REPORT OF THE BOTANIST. 51 
SPH#RIA SUBICULATA Schw. 
Decaying wood. Catskill Mountains. July. 
Spheria mutans scarcely differs from this species except in the color of 
the tomentum, and sometimes in the larger size of the perithecia. It is 
doubtful if the two ought to be kept separate. 
SPH#RIA (VILLOS®) INTRICATA 2. sp. 
Perithecia scattered or crowded, more or less elongated, obtuse, subven- 
tricose, generally narrowed at the base, blackish-brown, tomentose-hairy ; 
asci slender, elongated; spores crowded, elongated, linear, more or less 
curved or flexuous, greenish-yellow, .0016’—.002 long. 
Decaying wood and leaves.in damp places. Sandlake. 
This species partakes of the characters of several others, but is perhaps 
most likely to be confounded with S. hirsuta or NS. stvigosa. The perithecia, 
though smaller, resemble in shape those of S. bombarda. The spores are 
very similar to those of S. hirsuta and S. ovina. From WS. strigosa it is 
separated by its peculiar soft matted hairs or tomentum. 
Spu@ria (VILLos#) scoputa C. &. P., 1. sp. 
Perithecia scattered or crowded, small, .006 —.008’ broad, very black, sub- 
globose, bristly with short, rigid black hairs ; asci lanceolate or subclavate ; 
spores crowded or biseriate, linear or slightly narrowed toward each end, 
multinucleate, obscurely multiseptate, greenish-yellow, .0025/—.003' long, 
.00016 broad. — 
Decaying hemlock wood. Adirondack Mountains, Aug. 
The spores are often slightly curved 
SpH#riA (ByssiskD#) ALBIDOSTOMA 2. sp. 
Perithecia numerous, subcrowded, small, .014/-.018' in diameter, subglo- 
bose, seated upon or involved in a black or blackish-brown tomentum, the 
ostiola naked, not prominent, whitish when moist, darker when dry; asci 
cylindrical; spores biseriate, oblong-fusiform, at first uniseptate, constricted 
at the septum and containing two or three nuclei in each cell, fhenko—H-> 
septate, colorless, .0015/-.0018 long, .0003/-.00035’ broad. 
Dead branches of mountain maple, Acer spicatwm. Catskill Mountains. 
September. 
The whitish ostiola constitute a marked feature in thisspecies. Its affinity 
is apparently with S. nidulans. 
SPH#RIA (ByssisED®) CLAVARIINA %. Sp. 
Perithecia small, subovate, clothed with rigid blackish-brown hairs and 
seated on a blackish-brown’subiculum; asei cylindrical; spores uniseriate, 
oblong-elliptical or subfusiform, containing one or two nuclei, at first color- 
less, then brown, .0004’—.0005/ long, about half as broad. 
Stems and branches of Clavaria cristata. Sandlake. Aug. 
The Clavaria, when attacked by this fungus, becomes distorted and dis- 
colored. 
