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Other features indicate that the fundus comes nearer to this species 

 than to any other one described. The species was originally described 

 from Belgium on grass culms, the exact species not indicated. 



Pleospora vagans Niessl. 

 Long Beach, Long Island, on dead culms of Phragmitis Phrag- 

 mitis (L.) Karst. H. D. House, May lo, 1922. On the same 

 collection is Pseudographis Phragmitis Dearness & 

 House, Coniosporium arundinis (Corda) Sacc, and 

 Lophodermium arundinaceum ( Schrad. ) Chev., var. 

 vulgaris Fckl. 



Splanchnonema conspurcata (Wallr.) Kuntze" 

 Albany, on dead branches of Prunus serotina Ehrh. 

 H. D. House, November 8. 1919. Doctor Peck collected this on 

 Prunus americana Marsh., and Shear collected it on 

 Prunus V i r g i n i a n a L. (.state herbarium) . 



Gnonomia setacea (Pers.) Ces. & DeNot. 

 var. Caryae Dearness & House, var. nov. 



The typical form of this species has sporidia 12-16 x 1.5-2 ju. 

 The late Mr Ellis reported finding a form on Carya at Newfield, 

 N. J. with sporidia 20-25 /" ^^ng. In a collection by Doctor Peck, 

 we find the same form as reported by Ellis. The sporidia reach 

 30 X 2.75-3 M ii^ size, and it may be regarded as a variety. 



Greenbush, Rensselaer county, on fallen leaves of H i c o r i a 

 glabra (Mill.) Britton ( C a r y a gl a b ra Spach). C.H.Peck, 

 June (year of collection not indicated). 



Diatrype platystoma (Schw.) Berk. 

 Newcomb, Essex county, on dead branches of Acer rubrum 

 L. H. D. House, July 20, 1920. Probably not rare, as Kauffman-* 

 reports it from North Elba on Acer, Doctor Peck has collected it 

 on the same host at Karner and at Shandaken, and Fairman has 

 collected it in Orleans county. 



-'^Massaria conspurcata (Wallr.) Sacc. Syll. 2: 11. 1883. The 

 generic name Mas sari a DeNot. (Giorn. Bot. Ital. i: S2>2>- 1845), is ante- 

 dated by Splanchnonema Corda, in Sturm, Fl. Ill (2) : 115. t. 54. 1829. 

 The type species, Splanchnonema pustu latum Corda, is identified 

 by A. de Jaczewski (Bui. Herb. Boiss. 2: 674) as Massaria foedans 

 (Fr.) Fckl. 



-8 N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 179:84. 1915. 



