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Septoria atropurpurea Peck 



On living leaves of Aster corymbosus Ait. Karner, 

 Albany county. H. D. House, July 26, 191 5. The following host 

 species for this fungus are represented in the state herbarium in 

 addition to the above : Aster macrophyllus (N. Y. Peck, 

 type); Aster drummondii * (Wise. Davis); Aster 

 laevis (Ontario, Dearness) ; Aster corymbosus (On- 

 tario, Dearness). 



Septoria conspicua E. & M. 



On living leaves of Lysimachia quadrifolia L. near 

 Huntington, Long Island. H. D. House, September 17, 191 5. 



Septoria erigerontis Peck 

 On leaves of Erigeron annuus L. Albany. H. D. 

 House, July 25, 1915. On leaves of E. pulchellus, Cicero, 

 Onondaga county, August 12, 1915. On leaves of E. phila- 

 delphicus, Oneida, Madison county. May 14, 1915. 



Septoria verbenae Rob. & Desm. 



On living leaves of Verbena hastata L. Outlet of Onon- 

 daga lake, Onondaga county. H. D. House, August 10, 191 5. On 

 same host, Pecksport, Madison county. July 2, 191 5. Albany, 

 June 19, 1915. 



Septoria wilsoni Clinton 



On living leaves of Chelone glabra L. North of Liver- 

 pool, Onondaga county. H. D. House, August 10, 191 5. On same 

 host, Albany,. July 25, 1915. Other collections of this species, on 

 the same host, in the state herbarium are Buffalo (Clinton, type) ; 

 Alcove (Shear) ; North Elba and Caroga (Peck). - 



Sphaeropsis ailanthi Ell. & Barth. 

 Albany, N. Y., on dead twigs of Ailanthus glandulosa 

 Desf. H. D. House, February 22, 1915. 



Sphaeropsis conspicua House, nom. nov. 



Sphaeropsis maculans Peck, 39th Rep't. N. Y. State Museum, p. 46. 1886. Not 

 S. maculans Lev., Ann. Sci. Nat. 1846, p. 297. 



Perithecia immersed, 400-500 /x broad, black ; ostiola papillate ; 

 sporules elliptical, colored, 10-12.5 x 5-6.5 /x. 



On decorticated dead twigs (apparently Acer), Adirondack 

 mountains. May 1885 (Peck). 



