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subochraceous, about as thick as the stem and often a little widened 
at the top. Being hollow it causes the unruptured sporangium to ap- 
pear deeply umbilicate or pervious. ‘The filaments of the capillitiam 
often adhere for a time to the base of the columella as a pale-yellowish 
floceulent mass. The exterior surface of the sporangium is scaly, but 
the number and size of the scales vary considerably in different speci- 
mens. ‘This singular species may hereafter be deemed worthy of ge- 
neric distinction, but for the present it is thought best to refer it to the 
genus Physarum. 
Cribraria argillacea, Pers. Much decayed wood. Helderberg moun- 
tains. July. 
Phoma herbarum, West. Wead stems of white daisy, Lewcanthe- 
mum vulgare. Jamesville. 
Phoma Phytolaccea, B. ue C. Dead stems of poke weed, Ph ytolacca 
decandra. Verona. Aug. The perithecia are sometimes covered by 
the whitened epidermis, sometimes exposed.* ‘Vhey occur on both the 
exterior and the interior surface of the hollow stems. They are de- 
pressed, orbicular, elliptical or oblong, and are furnished with an osti- 
olum which pierces the covering epidermis. Sometimes two or more 
are confluent in a linear manner. The spores are about .0005 in. long 
and contain from four to six nuclei. 
Phoma lineolatum, Desm. Cones of Norway spruce. Albany. May. 
Phoma longipes, B. & C. ; Dead grape vines. North Greenbush. 
May. 
Phoma hysteriellum, P. & C., n. sp. Perithecia immersed, slightly 
prominent, mostly hysteriiform, covered by the epidermis, black, with 
a minute papilliform ostiolum ; spores elliptical or subfusiform, color- 
less, binucleate, .0003 in. long. Dead stems of herbs. -Butfalo. Noy. 
G. W. Clinton. 
Leptothyrium punctiforme, 4. dé CC. Perithecia minute, .0025 in. 
to .0042 in. broad, subhemispherical, black, shining, opening by a sub- 
circular or irregular aperture, pale within ; spores subfusiform, curved, 
cojorless, .0005 in. to .0008 in. long. 
Living leaves of daisy fleabane ZHrigeron annuum. Quaker Street. 
June. The perithecia are so minute that they are but just visible to 
the naked eye. ‘The fungus attacks the lower or basal leaves, which 
soon become yellowish in color and wither. 
Leptothyrium dryinum, Sace. Living leaves of white oak. Wad- 
ing River. Sept. 
Hendersonia abnormalis, 2. sp. Perithecia numerous, small, sub- 
conical, surrounding the stem on all sides, seated on smoky-brown spots, 
‘aising small pustules i in the bark, at length rupturing the epidermis 
and opening by a smali round aperture; spores elliptical or oblong, 
colored, .0006 in. to .0011 in. long, soir .0004 in. broad, three to six- 
septate, the cells divided by longitudinal cepta. 
Dead stems of bitter-swect, Celastrus scandens. Charlton. July. 
This fungus occurred in company with Spheropsis Celastri, from which 
it is easily distinguished by the brown discolored spots it occupies. 
Colored filaments sometimes surround the perithecia. ‘The ostiola are 
usually whitened. 
Hendersonia Coluterw, P. & C2. sp. Perithecia prominent, erump- 
ent, hemispherical or subconical, firm, cellular, ostiola black, papilli- 
