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tiliform, abundant. Sporidia hyaline, almost linear, wider above, 

 three-septate, 15-27 x 2.5-2.75 fi. 



On dead stems of Spiraea latifolia Borkh. Indian pass, 

 Essex county, 3000 feet altitude. H. D. House, July 15, 1923 

 (type). Newcomb, Essex county, June 5, 1922 and July i, 1923. 

 On dead stems of Opulaster opulifolius (L.) Kuntze, 

 London, Ontario. /. Dcarness. 



B e 1 o n i d i u m ]\I a c o u n i i Dearness, on S p i r a e a M e n - 

 z i e s i i , has an entire margin, and larger asci and sporidia. As 

 seen under the lens the ascomata of the two species appear quite 

 different. 



Beloniella brevipila (Rob. & Desm.) Rehm 



(Trichopeziza brevipila Sacc. ; Pirottaea brevi- 

 pila Boud.) 

 Newcomb, Essex county, on dead stems ofSolidago humu- 

 lis Pursh(S. uliginosa Nutt.). H. D. House, June g, ig22. 

 Some of the asci are two-spored, others four-spored; sporidia one 

 to eight-septate and 25-36 x 3 /x. 



Pyrenopeziza compressula Rehm 

 Sandlake, Rensselaer county, on dead stems of T h a 1 i c t r u m 

 canadense Mill. (T . polygamum Muhl.). C. H. Peck. 

 A portion of this material was sent to Saccardo a few years ago as 

 no. 88, and determined by him as Pyrenopeziza Thalictri 

 (Peck) Sacc. Reexamination of the portion retained here shows 

 that it has si^res mostly 6-7 x 2-^^ /j-, and does not seem to conform to 

 Saccardo's determination.^ The host was erroneously stated to be 

 Thalictrumpurpurascens. 



Pyrenopeziza subatra (Cooke & Peck) Sacc. 

 Woodville, Jefferson county, on dead stems ofDecodon ver- 

 ticil 1 a t a (L.) Ell, H. D. House, June 21, 1922. 



Durella minutissima Rehm 

 Albany, on decorticated and dead branches ofPrunus scro- 

 ti na Ehrh. H. D. House, December 28, 1919. 



Patellaria nigrovirens Sacc. & Ell. 

 Albany, on decorticated and dead stems of Corn us stolon- 

 i f e r a Michx. H. D. House, April 3, 1923. Most of the apothecia 



3 New York State Mus. Bui. 197: 49. 1918. 



