﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  BOTANIST. 
  61 
  

  

  Sph^eria 
  spermoides 
  Hoffm. 
  

  

  Decaying 
  wood. 
  Buffalo. 
  Clinton. 
  May. 
  

  

  Sphjsria 
  (Denudatje) 
  salebrosa 
  C. 
  <& 
  P. 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Perithecia 
  gregarious 
  or 
  crowded, 
  globose, 
  rough, 
  black, 
  depressed 
  

   and 
  umbilicate, 
  pierced 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  and 
  faintly 
  radiately 
  silicate, 
  

   .02-.03' 
  broad 
  ; 
  asci 
  cylindrical 
  or 
  clavate 
  ; 
  spores 
  lanceolate, 
  acute 
  

   uniseptate, 
  constricted 
  at 
  the 
  septum, 
  brown, 
  .0014'-.002' 
  long, 
  

   .0003-.0004' 
  broad 
  ; 
  paraphyses 
  numerous, 
  filiform. 
  

  

  Dead 
  stems 
  of 
  shrubs. 
  Center. 
  October. 
  

  

  Sph^eria 
  (Denudatjs) 
  recess 
  a 
  C. 
  <& 
  P. 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Perithecia 
  gregarious, 
  at 
  first 
  semi-immersed, 
  smooth, 
  flattened, 
  

   dark-brown 
  or 
  black, 
  .012' 
  broad 
  ; 
  asci 
  subclavate 
  ; 
  spores 
  one 
  or 
  two- 
  

   seriate, 
  elliptical, 
  uniseptate, 
  deeply 
  constricted 
  at 
  the 
  septum, 
  color- 
  

   less, 
  .0005-.0008' 
  long, 
  .00025-.0004' 
  broad. 
  

  

  Decaying 
  wood. 
  Tyre. 
  September. 
  

  

  The 
  perithecia 
  have 
  a 
  somewhat 
  discoid 
  appearance. 
  

  

  Sph^eria 
  (Denudat^e) 
  squalidttla 
  C. 
  <& 
  P. 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Perithecia 
  gregarious, 
  globose, 
  semi-immersed, 
  pierced 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  

   about 
  .012' 
  broad, 
  black 
  ; 
  asci 
  cj 
  r 
  lindrical 
  ; 
  spores 
  uniseriate, 
  elliptical, 
  

   simple, 
  binucleate, 
  colorless, 
  .0005-.0007' 
  long. 
  

  

  Decaying 
  chestnut 
  wood. 
  Portville. 
  September. 
  

  

  Sph^ria 
  (Denudat^e) 
  interstitialis 
  C. 
  c& 
  P. 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Perithecia 
  gregarious, 
  at 
  first 
  semi-immersed, 
  always 
  apparently 
  so 
  

   by 
  nestling 
  between 
  the 
  fibres 
  of 
  the 
  wood, 
  subglobose, 
  pierced 
  at 
  the 
  

   apex, 
  black, 
  .012-.02' 
  in 
  diameter; 
  asci 
  cylindrical 
  ; 
  spores 
  uniseriate, 
  

   polymorphous, 
  triseptate, 
  with 
  occasional 
  vertical 
  septa, 
  deeply 
  con- 
  

   stricted, 
  brown, 
  .0012-.0014' 
  long, 
  .0005-.00065' 
  broad. 
  

  

  Decorticated 
  wood 
  of 
  cherry. 
  Greenbush.' 
  November. 
  

  

  Sph^eria 
  exilis 
  A. 
  dk 
  S. 
  

  

  Decaying 
  wood. 
  Markham 
  Station. 
  Clinton. 
  May. 
  

  

  Sphjeria 
  spiculosa 
  Pers. 
  

   Dead 
  branches. 
  North 
  Greenbush. 
  July. 
  

  

  Sph^ria 
  obtusissima 
  B. 
  <& 
  C. 
  

  

  Decaying 
  maple 
  wood. 
  Sandlake. 
  July. 
  

  

  I 
  depend 
  upon 
  specimens 
  received 
  from 
  the 
  late 
  Dr. 
  Curtis 
  for 
  the 
  

   validity 
  of 
  this 
  determination 
  as 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  no 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  

   species. 
  

  

  