REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST I915 53 



Sphaeropsis linearis Peck 



(25th Ann. Rep't, N. Y. State Museum, p. 86. 1873) 

 Professor Peck states that S . linearis occurs on oak but 

 an examination of the type material shows that an error was made 

 in the identification of the host which proves to be unmistakably 

 hickory, and hence the name S . linearis Peck must replace 

 the name Sphaeropsis caryae C. & E., having priority 

 over it, and being identical in all particulars. Curiously enough, 

 while the type host material is unmistakably hickory, I have an 

 abundant collection on twigs of Quercus alba, Albany, 

 March 14, 191 5, of which Professor Dearness, after a careful 

 examination, says, " So near S . linearis, if it is not exactly 

 that, as to leave no room to make another species of it." The 

 species must therefore be credited to both hickory and oak. 



Sphaeropsis sepulta E. & E. 



(S. mori E. & E.) 

 Albany, N. Y. On dead twigs of M o r u s a 1 b a L. H. D. 

 House, February 22, 191 5. Also collected at Orient Point, Long 

 Island, by Roy Latham and at Southfield, Long Island, by Professor 

 Peck on Morus alba, and at West Albany, on M o r u s 

 rubra, by Professor Peck. 



Vermicularia compacta C. & E. 

 On dead stems of Saponariaofficinalis L. Sylvan 

 Beach, Oneida county. H. D. House, May 10, 1915. Trichia few, 

 40-60x4-6 fi; sporules arcuate, acute, 20-22x2.5-3 fi. 



Vermicularia herbarum (Pers.) Fr. 

 Among the numerous hosts upon which this has been found 

 during the past season, may be mentioned the following : A r a 1 i a 

 nudicaulis (spores 20-25 x 3 fx) ; Vitis labrusca; 

 Aster m a c r o p hy 1 lu s ; Sambucus canadensis; 

 Fraxinus americana; and Meibonia canadensis. 



Vermicularia liliacearum Westd. 

 On dead stems of Uvularia perfoliata L. Oneida, 

 Madison county. H. D. House, May 14, 191 5. " Trichia numerous ; 

 sporules 20 x 234-3 /x." 



