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4 Dead bi branches of prickly | ash oe yen » Americanum. es 
et. DRIES ; a ‘Sik 
x i The species belongs to the Pacuitay lee series. 
ALSA CRATRGI Curr. : | gaa 
~ Dead ash branches. Catskill Mountains, Bent Bae 
Bho Our specimens do not fully agree with the description of the species s 
which we have referred them, but the differences are not very decided 
OPHIOSTOMA scELEsTUM C. & E. hee 
Decaying wood of apple tree. Helderberg Mountains. May. 
OPHIOSTOMA PROMINENS Pk. 
_ Perithecia very prominent, hemispherical, adnate at the fee 07 
broad, smooth, black; ostiola distinct, compressed, black, shining ; ascl 
i esate : ; Spores biseriate, oblong or subfusiform, straight or slightly curved 
_ colored, five-septate, .0008 —.001'long. ae 
‘Dead twigs of button-bush, Ce phaewiiias occidentalis. Center. Tune. Pc 
_ The species is related to We bicuspidatum, but the perithecia are not im at 
: mersed, and the spores are destitute of cuspidate points and longitudinal septa 
Dead branches of sheep-berry, Viburnum Lentago. Albany. May. 
_ ‘The spores in our specimens are .003' long, and quadrilocular with the two, 
~ central cells shorter than the terminal ones. a . 
- Perithecia very minute, .003'— 004 in diameter, superficial, numerous, at 
length collapsing, black, beautifully hispid with straight diverging black setees 
’ sci narrowly fusiform or lanceolate ; spores narrow, subfusiform, colorless, ng 
-.00025'-.0003 long, the endochrome sometimes eho in the middle. er 
Chips in woods. Griffins. Sept. X, 
Externally this fungus has the appearance of some species of Venturia, bu 
“it appears to have paraphyses among the asci. 
yer 
SPHZRIA FIMISEDA Ces. & De Not. Bs 
Excrement of cows. Oneida, Warne. a : Ba 3 
mS 
‘SPHZERIA CLADOSPORIOSA Schw. 
Old Polyporus sulphureus. Buffalo. Apr. Clinton. LE. 
_This, as peer ley fee is ave a true Spheeria, but as the specimens are * 
> 
, Be Chucicora) CURVICOLLA Pk. ae 
i a Perithecia small, .03’/-04’ broad, scattered or two to three confluently . 
ae crowded, erumpent, at length naked, hemispherical, black; ostiola short, ‘eub- 
- cylindrical, shightly curved; asci oblong; spores crowded or _ Diseriate 
colorless, .0006’—.0009' long, .0003' broad. 
Dead stems of Polygonuin articulatum. Center. Oct. By oa 
