22 Report of the State Botanist. 



Haplosporella Symphoricarpi n. sp. 



Stroma small .02 to .06 in. broad, often confluent, erumpent, 

 suborbicular, closely surrounded by the ruptured remains of the 

 epidermis, black, the upper surface plane or slightly convex, dotted 

 by the slightly prominent ostiola; spores oblong, colored, con- 

 tinuous, .0006 to .0008 in. long, .0003 broad. 



Dead stems of snowberry, Syviphoricarpus racemosus. Alcove, 

 Alban}' county. March. C. L. Shear. 



Rhabdospora rhoina n. sp . 



Perithecia numerous, sunk in the bark, covered by the slightly 

 pustulated epidermis ; spores subfiliform, slender, curved, .0005 to 

 .0006 in. long, oozing out and forming slender yellowish or pallid 

 tendrils. 



Dead branches of sumac, Rhus typhina. Cooperstown Junc- 

 tion. June. 



Volutella stellata n. sp. 



Sporodochia minute, sometimes confluent in irregular masses 

 which are one to two lines long, covered by the mostly stellatel}'' 

 branched brownish-tawny set£e; spores globose or subelliptical, 

 .00016 to .0002 in. long. 



Much decayed wood of chestnut. Flatbush. September. Jiev. 

 J. L. Zahriskie. 



This is a peculiar and somewhat aberrant species but it appears 

 to be connected with normal forms by Y. ochracea. The setee 

 are variable in length and in ramification. Some are simply 

 dichotomous, others are stellate below and dichotomous above. 



Epicoccum nigrum Lk. 



Dead stems of blackberry lily, Balamcanda Chinensis. 

 Menands. May. 



Penicillium candidum Lk. 



On mushrooms, Agaricus campester^ in a g^eenhou^e. Ilhaca. 

 Dudley. 



Var. suhcandidum. Fertile hyphte irregularly branched above, 

 the color at first w^hite, then whitish or cinereous. 



