REPORT OF THE BOTANIST. Al 
CLATHROPTYCHIUM RUGULOSUM Wallr. 
Trunks of poplars. Adirondack Mts. July. 
The young plant has a bright flesh-color or orange hue. 
NIDULARIA PULVINATA Schw. 
Old fence boards lying on the ground. Greenbush. October. 
LEPTOSTROMA LINEARE 2. Sp. 
Perithecia flattened, thin, subangular, at first covered by the 
epidermis, striated, generally with a sharp elevation or ridge 
along the center, mostly seriately placed, black ; spores slen- 
der, oblong, curved, colorless, .0003—.0004 long. 
Dead stems of Actea spicata. Helderberg Mts. May. 
PHOMA STROBILINUM Peck & Clinton n. sp. 
Perithecia minute, scattered, erumpent, black ; spores ellip- 
tical or subovate, colorless, .0003’ long. 
Cones of Pinus Strobus. Buffalo. December. Clinton. 
PHOMA STERCORARIUM P. & C. 
Perithecia membranaceous, minute, scattered, black ; spores 
large, elliptical, .0005—.0006' long. 
Goose dung. Portage. November Clinton. 
It is highly probable that this is a nonascigerous state of 
some dung Spheria. Asa Phoma it is remarkable for the 
large size of the spores. 
SPHZRONEMA RoBINLE B. & C. 
Dead twigs of basswood, Zilia Americana, Buffalo. CTin- 
ton. Catskill Mts. June. 
SPHZRONEMA AURANTIACUM 7. Sp. (Plate II, figs. 9-11.) 
Perithecia small, erumpent, hemispherical or subconical, 
sometimes with a slight papilliform ostiolum, orange; spores 
oblong-elliptical, colorless, .0003—.0004 long, oozing out and 
forming a whitish or pale cream-colored globule. 
Dead bark of Cornus alternifolia. Bethlehem. May. 
The species is remarkable for its orange-colored perithecia. 
SPH ZROPSIS PENNSYLVANICA B. & C. 
Dead branches of ash trees. Buffalo. February. Clinton. 
SPHAZROPSIS MINIMA B. & C. 
ef Living leaves of red maple, Acer rubrum. North Greenbush. 
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