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Valsa rhoophila, C. & £#. 
Dead branches of poison sumach, Rhus venenata. Guilderland. 
May. 
Valsa glandulosa, Cke. 
Dead branches of Ailanthus glandulosus. Cold Spring. June. 
Valsa cenisia, De Not. 
Dead branches of red cedar, Juniperus Virginiana, West Albany. 
May. 
Rosellinia ambigua, Sacc. 
Decorticated stems of red-berried elder, Sambucus pubens. Adi- 
rondack mountains and Sandlake. June. 
The species belongs to the section Coniocheta. The perithecia in 
some of our specimens are so densely crowded that they form a con- 
tinuous black stratum, 
Rosellinia mastoidea, Sacc. 
Fallen decorticated branches of willow, Salix purpurea. West Al- 
bany. Apr. 
Hypoxylon semiimmersum, Vi‘¢s. 
Decaying wood. Adirondack mountains. June. 
Lestadia Asculi, . sp. 
Perithecia small, .007 in. broad, lenticular, covered by the epidermis, 
erumpent, opening by a minute pore, black; asci subclavate; spores 
crowded,'subelliptical, colorless, .0003 to .0004 in. long, .0002 to .00025 
in. broad. 
Fallen petioles of horse chestnut, dsculus Hippocastanum. Albany. 
May. Clinton. 
Spherella maculosa, Succ. 
Fallen leaves of poplar, Populus tremuloides. Adirondack moun- 
tains. June. 
This species resembles S. ordicularis, but the perithecia are smaller 
and hypophyllous, and the spores are larger and distinctly colored. 
Spherella macularis, Awersw. 
Fallen leaves of poplar. Adirondack mountains. June. 
In this species the spots are small and angular, the perithecia are 
amphigenous and the spores are smaller than in S. maculosa. 
Spherella Lycopodii, 7. sp. 
Perithecia minute, .004 in. broad, blackish; asci oblong or subcylin- 
, drical, often slightly narrowed toward the apex, .0012 to .0016 in. long, 
.0004 broad; spores oblong, .00045 to .0005 in long, .00016 to .0002 
broad. 
Scales of dead spikes of club moss, Lycopodium clavatam. Adiron- 
dack mountains. June. 
This differs from S. lycopodina, in its place of growth and in its 
smaller asci and spores. 
