34 Thibty-thibd Annual Eeport of the 



sunk to the wood or nestling in the inner bark ; ostiola entire, crowded, 

 slightly exserted; asci fusiform or subcylindrical; spores crowded, 

 cylindrical, straight or slightly curved, quadrinucleate, colorless, .0005 

 in. to .0006 in. long, .00016 in. broad. Dead branches of wild bird 

 cherry, Prunus Pennsylvanica. Sandlake. May. 



Valsa tessera, Fr. Dead stems of hazel nut, " Corylns Americana. 

 Center. May. 



Valsa Abietis, Fr. Bark of hemlock and spruce trees. West Troy, 

 Sandlake and North Greenbush . May and Oct. In some instan- 

 ces the asci are wanting, the perithecia being filled with a multitude 

 of the minute spores. 



Valsa acroeystis, n. sp. (Plate 2, figs. 19-22.) Pustules small, 

 covered by the epidermis, which is slightly elevated and ruptured in a 

 narrow transverse chink ; perithecia generally 4 to 12, circinating, 

 seated on the inner bark, covered by a grayish-brown tomentum, 

 ostiola short, blunt, black, seriately placed ; asci oblong ; spores large, 

 crowded or biseriate, oblong, colored, uniseptate, .0016 in. to .0025 

 in. long, .0005 in. to .0008 in. broad, with a small hyaline hemi- 

 spherical or subglobose appendage at each end. Dead branches of 

 birch, Betula lenta. North Greenbush. May. The linear arrange- 

 ment of the ostiola and the peculiar character of the appendages of 

 the spores are marked features in this species. The tomentum of the 

 pustules and the large colored appendiculate spores indicate a relation- 

 ship between this species and Valsa hapalocystis, and yet our plant 

 belongs to the Section Euvalsa. The specific name has reference to 

 the appendages of the spores. 



Sphaeria capillifera, Curr. Decaying wood. Portage. July. Clin- 

 ton. 



Cucurbitaria longitudinalis, n. sp. (Plate 2, figs. 23-26.) Peri- 

 thecia .02 in. to .03 in. broad, subglobose, arranged in short lines in 

 longitudinal chinks in the bark, black, pierced at the apex ; asci 

 cylindrical ; spores uniseriate, four or five-septate, often with one or two 

 longitudinal septa, colored, .0011 in. to .0013 in. long, .0004 in. to 

 .0005 in. broad. Dead stems of the privet Andromeda, Andromeda 

 hgustrina. Center. May. 



Sphserella recutita, Fr. Dead leaves of carices, Carex varia. West 

 Troy. May. 



Sphaerella depressa, n. sp. Perithecia numerous, minute, depressed 

 or even concave when dry, black ; asci oblong-clavate ; spores simple, 

 oblong-elliptical or subfusiform, colorless, .0005 in. to .0006 in. long. 

 Dead stems of Mulgedium. Center. May. The perithecia are so 

 much depressed that they resemble a minute Peziza in form. They 

 are slightly papillate. 



Sphaerella conigena, n. sp. Perithecia minute, erumpent, black ; 

 asci broad, obovate or subclavate, somewhat pointed at the apex ; 

 spores oblong or subcylindrical, when mature uniseptate, .001 in. to 

 .0016 in. long. Old cones of arbor-vitse. Helderberg mountains 

 July. 



