Z4 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 
Monilia peckiana var. angustior Sacc. in the 39th 
Report of the New York State Museum, page 49, but it has recently 
been raised to specific rank of which it certainly seems worthy. 
Professor Reade finds that the fungus attacks also the stems, peti- 
oles and principal veins of the leaves of the chokecherry. 
Myxosporium castaneum n. sp. 
Acervuli gregarious, obicular, 4-24 mm broad, nestling in 
the bark, surrounded by the ruptured epidermis, pallid or grayish; 
spores oblong or elliptic, hyaline, .oo024-.0004 of an inch long, 
.00312—.c0016 broad, sporophores filiform, equal to or longer than 
the spores. 
Dead branches of chestnut, Castanea dentata (Marsh.) 
Borkh. Queens co. March. J. Mickleborough. 
This fungus is sometimes associated with the conidial form of 
Diaporthe parasitica Murr. from which it may be dis- 
tinguished by the paler color of the acervuli and the larger size 
of the spores. ; 
Acervuli gregarii, orbiculares, lat. 43-24 mm in cortice nidu- 
lantes, epidermide rupta circumscripti, pallidi vel subgrisei; sporae 
oblongae vel ellipsoideae, hyalinae, 6-10 x 3-4 », basidia filiformia, 
sporis aequalia vel longiora. 
Nardia crenuliformis (Aust.) Lindb. 
Rocks in rivulets. Rockland co. November. C. F. Austin. 
Nectria sambuci E. & E. 
Dead stems of sweet elder, Sambucus canadensis L. 
Wells, Hamilton co. September. 
Neottiella polytrichi (Schum.) Mass. 
On hair cap mosses. Glenmont, Albany co. November. S. H. 
Burnham. 
Pellia endiviaefolia (Dicks. Dumort. 
Banks of ditches near Syracuse. October. L. M. Underwood. 
-Phoma corni Fckl. 
Dead twigs of round leaved cornel, Cornus circinata 
L’Her. Rensselaer lake, Albany co. April. S. H. Burnham. 
