Oy 
Gag eae ALBOPUNCTUM Pk. 
Cups very minute, scattered, aie the dake aod plane or slightly concave, 
_ margin generally distinct ; asci cylindrical; spores biseriate, oblong, aris 2 
generally binucleate, .0006'—.0007’ long. 
‘oe Fallen beech leaves in woods. Adirondack Mountains. Aug. 
This is an exceedingly minute species. In drying it acquires a ‘yellowed 
aa tinge, and it is then scarcely visible to the naked eye. The stem is so short 
( that the plant appears sessile. 
(Grasszossen ORBICULARIS PA. PS 
About one line in diameter, sessile, pulvinate, orbicular, subtremelloic 
; _ gyrose-convolute, blackish-brown, minutely dotted with rufous particles, as IS 
also the moist pallid or subrufous spot on which it is seated; asci narrowly “4 
Ff _ clavate, subacute ; spores oblong-fusiform, simple, .0006'—.0007' long, ont Ae 
broad; paraphyses numerous, filiform. 
‘i Decaying chestnut wood. Mechanicville. Oct. 
ay ~ Thave seen no description of this genus, and refer our specimens to ii Pe 
because of their congeneric relation to Hematomyces vinosus C. & ae 
 Dermarea cannes C. & E. i s 
2: Dead Viburnum stems. West Albany. - Oct. sts 
we ‘0 oe 
_ DeRMATEA PHYLLOPHILA Pk. ne 
fe Cups minute, suborbicular, often with a flexuous margin, dry, somewhat fhe 4 
___ rous in texture, brownish and slightly hairy externally, erumpent, surrounded 
and partly concealed by the ruptured epidermis, sometimes throwing of a 
_ fragment of it, when moist, expanded and revealing a plane pallid or dingy 
white disk; asci oblong-clavate, obtuse, sessile; spores broadly elliptical, 
nearly colorless, .0003'—.00035’ long, .0002’-.00025’ broad, generally con- 
taining a large shining nucleus; paraphyses thickened above, often a little 
longer than the asci. 
B Lower surface of balsam leaves while yet on the tree. Summit. Sept 
: At first sight this fungus might be taken for some effete Peridermium, suck 
_ is its general external appearance. When moist the cups are swollen and 
become more distinct. Under a lens the disk has a pruinose appearance. 4 
The leaves that are attacked are killed by the fungus, all those bearing it 
being dead, though in the immediate vicinity of living ones. 
_ Dermatea XantTHoxy.i Ph. y 
Cups densely tufted, minute, often irregular from {mutual compression, “4 
_ brownish-lilac, externally and on the margin whitish with a villose pruinosity, — 
disk plane or slightly concave; asci short, clavate; spores crowded, simple, . 
; er * 
slightly curved, subcylindrical, obtuse, colorless. Les y- 
__ Dead branches of prickly ash, Xanthorvylum Americanum. West i= 
gi. -- Oct. 
_ The tufts are scarcely a line broad and easily overlooked, yet they some- 
_ times contain a dozen cups each. 
