches of Platanus occidentalis. Bethlehem. May. 
Vausa Vitis Schw. 
Dead branches of grape-vines. Greenbush. November. 
Vasa Cotticutus Wormek. 
Dead branches of pine trees. Center. April. 
VALSA QUATERNATA Lr. 
Dead branches of beech trees. Greenbush. August: 
Vasa TRuNcATA C. & P. 
Spermogonia — Cytisporoid, disk erumpent, truncate, pulveru- 
lent in the center, sometimes having a bilabiate appearance; sper- 
matia amber in the mass, minute, linear. 
Ascophore — Erumpent, prominent, truncate ; perithecia six to 
eight, nestling in the inner bark, globose, black, the necks united 
in an elliptical or orbicular black disk which is pierced by the 
ostiola and generally pulverulent on the margin ; asci small, lanceo- 
late; spores minute, sausage-shaped, hyaline, .00035—.0004 long. 
Dead branches of alders. Johnsburgh, Warren county. 
October. 
The truncate brownish-powdered disk is a characteristic feature 
in this species. The dust of the disk seems to disappear after a 
time. 
Varsa ALNI 2. sp. 
Perithecia nestling in the inner bark, black ; ostiola short, black, 
obtuse, dotting the small blackish mostly transversely erumpent 
disk; spores crowded or biseriate, sausage-shaped, hyaline, 
.0004—.0005’ long. 
Trunks and branches of dead alders. Center. April. 
This plant is plentiful where it occurs, rendering the branch 
rough for several feet in extent. 
VALsA PRoFUSA 7. 
Dead branches of locust trees, Lobinia pseudacacia. Albany. 
June. 
This, according to specimens received from Dr. Curtis, is J/as- 
saria macrospora B. & C. In both this and the next species the 
bark is stained black by the spores oozing out as in Massaria. 
