24 Report of the State Botanist. 



Diatrype albopruinosa Schw. 

 Dead branches of oak, maple, hop hornbean, etc. Albany and 

 EeDsselaer counties. 



Diatrype Hochelagae E. S E. 

 Decayed wood. Alcove. January. Shear. 



Sphserella Chimaphilae n. sp. 



Perithecia minute, .0025 to .003 in. broad, numerous, mostly 

 hypophyllous, seated on indefinite blackish spots or occupying 

 the whole surface of the leaf ; asci subcylindrical, .0016 to .002 

 in. long ; spores crowded in the ascus, subclavate, colorless, .0005 

 to .0006 in. long, .00016 broad. 



Dead and fallen leaves of Princes Pine, Chimaphila umbellata. 



Cooperstown Junction. June. The septum of the spore is 



obscure. 



Diaporthe decedens Fr. 



Dead stems of hazelnut. Elizabethtown. May. 



Massariella Curreyi Tul. 



Dead braaches of basswood, Tilia Americana. Selkirk, 

 Albany county. June. 



Our specimens are not typical, but may be called Var. Ameri- 

 cana. Asci very variable in length, .007 to .009 in. long ; spores 

 .0016 to .002 in. long; .0005 to .0006 broad. 



Melanconis occulta {FcJcl.) Sacc. 

 Dead branches of poplar. Alcove. Shear. 



The following species and varieties are described from extra- 

 limital specimens sent to me for identification and are not known 

 to belong to our State Flora. 



Clavaria Macouni n . sp . 



Clubs single or clustered, 6 to 10 lines high, obtuse or subacute, 

 dingy greenish-yellow or pale cinereous ; spores minute, elliptical, 

 .0002 in. long, .00012 broad. 



Among mosses under cedar trees. Canada. September. 

 Macoun. 



The species belongs to the section Syncoryne. 



