104 Twenty- FIFTH Report on tee State Museum. 



Yalsa hapalocystis B. & Br. 



Dead brandies of Platanus occidentcdls. Betlileheiu. April. 



Massaria Argus Tul. 



Dead branches of birch trees. Fortville. September. 



Spiijsria iiirsuta Fr. 



Decaying wood. Sandlake. October. 



Sph^ria bombarda JBatsch. 



Decaying wood. Portville. September. 



Sph^eria moriformis Tode. 



Decaying wood. Catskill Mts. July. 



Sph^eria pulveracea Ehrh. 



Bark of oak trees. Greenbush. August. 



Sph.eria salicella Fr. 



Dead branches of willows. Greenbnsh. May. 



Sph.eria Eamulicola n. sp. 



Perithecia small, scattered, seated on the inner bark, erumpent 

 by an angular or subcircular aperture, subglobose, subiibrous, 

 black, white within; ostiola minute, indistinct; asci cylindrical; 

 spores elliptical, uniseriate, biseptate, slightly constricted, colored, 

 .OOOS'-.OOir long, .00055' broad. 



Dead twigs of elm trees. Greenbnsh. May. 



The perithecia are abundant on all sides of the smaller branches, 

 rendering them rongh to the touch. 



Sph.eria Yaccinicola Schw. 



Dead twigs of Vaccinium corynibosum. Sandlake.- 



Sph.eria Pezizula B. <& C 



Dead branches of Cornics alterm folia. Sandlake. April. 



Sph-eria lilacina ScJiw. \ 



Dead stems oi Phytolacca decandra. Trenton Falls. September. 



Sph.eria rubella Pers. 



Dead stems of herbs. Castleton. June. 



