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Coniothecium celtidis n. sp. 

 Tufts nestling in the bark, erumpent in longitudinal hysteriiform 

 chinks, black ; spore masses subglobose or ellipsoid, .0008-.0016 of an 

 inch broad, component cells or spores few or many, .0003-.0005 of an 

 inch broad. Branchlets of hackberry. Saugerties. May, 



Lachnella bicolor n. sp. 



Cups minute, -S-.S of a line broad when moist, less when dry, sessile, 

 clothed above with soft, pale yellow hairs, below with white hairs which 

 appear to connect them with the matrix, the margin incurved, ciliate^ 

 hymenium orange or yellowish orange; asci cylindric or subclavate, 

 about .003 of an inch long, .00025 broad; spores oblong, straight or 

 slightly curved, hyaline, .0005-.0008 of an inch long, .00012-.00016 broad; 

 paraphyses filiform, about equal to the asci in length. Base of dead 

 stems of pokeweed, Phytolacca decandra. Snyders Corners. 

 August. This species is similar in color to L. c i tr in a Pk., from which 

 it differs in its larger size, longer spores and white hairs of the base. 

 Under the influence of moisture the cups expand and reveal the 

 hymenium. When dry they close and conceal it. The two colors of 

 the hairs of the exterior are suggestive of the specific name. 



Tapesia rhois Fairman 

 Dead branches of sumac. Lyndonville. September. C. E. Fairman. 



Pyrenopeziza tamaricis {Rouin>^ Sacc. 



Dead stems of tamarisk, Tamarix africana. Yates, Orleans 

 CO. October. C. E. Fairman. 



Pseudohelotium fairmani {E. 6" E) Sacc. 

 Bark lying on the ground. Ridgeway. April. C. E. Fairman. 



Sphaerella asterinoides E. b^ E. 

 Dead stems of wild teazel. Lyndonville. May. C. E. Fairman. 



Otthia aceris Wint 

 Dead branches of maple. Lyndonville. May. C. E. Fairman. 



Cryptovalsa eutypaeformis Sacc. 

 Dead, decorticated branches of maple. Lyndonville. August. C. E. 

 Fairman. 



