38 Thirty-second Report on the State Museum. 



United States Species of Phallus. 



Denuded pileus reticulate with coarse deep pits or cells. 

 Veil exposed. 



Large and reticulate with large perforations P. indusiatus Vent. 



Smaller and reticulate with small perforations P. Daemonum Humph. 



Smaller and plicate P. duplicatus Bosc. 



Veil none P. impudicus L. 



Denuded pileus even or merely porous. 



Veil short, concealed beneath the pileus P. Ravenelii B. & C. 



Veil none P. rubicundus Bosc. 



Clathrus cancellatus L. 

 Buffalo. Clinton. 



GrE ASTER CAPENSIS TkUTTl. 



Ground in woods. Sterling, Cayuga County. Aug. 



Enerthenema papillata Pers. 



Decaying hemlock wood. Catskill Mountains. July. 



Cribraria vulgaris Schrad. 



Decaying wood. Catskill Mountains. July. 



ACROSPERMUM ALBUM n. Sp. 



White, subfusiform, subcompressed, pointed at the apex, narrowed below 

 into a short terete stem-like base ; spores numerous, elongated, filiform. 



Dead stems of spikenard, Aralia racemosa. Catskill Mountains. July. 

 This is about the size of A. compressum, but is at once distinguished 

 from that species by its white color. 



Sph^ropsis Peckiana Thum. 



Dead grape vines. Albany. May. 



Sph^hopsis pulchrispora P. & C, n. sp. 



Perithecia small, scattered, slightly prominent, covered by the epidermis, 

 black ; spores oblong or cylindrical, obtuse, straight or curved, three to five- 

 nucleate, hyaline, .O006'-.OQ08' long, .O002'-.OOO25' broad. 



Dead stems of Polygonum. Buffalo. Oct. Clinton. 



Sphjeropsis typhina n. sp. 



Perithecia scattered, subcorneal, slightly prominent, often compressed, 

 black ; spores fusiform, pointed at each extremity, colored, .0006' long, 

 .00016' broad. 



Dead leaves of Typha latif cilia. Sprakers. June. 

 The fusiform pointed spores are a noticeable character in this species. 



SPHiEROPSIS CORNINA n. Sp. 



Perithecia numerous, not crowded, minute, nearly covered by the stellately 

 ruptured epidermis, black, mouth large ; spores oblong, obtuse, hyaline, 

 .0012'-.0016' long, .0005-.00055' broad. 



