58 TWENTY-EIGHTH REPORT ON THE STATE MUSEUM. 
SEPTORIA SAMBUOINA 2. SD. 
Spots arid, whitish, surrounded by a broad, dark margin, 
brown or purplish-brown on the lower surface; perithecia 
on the upper surface, few, minute; spores long, filiform, 
more or less curved, obscurely three to six-septate, .002’— 
003’ long. 
Leaves of elder, Sambucus Canadensis. Buffalo. Clinton. 
October. 
VERMICULARIA COPTINA 7. Sp. 
Perithecia minute, slightly prominent, black, with a tuft 
of divergent one or two-septate hairs at the apex; spores 
curved, pointed at each end, hyaline, .0008’-.001’ long. 
Dead or dying leaves of gold thread, Coptis trifolia. 
Buffalo. Clinton. Sandlake and Sandy Creek. June to 
October. 
DINEMASPORIUM PeEzizuLaA B. & C. 
Decaying elder wood. New Baltimore. Rev. J. L. Zabris- 
kie. North Greenbush. May and June. 
BLASTESIS TRIDENS Zab. 
Living quince leayes. Flatbush, Long Island. Zabriskie. 
ASTEROMA Rosaz DC. 
Leaves of Rosa rubiginosa. Buffalo. Clinton. October. 
CyTISPoRA MiIcHENERI B. & C. 
Dead ash branches. Angola. Clinton. Greenbush. May. 
It sometimes renders the branch rough for several feet. 
DISCELLA DISCOIDEA C. & P. 
Erumpent, discoid, reddish when moist, black or blackish 
when dry, surrounded by the lacerated epidermis which . 
splits in a somewhat stellate manner; perithecia obsolete 
above ; sporophores long, branched or simple, the branches 
subclavate ; spores abundant, oblong or elliptical, colorless, 
.0008’—.0012’ long, containing a granular endochrome. 
Dead branches of the water beech, Carpinus Americana. 
(yreenbush. May. (Plate 1, figs. 34-87.) 
