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described by Saccardo as Phaeangium peckianum, and 

 the specimen retained in the state herbarium is not distinct from 

 Derma tea acerina (Peck) Rehm. It has also been collected 

 at Middlebury, Vt. (E. A. Burt, June 25, 1896, in N. Y. State 

 herbarium). 



Diaporthe artospora Dearness & House, sp. nov. 



Perithecia thickly and evenly scattered in the unaltered cortex, 

 not reaching to or blackening the xylem, black, 200 fx in diameter. 

 Ostiola long conic, 50 /x thick at base. Asci fusoid, 18 to 24 x 6 

 to 9 fi. Sporidia hyaline, oblong, uniseptate, 7 to 9 x 1 to 1.5 ju. 



On fallen petioles of Fraxinus nigra. Sandlake, N. Y. 

 C. H. Peck, May (year not indicated). 



Diaporthe racemula (C. & P.) Sacc. 

 There are two collections of this in the state herbarium, viz, 

 "Aiden Lair, Essex county. C. H. Peck, July 1873" and "Lower 

 Ausable. C. H. Peck, July 1875." Both are on Epilobium 

 angustifolium (dead stems) . The latter is the better collec- 

 tion and perhaps the type of Sphaeria (Caulicolae) race- 

 mula C. & P. (29th Rep't N. Y. State Mus., p. 65. 1878). It 

 does not appear to be different from Diaporthe epilobii 

 Cooke. The description by Peck is incomplete and should state 

 that the asci and sporidia are very variable ; asci 18 to 45 x 4 to 8 /*; 

 sporidia 9 to 12 x 2.5 to 3.5 /x. 



Diaporthe spiculosa (A. & S.) Nitsch. 

 On dead branches of Fraxinus americana. Catskill 

 mountains. C. H. Peck (Reported as Valsa crataegi in 31st 

 Rep't N. Y. State Museum, p. 50). On dead branches of Fraxi- 

 nus nigra. Verona, N. Y. C. H. Perk, August 1879. 



Diatrypella aspera (Fr.) Nits. 

 This species is reported by Peck (28th Rep't N. Y. State Mus., 

 p. 71. 1876) from Tyre, N. Y., on Cornus. Re-examination of the 

 material shows that the host is Cephalanthus occiden- 

 tal i s and that the fungus thereon is Diatrypella cepha- 

 1 a n t h i (Schw.) Sacc. Unless other and authentic records exist 

 of the occurrence of D . aspera, it must be omitted from New 

 York lists. 



