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NEW OR NOTEWORTHY SPECIES OF FUNGI 



JOHN DEARNESS AND HOMER D. HOUSE 



Anthostoma peckii Dearness & House, sp. nov. 



Stromata scattered in the cortex, free from the wood and so com- 

 ing off with the bark ; covered by the thin cuticle which is ruptured 

 by the minute black ostiola. Perithecia 4 to 12, loosely immersed 

 in the slight stroma or merely valsoid, dark brown, 180 to 320 /x in 

 diameter. Asci long cylindric, p. sp. 60 to 80 x 8 to 10 fi, paraphyses 

 exceeding the asci. Sporidia brown, not opake, uniseriate, some- 

 times slightly overlapping, broadly elliptic or ovate, 8 to 10 x 7 to 

 9/x. 



On dead stems of Menispermum canadense L., North 

 Greenbush. C. H. Peck, April. Type in the herbarium of the New 

 York 6tate Museum. 



Anthostomella closterium (B. & C.) Sacc. 



On dead stems of Opulaster opulifolius (L.) Kuntze, 

 West Albany, N. Y. C. H. Peck, May. Sporidia in thin gelatinous 

 envelopes, prolonged into a spur 30 to 50 /x long at each end. 



Anthostomella picaceum (C. & E.) Sacc. 



On decorticated and partially decayed wood of Acer. Catskill 

 mountains. C. H. Peck. This material apparently does not differ 

 in any marked degree from the typical form from New Jersey on 

 Vaccinium. 



Asterella fraxinina Dearness & House, sp. nov. 



Perithecia subcuticular, developed upon an innate brown subicle 

 of septate radiating fibers, 12 to 15 /x thick at the base, brown, 

 depressed, about 150 /x in diameter. Ostiola short, about 20 /x wide. 

 Asci obtuse, obclavate, widest at about one-third of their length 

 from the base, 45 to 54 x 7 to 9 /x ; paraphyses obscure. Sporidia 

 hyaline, uniseptate, lower cell larger than the upper, some of them 

 curved, 12 x 3 to 3.5 /x. 



On old fallen petioles of Fr ax i 11 u s nigra Marsh. Sandlake. 

 C. H. Peck, May. Type in herbarium of the New York State 

 Museum. 



