| - Caxaxoren Cabeanee Ph, fe CO 9 Se a RR Ra 
Oblong or hysteriiform, erumpent, closely ‘dochounleds by the vm 
epidermis, black; asci oblong-clavate; spores linear, curved, involved in i 
. ‘ mucus, slightly colored, .0011’—.0012’ long. | 
Dead stems of leather leaf, Cassandra calyculata. Center. June. 
~ Crnanerum PEZIZOIDES Pk. zs meer Fs 
: 4 i ___ Cups scattered, minute, erumpent, sessile or attached by a narrowed hace 
i Stee smooth, black ; asci oblong-clavate ; spores crowded oblong-elliptical, .0008’— * F 
ay _.001' long, often containing a single large nucleus, sometimes slightly curved. _ © 
Dead stems of leather leaf, Cassandra calyculata. Center. June. 
This was associated with C. Cassandre, but the two are easily ie iy 
_ guished. ct 
“TyMpants ACERINA Pk, eo ‘ 
Cups subceespitose,.obconic, erumpent, black with a distinct often flexnous 
margin, disk concave ; asci oblong-cylindrical ; spores oblong, colored, .0005'— ; 
~ ,0008’ long, containing a granular endochrome, at length quadrinucleate « or 
__ triseptate. 
Bark of maple trees. Adirondack al Catskill Mountains. Aug. ond 
Sept. : Mz ‘ 
The cups often manifest a tendency to form lines or grow in linear tufts. 
ag They are usually accompanied by Sphaeronema acerina, which is probably 
____ one condition of the species. Both frequently grow from the same chink in _ 
+>... .the bark. ; 
ey BE sh : 
A ne. PATELLARIA’ OLIVACEA Batsch. ’ Y 
Decaying wood. Adirondack and Catskill Mountains. July and Sept. 
A form of this species occurs which 1 is hispid with straight rigid black hairs 
or sete. 
Be Sororie BRUNNEOLUM Pk. | 
4 Perithecia small, innate, brown or blackish-brown, with four or five pathenes ty 
broad teeth; disk dingy-white ; asci cylindrical or clavate, narrow; spores — 
; small, colorless, sublanceolate or oblong-ovate, often binucleate, .0003 —.0004/ — 
long. 
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Fading leaves of Galiwm trifidum. Summit. Sept. 
T have seen no description of Phacidium autumnale Fckl., but acieriiiee 
to my Huropean specimens of that species, our plant is quite different. 
_ TRIBLIDIUM MORBIDUM PA. 
Perithecia seated on a thin black crust, opilee elliptical or oblong, — 
rugose, black, at length widely gaping or even suborbicular, revealing the 
dingy-white or cinereous disk; asci narrowly lanceolate, tapering towards 
the base; spores filiform, .003’—.004' long. 
Decaying prostrate trunks of spruce. Sandlake. Aug. Ba 
The general appearance of the perithecia is such as to suggest ‘as ee 
q that they are diseased or badly developed. They indicate that the plant 1 is a 
ae. Triblidium, but the spores are like those of Colpoma. 
