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Geopyxis carbonaria A. & S. 

 Burnt soil. Ithaca. May. Specimens of this and the nine 

 following species were contributed by Mr Durand. 



Calloria caulophylli (E. & E.) Rehm 



Dead stems of blue cohosh, Oaulo]) li y 11 u m thalic- 

 troides. Ithaca. May. 



Lachnum inquilinum (Karst.) Schroet. 



Dead stems of scouring rush, Equisetum hie male. 



Ithaca. May. 



Sclerotinia smilacinae Durand 



Dead rootstocks of wild spikenard, Smilacina racemosa. 



Ithaca. May. 



Ciboria americana Durand 



Dead chestnut burs. Ithaca. October. 



Ciboria sulphurella (E. & E.) Rehm 



Dead petioles of ash leaves. Farmington, Ontario co. Sep- 

 tember. 



Peziza violacea Pers. 



Burnt soil. Ithaca. May. 



Caldesia sabinae (Dellot) Rehm 

 Loose bark of red cedar, J u n i p e r u s Virginian a. Ithaca. 



November. 



Helotium scutula vitellinum Rehm 



Dead stems of herbs. Ithaca. October. 



Ascobolus atrofuscus Ph. & PL 

 Charred wood. Canandaigua. September. 



Melanospora vervecina (Desm.) Fckl. 

 Decaying w^ood of yellow birch, Betula lute a. North Elba. 

 September. 



Leptosphaeria variegata n. sp. 



Perithecia numerous, minute, depressed globose, seated on in 

 determinate spots of a pinkish, grayish or brownish color, at first 

 covered by the epidermis, then erumpent, black; asci cylindric; 



