REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST FOR I924 7I 



a q u i 1 a ( Fr. ) DeNot.. and the name Lasiosphaeria xes- 

 t o t h e 1 e should be for the present deleted from lists of New York 

 fungi. The species itself is doubtful. Among some specimens in 

 the state herbarium is one from M. A. Curtis (no. 4972). which 

 may be cotype material of the species, collected on C o r n u s 

 f 1 r i d a L., in South Carolina. It appears to be a species of 

 Eriosphaeria rather than Lasiosphaeria. 



Zignoella pulviscula fCurr.) Sacc. 

 (Z. ovoidea Fries') 

 Helderberg mountains. Albany county, on bark of A c e r s p i - 

 c a t u m Lam. C. H. Peck, August (year of collection not indi- 

 cated V Doctor Peck has previously reported this on decorticated 

 wood from Bufifalo. collected by Qinton. Doctor Fairman^^ reports 

 it from Lyndonville. Orleans county, on chips of Betula lutea 

 Michx.f. 



Otthiella staphylina (E. & E.) Dearness & House, comb. nov. 



Plowriffhtia staphylina E. &E. Proc. Acad. Xat. Sci. Phila. p. 

 248. July 1890 



Otthia staphylina E. & E. X. Am. Pyren. 251. 1892 



Albany, on dead branches of Staph y lea trifolia L. 

 C. H. Peck, April (year of collection not indicated). The spores 

 are hyaline which places the species in Otthiella. 



Cucurbitaria Comptoniae C. & E. 

 On dead stems of Comptonia peregrina (L.) Coulter 

 ( M V r i c a a s p 1 e n i f o 1 i a L.) , Delmar. Albany county. H. D. 

 House. December 21. 1919. The collection also contains Valsa 

 a m b i e n s (Pers.) Fr. 



Amphisphaeria applanata (Fr.) Ces. & DeNot. 

 On wood of Acer spicatum Lam. East Berne, Albany 

 county. C. H. Peck, August (year of collection not indicated). 

 Spores 18-33 1^ lo"?' mostly about 22-24 ^ 8-15 /*• the two cells 

 unequal. 



Amphisphaeria thujina (Peck) Sacc. 



Doctor Peck in the original description of Sphaeria thu- 

 jina ^^ does not describe the asci. Ellis^** stated that it "may be 



1' Proc. Rochester Acad. 4: 223. 1906. 



1827th Annual Rep't N. Y. State Mus., no. 1875. 



19 N. Am. Pyrenomycetes, 204. 1892. 



