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Spermogonia (Cytispora Chionanthi E. & E.) buried in 

 the bark, flask-shaped, .5 to .75 |U. diameter, multilocular, the 

 cells soon confluent, the apex erumpent and perforated by a 

 single pore. Sporules allantoid, 4 to 6 x i to 1.25 /i, borne 

 on basidia branched above, the branches erect, straight, 

 nucleate, 7 to 10 fj. long. 

 V. PAUPERATA C. & E. 



On Acer rubrum, March 26, 1894 (Nuttall, 1444, 423). 

 V. LEUCOSTOMA (Pers.) Fr. 



On peach tree, Dec. 2, 1894 (Nuttall, 1768). 

 V. LiNDERAE Peck. 



On Benzoin Benzoin, April 11, 1895 {Nuttall, 1796). 



EUTYPELLA Nits. 

 E. DENSissiMA E. & E., Proc. Phila. Acad., 341 (1894). 



Type habitat: On dead limbs ^ralia spinosa, Feb., 1894 

 (Nuttall, 363). 



Stromata scattered, cortical, depressed-conical, 2 to 3 mm. 

 diameter, not circumscribed, but staining the bark olive-gray. 

 Perithecia numerous, often 50 to 70 in a stroma, 100 to 120 

 ju, diameter, closely packed, their slender necks terminating 

 in obtusely conical, 4 cleft, black, densely crowded ostiola 

 erumpent in a brown disk surrounded by the ruptured epi- 

 dermis. The disk is soon obliterated, so that only the 

 crowded, black, subshining ostiola are seen. Asci clavate- 

 fusoid, p. sp. 25 to 30 X 4 ;(i. Sporidia biseriate, allantoid, 

 hyaline, moderately curved, 8 to 10 x 1.5 to 2 fj,. 

 E. RUGiELLA (C. & E.) Sacc. 



On Acer rubrum, May 4, 1893 (Nuttall, 921). 

 E. STELLULATA (Fr.) Sacc. 



On Robinia Pseudacacia, March 29, 1893 (Nuttall, 33). 

 On Ailanthus, Monongalia: near Morgantown (Sheldon). 

 E. Platini Sz. 



On Platanus occidentalis in drift. Spores 7.5 to 8 x 1.5 

 to 2 IX, Oct. 21, 1895 (Nuttall, 1885). 



EUTYPA Tul. 

 E. SPINOSA (Pers.) Tul. 



On dry dead logs, June 29, 1893 (Nuttall, 1105). 

 E. MiLLiARiA (Fr.) Sacc. 



On river drift wood, April 20, 1894. Asci 150 x 6 /x spores 

 10 X 2 /* (Nuttall, 1477). 



DIATRYPE Fr. 

 D. Stigma (Hofifm.) Fr. 



On Castanea dentata, April 15, 1895 (Nuttall, 1799). 



