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Sphaeropsis ellisii Sacc. 

 (S. pinastri C . & E.) 

 On dead limbs and twigs of young white pine (Pinus stro- 

 b u s) which has been copiously channeled by a small beetle belong- 

 ing to the genus Pityophthorus (det. by Felt). Between Elizabeth- 

 town and Keene, Essex county. R. G. Pierce, November 1916. 



Sphaeropsis hedericola (Speg.) Sacc. 

 On languishing leaves of Hedera helix. Yonkers, N. Y. 

 May 8, 191 5. H. D. House. Except that it is on leaves instead 

 of stems it also agrees with the description of Sphaeropsis 

 h e d e r a e E. & E. and there is reason to believe that the two arc 

 synonymous. 



Sporodesmium naviculum Dearness & House, sp. nov. 



A dark-brown conidial stratum lines the interior of boat-shaped 

 cavities in the decorticated, whitened wood, .7 to 1.25 mm long by 

 .5 mm wide. The presence of the fungus has hindered the weather- 

 ing of the contiguous wood fibers, leaving the cavity walls or 

 naviculae .2 to .3 mm above the surrounding wood; these are regu- 

 larly scattered, 5 to 8 to a square centimeter, easily visible by their 

 prominence and color. Conidia at first hyaline, then brown, globu- 

 lar, muriform, 7 to 12 yu, in diameter. 



On weathered and decorticated wood ofjuniperus Virgin- 

 ia na. Albany, N. Y. H. D. House, July 191 3. 



Thyridium antiquum (E. & E.) Sacc. 



On dead branches of Vitis. Helderberg mountains, Albany 

 county. C. H. Peck, May. 



Tympanis buchsii (Henn.) Rehm. 

 Biatorellina buchsii Hennings, Hedwigia, 42: 307. 1903. 

 Tympanis buchsii Rehm, Bayer Bot. Ges., 203. 1912. 



On dead limbs of young white pines (Pinus strobus). Paul 

 Smiths, N. Y. Collected by Edward Patnode, November 30, 1916 

 and communicated by C H. Pettis, superintendent of state forests.' 

 This adds another saprophytic species tg the long list of fvmgi found 

 Upon white pine in America, 



