32 Annual Report of the State Botanist. 



Gloeosporiura leptospermum, n. sp. 



Spots yellowish, small, irregulai',submdeterminate; acervuli arophi- 

 geuous, small, rotund, oblong or irregular, erumpent, brown or 

 blackish; spores subcylindrical, slightly pointed, straight, colorless, 

 .0008 to .001 in. long, .00016 broad. 



Living fronds of Pteris aquilina. Sevey. July. 



By its slender spores, this species approaches the genus Cylindros- 



porium. 



Epicoccum purpurascens, Ehren. 



Eind of decaying squashes. Menands. November. 



Underwoodia, gen. nov. 



Receptacle fleshy, more or less elongated, columnar or stem-like, 

 externally uneven sulcate-costate or lacunose, everywhere ascigerous, 

 internally excavated, lacunosely fistulose or containing several 

 longitudinal cavities; asci eight-spored, paraphysate. 



A genus of Helvellacese, allied to Helvella. It is as if the stem of 

 Eelvella crispa should be deprived of its pileus and entirely covered 

 with an adnate hymenium, thus becoming a stemless receptacle; or 

 as if the receptacle of a Morchella were greatly elongated and 

 stemless. 



Dedicated to Professor L. M. Underwood. 



Underwoodia columnaris, w. sp. 



[Plate 4. Figs. 1 to 4.] 



Receptacle columnar, straight or slightly curved above, externally 

 somewhat sulcate-costate or lacunosely uneven, whitish or brownish, 

 within white, containing several longitudinal cavities, stemless; asci 

 cylindrical, .007 to .008 in. long .0006 broad; spores elliptical verru- 

 culose, .0008 to .0009 in. long, .0005 broad, colorless, containing a 

 single large nucleus. 



Plant 4 to 6 inches high, 8 to 12 lines broad. 



Among fallen leaves. Kirkville, Onondaga county. July. 



Three specimens of this singular fungus were found by Professor 

 J. T. Fischer. To facilitate their preservation by drying they were 

 divided longitudinally. Halves of two of them were sent to me by 

 Professor Underwood and from this material and from accompanying 

 notes and sketches I have drawn up the description and figure. It is 

 evidently a rare as well as a remarkable fungus. 



Lachnella cerina, Phil. 

 Decaying wood of birch, Betula lutea. Cascadeville, Adirondack 

 mountains. September. 



