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Aylographum onocleae Dearness & House, sp. nov. 



Perithecia innate, appearing dull black through the epidermis, 

 I to 2 mm or by confluence, 3 to 4 mm long by .25 to .35 mm wide, 

 simple or seldom confluently branched; lip nearly closed, concealed 

 by the epidermis, split longitudinally into fibers. Asci cylindric, 

 straight or curved, 33 to 55 x 6 to 7.5 yu.; paraphyses none or obscure. 

 Sporidia biseriate, elliptic-oblong, inequilateral, uniseptate, 9 to 12 

 :s. ^ IX, not constricted. 



On dead stems ofOnoclea struthiopteris (L.) HofTm. 

 (Matteuccia struthiopteris (L.) Todaro), Shelburne, 

 Vermont. C. G. Pringle, no. 1032. May 1880. 



This is quite distinct from Aylographum filicinum 

 Lib. which has ovate-oblong, sparse perithecia and ovate asci ; but 

 may prove to be the ascigerous stage of Leptostroma liti- 

 g i o s u m or some closely related species. 



Caliciopsis pinea Peck 



A rare and interesting fungus described by Peck in 1880, and 

 more recently collected by R. G. Pierce, November 1916, on 

 shrunken areas of the cortex of living or recently dead branches 

 of Pinus strobus, near Keene, Essex county. This seems 

 to be the first record of its collection in New York since it was 

 originally found by Doctor Peck. Also collected in Vermont by C. 

 G. Pringle. 



In Mr Pierce's collection the fungus is mixed with or grows upon 

 Graphis scripta, a lichen, a condition not mentioned by 

 Peck and its relationship to the lichen, if any, can not be determined 

 without further examination of fresh material. The mature fungus 

 has elongated black, slender, " ascomata," 2 mm high or higher, 

 thickened at the base, the apex urceolate-capitate and easily broken 

 off in dried specimens ; asci ovoid, slender-stipitate ; spores elliptical, 

 5 to 6 /A long. 



In this connection it may be noted that the genus Hypsotheca 

 E. & E. (1885), is In all essential features the same as Caliciopsis 

 Peck. 



Anthostoma cercidicolum (B. & C.) Sacc. 



(Syll. i: 306. 1882) 



Diatrypc cercidicola B. &C. ; Peck, Rep't N. Y. State Mus. 25 : 

 joi. 1873. Cke. Grevillea 14 : 16, 1885. E. & E. Pyren. 582. 1892, 



