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Leptospheria Corallorhize, n. sp. 
Plate 2, figs. 20-23. 
Perithecia numerous, minute, .004 to .oo5 in. broad, erumpent, black, 
with a minute ostiolum; asci cylindrical, sessile, .co2 to .003 in. long, 
.0003 to .00035 broad; spores crowded or biseriate, subfusiform, trisep- 
tate, slightly constricted at the middle septum, yellowish-brown, .o008 
to .oor in. long, .o0016 to .ooo2 broad. 
Dead stems of Corallorhiza multiflora. Caroga. July. 
Leptosphzria eutypoides, 2. sp. 
Perithecia numerous, closely gregarious, .o1 to .or1 in. broad, hemi- 
spherical or depressed, at first covered by the epidermis, then naked, 
black, ostiola papilliform ; asci clavate or subcylindrical, .004 to .0045 in. 
long, .0005 to .00065 broad ; spores ovate or oblong, straight or slightly 
curved, triseptate, usually constricted at the septa, yellowish-brown, 
-0008 to .o0og in. long, .0003 to .oo04 broad, paraphyses filiform. 
Dead stems of large herbs, as Chenopodium album. Albany. May. 
The matrix becomes blackened, which, with the nearly uniform dis- 
tribution of the numerous perithecia, is: suggestive of the appearance 
of some species of Eutypa. 
Leptospheria lycopodiicola, 7. sp. 
Plate 2, figs. 16-19. 
Perithecia small, .o05 to .006 in. broad, spheroid or elliptical, erum- 
pent, black ; asci subcylindrical, nearly sessile, .0025 to .003 in. long, 
.0003 to .o004 broad; spores oblong or subfusiform, slightly colored, 
three to five-septate, .c008 to .oor in. long, .c0016 to .oc02 broad. 
Dead peduncles of Lycopodium clavatum. Adirondack mountains. 
June. 
The perithecia are associated with a minutely tufted, blackish Clados- 
porium. Some of them are laterally compressed. The covering epi- 
dermis generally ruptures longitudinally. The spores are much more 
narrow in this thanin LZ. Crepini and L. Marcyensis, both of which in- 
habit species of Lycopodium. 
Metaspheria Myrice, 2. sp. 
Plate 2, figs. 24-27. 
Perithecia numerous, broadly conical, .o16 to.o21 in broad, covered by 
the thin closely-adhering epidermis, black, white within, ostiola pertuse ; 
asci clavate, obtuse, .004 to .oo5 in. long, .0006 to .c008 broad ; spores 
crowded or biseriate, oblong or subfusiform, straight or slightly curved, at 
first uniseptate, quadrinucleate, strongly constricted at the middle sep- 
tum, finally triseptate, colorless, .oo12 to .o016 in. long, .0004 to .0005 
broad ; the paraphyses numerous, conglutinate. 
Dead branches of Myrica Gale lying partly in water. Caroga. July. 
The epidermis is so closely-adherent that the perithecia appear as if 
superficial or merely innate at the base. The nuclei of the spores are 
. large. Spores with three septa are rare, but this may be due to the 
immature condition of the specimens. 
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