﻿Report 
  of 
  the 
  Botanist. 
  51 
  

  

  Clathroptychium 
  rugulosum 
  Wallr. 
  

  

  Trunks 
  of 
  poplars. 
  Adirondack 
  Mts. 
  July. 
  

  

  The 
  young 
  plant 
  has 
  a 
  bright 
  flesh-color 
  or 
  orange 
  hue. 
  

  

  NlDULARIA 
  PULVINATA 
  Sc7lW. 
  

  

  Old 
  fence 
  boards 
  lying 
  on 
  the 
  ground. 
  Greenbush. 
  October. 
  

  

  Leptostroma 
  lineare 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Perithecia 
  flattened, 
  thin, 
  subangular, 
  at 
  first 
  covered 
  by 
  the 
  

   epidermis, 
  striated, 
  generally 
  with 
  a 
  sharp 
  elevation 
  or 
  ridge 
  

   along 
  the 
  center, 
  mostly 
  seriately 
  placed, 
  black 
  ; 
  spores 
  slen- 
  

   der, 
  oblong, 
  curved, 
  colorless, 
  .0003'-. 
  0004' 
  long. 
  

  

  Dead 
  stems 
  of 
  Actcea 
  spicata. 
  Helderberg 
  Mts. 
  May. 
  

  

  Phoma 
  strobilinum 
  Peck 
  & 
  Clinton 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Perithecia 
  minute, 
  scattered, 
  erumpent, 
  black 
  ; 
  spores 
  ellip- 
  

   tical 
  or 
  subovate, 
  colorless, 
  .0003' 
  long. 
  

  

  Cones 
  of 
  Pinus 
  Strobus. 
  Buffalo. 
  December. 
  Clinton. 
  

  

  Phoma 
  stercorarium 
  P. 
  & 
  C. 
  

  

  Perithecia 
  membranaceous, 
  minute, 
  scattered, 
  black 
  ; 
  spores 
  

   large, 
  elliptical, 
  .0005'-. 
  0006' 
  long. 
  

  

  Goose 
  dung. 
  Portage. 
  November 
  Clinton. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  highly 
  probable 
  that 
  this 
  is 
  a 
  nonascigerous 
  state 
  of 
  

   some 
  dung 
  Sphseria. 
  As 
  a 
  Phoma 
  it 
  is 
  remarkable 
  for 
  the 
  

   large 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  spores. 
  

  

  SPH^ERONEMA 
  ROBINIiE 
  B. 
  & 
  C. 
  

  

  Dead 
  twigs 
  of 
  basswood, 
  Tilia 
  Americana, 
  Buffalo. 
  Clin- 
  

   ton. 
  Catskill 
  Mts. 
  June. 
  

  

  Sph^eronema 
  aurantiacum 
  n. 
  sp. 
  (Plate 
  II, 
  figs. 
  9-11.) 
  

  

  Perithecia 
  small, 
  erumpent, 
  hemispherical 
  or 
  subconical, 
  

   sometimes 
  with 
  a 
  slight 
  papilliform 
  ostiolum, 
  orange 
  ; 
  spores 
  

   oblong-elliptical, 
  colorless, 
  . 
  0003'-. 
  0004' 
  long, 
  oozing 
  out 
  and 
  

   forming 
  a 
  whitish 
  or 
  pale 
  cream-colored 
  globule. 
  

  

  Dead 
  bark 
  of 
  Cornus 
  alter 
  Qii 
  folia. 
  Bethlehem. 
  May. 
  

   The 
  species 
  is 
  remarkable 
  for 
  its 
  orange-colored 
  perithecia. 
  

  

  Sph^eropsis 
  Pennsylvania 
  B. 
  & 
  C. 
  

   Dead 
  branches 
  of 
  ash 
  trees. 
  Buffalo. 
  February. 
  Clinton. 
  

  

  Spii^eropsis 
  minima 
  B. 
  & 
  C. 
  

  

  Living 
  leaves 
  of 
  red 
  maple, 
  Acer 
  rubrum. 
  North 
  Greenbush. 
  

   June. 
  

  

  