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Spu#ria sperMorpes [offm. 
Decaying wood. Buffalo. Clinton. May. 
Spo #eta (Denupat#) saLeBrosa C. & P. n. sp. 
Perithecia gregarious or crowded, globose, rough, black, depressed 
and umbilicate, pierced at the apex and faintly radiately sulcate, 
.02'—.03' broad ; asci cylindrical or clavate; spores lanceolate, acute 
uniseptate, constricted at the septum, brown, .0014-.002' long, 
.0003’-.0004' broad; paraphyses numerous, filiform. 
Dead stems of shrubs. Center. October. 
SpHz#ria (Denupata#) REcESSA C. & P. n. sp. 
Perithecia gregarious, at first semi-immersed, smooth, flattened, 
dark-brown or black, .012’ broad ; asci subclavate ; spores one or two- 
seriate, elliptical, uniseptate, deeply constricted at the septum, color- 
less, .0005—.0008' long, .00025—.0004' broad. 
Decaying wood. Tyre. September.. 
The perithecfa have a somewhat discoid appearance. 
SpH#riA (Denupat#) sQuaLipuLa C. & P. n. sp. 
Perithecia gregarious, globose, semi-immersed, pierced at the apex, 
about .012’ broad, black ; asci cylindrical; spores uniseriate, elliptical, 
simple, binucleate, colorless, .0005—.0007' long. ) 
Decaying chestnut wood. Portville. September. 
Spua#eia (Denupars#) inrerstiTiatis C. & P. n. sp. 
Perithecia gregarious, at first semi-immersed, always apparently so 
by nestling between the fibres of the wood, subglobose, pierced at the 
apex, black, .012—.02’ in diameter; asci cylindrical ; spores uniseriate, 
polymorphous, triseptate, with occasional vertical septa, deeply con- 
stricted, brown, .0012~—.0014' long, .0005—.00065° broad. 
Decorticated wood of cherry. Greenbush. November. 
Spu#ria exiuis A. & S. 
Decaying wood. Markham Station. Clinton. May. 
SPH#RIA sPIcuLosa Pers. 
Dead branches. North Greenbush. July. 
Spy ria optusissima B. & C. 
Decaying maple wood. Sandlake. July. 
I depend upon specimens received from the late Dr. Curtis for the 
validity of this determination as I have seen no description of the 
species. 
