REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST I915 29 



NEW OR INTERESTING SPECIES OF FUNGI III 



I Fungi new to the State flora 



Aleurodiscus farlowi Burt 



On dead branches and twigs of hemlock, Tsuga cana- 

 densis, Vaughns, Washington county. S. H. Burnham, February 

 20, 19 14. (Determined by E. A. Burt.) 



Botryosphaeria fuliginosa I\I. & ]\I. 

 On dead twigs of F r a x i n u s a m e r i c a n a L., Sylvan 

 Beach, Oneida county. H. D. House, Alay 14, 191 5. 



Calosphaeria cornicola E. & E. 



On dead branches of Cornus panic u lata near Beth- 

 lehem, N. Y. April. Dr Charles H. Peck. 



Cercospora caricis Dearness & House, n. sp. 



Spots yellow, not definitely bordered, similar on both sides of the 

 leaf, generally following but not bounded by the veinlets ; hyphal 

 tufts brown, hyphae 15-20 by 4-6 p., amphigenous but mostly 

 epiphyllous ; conidia hyaline, slightly obclavate, occasionally con- 

 catenate, fiexuous, continuous to 4-septate, 40-80 by 3 u. 



Old Forge, N. Y., on leaves of Carex folliculata. Dr 

 C. H. Peck, August. 



This species dififers very markedly from Cercospora 

 c a r i c i n a Ell. & Dearness, which has minute hypophyllous tufts, 

 and from Cercospora microstigma Sacc, which pos- 

 sesses smoky, margined spots. 



Coniothyrium concentricum Desm. 



On languishing leaves of Yucca f i 1 a m e n t o s a L. (cultv.) 

 Oneida, ^Madison county. H. D. House, June 20, 1915. 



Coryneum umbonatum Nees 

 On dead twigs of Carpinus caroliniana W^alt. Sylvan 

 Beach. H. D. House, May 10, 1915. 



Cucurbitaria ceanothi Dearness & Tlouse, sp. nov. 

 Peridiecia rough, small, subcaespitose on a black cortical stroma 

 which finally throws oft' the cuticle; asci paraphysate, 150-175 by 



