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composed of erect fibres. Though dry, it is not very tough. The 

 spores are oblong or subfusiform .0005 to .0007 inch long, .0002 

 broad. 



HYMENOCH^TE TENUIS, N. sp. 



Resupinate, very thin, even, forming elongated, more or less 

 confluent, dark ferruginous patches, concolorous on the determinate 

 margin, inseparable, rimose; setae acute, .0012 to .0025 inch long. 



Decorticated wood of arbor-vitae, Thuja occidentalis. Cascade- 

 ville. June. 



CLAVARIA KROMHOLZn, Fr. 



Open woods. Brewerton and Adirondack mountains. September. 



PHYLLOSTICTA LYCOPERSICI, N. sp. 



Spots large, suborbicular, cinereous; perithecia minute, brown 

 or blackish, opening by a single or sometimes by two pores; spores 

 abundant, oblong or elliptical, .00025 to .0003 inch long, .0001 

 to .00012 broad. 



Fruit of tomato, Lycopersicum esculentum. Menands, Albany 

 county. July. 



PHYLLOSTICTA PHASEOLINA, Sacc. 



Leaves of cultivated bean, Phaseolus vulgaris. Menands. Sep- 

 tember. 



PHYLLOSTICTA CARY.^, N. sp. 



Spots large, irregular, often confluent, at first yellowish, then 

 brown, sometimes becoming grayish in the center; perithecia 

 minute, .004 inch broad, punctate, epiphyllous; spores irregularly 

 elliptical, .0002 inch long, .00008 broad. 



Living leaves of hickory, Carya alba. Piffard. August. 



PHYLLOSTICTA PHOMIFORMIS, Sacc. 



Living leaves of white oak, Quercus alba. Sandlake, Rensselaer 

 county. September. 



PHYLLOSTICTA TUMORICOLA, N. sp. 



Spots suborbicular, arid, pallid with a reddish or reddish-brown 

 margin, apparently caused by insects; perithecia amphigenous or 

 epiphyllous minute, .005 to .007 inch broad, depressed, brownish; 

 spores oblong or narrowly elliptical, colorless, .0004 to .0005 inch 

 long, .0002 to .00025 broad. 



Living gall-spotted leaves of white oak, Quercus alba. Karner. 

 October. In P. phomiformis the spores are much larger than in 



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