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A. CARNEUS (Pers.) Boud. 



On dung of cow, Oct. 10, 1893 (Nuttall, 1249, 182). 



DERMATEACEAE. 



URNULA Fr. 

 U, CRATERIUM (Schw.) Fr. 



On dead twigs on ground, Short Creek, April 15, 1893 

 (Nuttall, 898). On soil (Sheldon 70), and on dead Oak 

 branch lying on the ground in a wood (McCutcheon, 3205). 



DERMATEA Fr. 

 D. RUBI (Lib.) Rehm. 



On Amelanchier Canadensis (F. E. Brooks, 944). 

 D. CHIONANTHI E. & E. ? 



Macrostylospores of this species? on Chio nan thus Vir- 

 ginica, March 25, 1894 (Nuttall, 1454, 426). 

 D. LOBATA Ellis. 



On the maculae of Pestalozzia Guepinii on leaves of Rho- 

 dodendron maximum. Asci 130 x 12.5 /x spores 15 x 8 /x. 

 Aug. 15, 1895 (Nuttall, 1162, 132). 



TYMPANIS Tode. 

 T. OXYDENDRI E. & E., Proc. Phila. Acad., 352 (1894). 



TYPE HABITAT : On dead limbs of Qxydendron arboreum, 

 Dec. 12, 1893 (Nuttall discov., 1296, 258). 



Cespitose, 3 to 5 together, erumpent, at length deciduous, 

 black .5 to .75 mm. diameter, contracted below into a short 

 thick stipe, margin subundulate. Asci cylindrical no to 

 130 x 15 to 18 ju including the short stipe. Paraphyses slen- 

 der, abundant, Sporidia numerous, minute, oblong, hyaline 

 or yellowish 2.5 to 3 x i /*. Allied to T. fasciculata, but asci 

 larger and sporidia smaller. 

 T. CONSPERSA Fries. 



On Apple trees (Sheldon, 85, 511, 909). 



CENANGELLA Sacc. 

 C. ACERIS (Hazsl.) Sacc. 



On bark of dying Acer rubrum, June 10, 1894. Sporidia 

 15 x 6 /* (Nuttall, 1554). 



SCLERODERRIS Fr. 

 S. RHABARBARINA (Berk.) E. & E. 



On Rubus Bailey anus, Dec. 8, 1893, Short Creek. Asci 

 total length 63 to 75 x 17 to 21 ^ 8-spored. clavate, very 



