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D. PARAPHYSATA E. & E. ? Bull. Torr. Club, 24:288 (1897). 



Perithecia subcuticular, depressed-globose, pilose-tomen- 

 tose, black (white inside), 300-400 p diam. with papilliform 

 osteolum raising the epidermis into pustules and finally rup- 

 turing it, thickly scattered, often 2-3 sub-confluent ; sporules 

 ovate-elliptical, hyaline at first, then brown and uniseptate 

 but not constricted, 22-27 x 12-15 /* accompanied by stout 

 branching paraphyses 100-110 /* long by 1.5-2 /u thick and 

 borne on stout basidia mostly shorter than the sporules. 



On bark of Tilia, in company with Malanconis tiliacea. 

 Fayette : near Nuttallburg, March, 1896. (Nuttall, 832). 



BOTRYODIPLODIA Sacc. 

 B. ACERINA E. & E., Proc. Phila. Acad., 1894, 363. 



TYPE HABITAT: On dead limbs Acer Pennsylvanicum, 

 Feb. 2, 1894 (Nuttall, discov. 1362, 319). 



Perithecia erumpent in botryoidal clusters, often seri- 

 ately confluent for i or more cm., about .5 mm. diameter, 

 white inside, flattish above, with a broad papilliform osti- 

 olum. Sporules elliptical, brown, uniseptate, 20 to 25 x 12 

 to 15 p on basidia of about the same length. 

 B. - - sp. 



Stylosporus stage ? of Pseudovalsa sigmoidea (C. & E.) 

 On dead limbs Quercus Prinus, with that species. Spores 

 brown, i-septate 25 x 12.5 p (Nuttall, 1829). 



ASCOCHYTA Lib. 

 A. CLEMATIDINA Thum. 



On Clematis Virginiana, Aug. 10, 1895 (Nuttall, 1842, 

 733)- 



ACTINONEMA Fries. 

 A ROSAE (Lib.) Fr. 



On Rosa cult., June 27, 1894 (Nuttall, 1563). 



HENDERSONIA Berk. 

 H. LIRELLA Cooke. 



On Salix nigra falcata, April 23, 1894 (Nuttall, 1480, 

 460). Sporules 15 x 7.5 p. 

 H. DESMAZIERI Mont. 



On bark of limbs Plat amis occidentalis, April 24, 1894. 

 Sporules -f- 40 x 22 /, (Nuttall, 1466). 



STAGONOSPORA Sacc. 

 S. PETIOLORUM E.- & E., Proc. Phila. Acad., 1894, 365. 



TYPE HABITAT: On dead petioles Aralia spinosa, Feb. 17, 

 1894 (Nuttall, discov. 1389, 357). 



