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at first pale, then brownish; spores oblong, straight or slightly 

 curved, .00025 to .0004 inch long, .00012 to .00016 broad. 



Living leaves of yellow pond lily, Nupliar advena. Argusville, 

 Schoharie county. July. 



PHYLLOSTICTA SYMPHORICARPI, West. 



Livinjj leaves of snowberry, SympJioricarpus racemostis. Cana- 

 joharie, Montgomer}^ county. July. 



PHOMA MAGNIFRUCTA, N. sp. 



Perithecia small, .005 to .007 inch broad, scattered, subglobose, 

 erumpent, black; spores oblong-fusiform, .0009 to .0012 inch' long, 

 .0003 to .0004 broad; sporophores short. 



Cone scales of arbor vitae. Thuja occidenialis. Kecne, Essex 

 county. June. 



This species is readily distinguished from others inhabiting cone 

 scales by its large spores. 



PHOMA LEGUMINUxM, West. 



Legumes of locust, Robin ia pseudacacia. Piffard. August. 



PHOMA OLERACEA, Sacc. v. DIPSACI Sacc. 



Dead stems of teasel, Dipsacus sylvestris. Wallington, Wayne 

 county. September. 



PHOMA EUPYRENA Sacc. 



Dead potato stems. Menands. October. 



PHOMA POPULI, N. sp. 



Perithecia minute, .003 to .004 inch broad, epiphyllous, grega- 

 rious, black, opening by a large pore; spores cylindrical, straight 

 or slightly curved. .0006 to .0008 inch long, .00012 broad. 



Dead leaves of poplar, Populus tremuloides . Elizabeth town. 



September. 



PHOMA HERBARUM, West. 



Dead stems of wormwood, Artemisia vulgaris. Port Henry. 



June. 



PHOMA CASTANEA, N. sp. 



Perithecia numerous, surrounding the l)ranch, .011 to .014 inch 

 Ijroad, erumpent, black; spores minute, oblong or cylindrical, 

 .00025 to .0003 inch long, .00006 to .00008 broad; sporophores short. 



Dead branches of chestnut, Castanca vcsca. Sandlake. ALay. 



