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at first pale, then brownish; spores oblong, straight or slightly 

 curved, .00025 to .0004 inch long, .00012 to .00016 broad. 



Living leaves of yellow pond lily, Nuphar advena. Argusville, 

 Schoharie county. July. 



PHYLLOSTICTA SYMPHORICARPI, West. 



Living leaves of snowberry, Symphoricarpus racemosus. Cana- 

 joharie, Montgomery county. July. 



PHOMA MAGNIFRUCTA, N. sp. 



Perithecia small, .005 to .007 inch broad, scattered, subglobosc) 

 erumpent, black; spores oblong-fusiform, .0009 to .0012 inch long> 

 .0003 to .0004 broad; sporophores short. 



Cone scales of arbor-vitae, Thuja occidentalis . Keone Essex 

 county. June. 



This species is readily distinguished from others inhabiting cone 

 scales by its large spores. 



PHOMA LEGUMINUM, West. 

 Legumes of locust, Rohinia pseudacacia. Piffard. August. 



PHOMA OLERACEA, Sacc. v. DIPSACI Sacc. 



Dead stems of teasel, Dipsacus sylvestris. Wallington, Wayne 

 county. September. 



PHOMA EUPYRENA Sacc, 

 Dead potato stems. Menands. October. 



PHOMA POPULI, N. sp. 



Perithecia minute, .003 to .004 inch broad, epiphyllous, grega- 

 rious, black, opening by a large pore; spores cylindrical, straight 

 or slightly curved, .0006 to .0008 inch long, .00012 broad. 



Dead leaves of poplar, Populus tremuloides. Elizabethtown. 

 September. 



PHOMA HERBARUM, West. 



Dead stems of wormwood, Artemisia vulgaris. Port Henry. 



June. 



PHOMA CASTANEA, N. sp. 



Perithecia nimierous, surrounding the branch, .011 to .014 inch 

 broad, erumpent, black; spores minute, oblong or cylindrical, 

 .00025 to .0003 inch long, .00006 to .00008 broad; sporophores short. 



Dead branches of chestnut, Castanea vesca. Sandlake. May. 



