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at first pale, then brownish ; spores oblong, straight or slightly 

 curved, .00025 to .0004 inch long, .00012 to .00016 broad. 



Living leaves of yellow pond lily, Nuphar advena. Argus ville, 

 Schoharie county. July. 



PHYLLOSTICTA SYMPHORICARPI, West. 

 Living leaves of snowberry, Symphoricarpus racemosus. Cana- 

 joharie, Montgomery county. July. 



PHOMA MAGNIFRUCTA, N. sp. 



Perithecia small, .005 to .007 inch broad, scattered, subglobose, 

 erumpent, black; spores oblong-fusiform, .0009 to .0012 inch long, 

 .0003 to .0004 broad ; sporophores short. 



Cone scales of arbor vitse, Thuja occidentaLis. Keene, Essex 

 county. June. 



This species is readily distinguished from others inhabiting cone 

 scales by its large spores. 



PHOMA LEGUMINUM, West. 

 Legumes of locust, Robinia pseudacacia. Piftard. August. 



PHOMA OLERACEA, Sacc v. DIPSACI Sacc. 

 Dead stems of teasel, Dipsacus sylvestris. Wallington, Wayne 

 county. September. 



PHOMA EUPYRENA, Sacc. 

 Dead potato stems. Menands. October. 



PHOMA POPTJLI, N. sp. 



•Perithecia minute, .003 to .004 inch broad, epiphyllous, grega- 



1 rious, black, opening by a large pore; spores cylindrical, straight 



or slightly curved, .0006 to .0008 inch long, .00012 broad. 



Dead leaves of poplar, Populus trerauloides. Elizabeth town. 



September. 



PHOMA HERBARUM, West. 



Dead stems of wormwood, Artemisia vulgaris. Port Henry. 



June. 



PHOMA CASTANEA, N. sp. 



Perithecia numerous, surrounding the branch, .011 to .014 inch 

 broad, erumpent, black ; spores minute, oblong or cylindrical, 

 .00025 to .0003 inch long, .00006 to .00008 broad ; sporophores short. 



Dead branches of chestnut, Castanea vesca. Sandlake. May. 



