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Where the fungus touched the tree, each layer seemed to spring 
directly from the wood of the tree; while each was connected 
with the one below it by processes resembling teeth or strings. 
The whole mass was compact and solid, yet there was a juiciness 
about the surface which made it necessary to handle it carefully 
lest the delicate surface become scratched. I have seen many 
similar specimens but rarely one so large and perfect. I noticed 
a statement in the NaTuratisr that, as a rule, the large fungi of 
this species are not far from the ground. But I think that in 
Maine, at least, they grow high on the trees. I have many times 
seen them too high to reach, and I incline to the belief that a 
greater altitude is the rule and not the exception. 
n the same tree where I found this large fungus there were 
several small ones lower on the trunk.—C. W. L. Rich, Auburn, 
aane 
New Froripa Funai. I.—Asterina intricata E. & M.—Peri- 
thecia ( 1%4-34™™ diam.) suborbicular, flat, black, of a reticulated 
structure, the free ends of the reticulation forming a short, sub- 
yaline, marginal fringe ; asci abundant, obovate, sessile, 15x 10z.; 
sporidia narrow, clavate-oblong, hyaline, with a faint gelatinous 
border, about 9 x 3x., endochrome once divided. Remarkable for 
its large flat perithecia scattered over the lower surface of the leaf 
without any very distinct mycelium. On living leaves of Quercus 
| arenaria, 
Venturia cupulata E. & M.—Perithecia hypophyllous, scattered, 
astomous, 300v. diam., hairy around the base, bald and collapsed 
above; hairs setaceous brown black, apices entire, 210 X 6y.; 
asci oblong, 48 X 12%., eight-spored; sporidia obovate, hyaline, 
biseriate, uniseptate, 12-13 x 4-4%. On living leaves of Quer- 
cus laurifolia, ' 
Venturia applanata E. & M.—Perithecia hypophyllous, lenti- 
form (100y.), perforated in the center, of subradiate cellulose 
_ Structure, with a few (12-15) erect, brown, sparingly septate hairs, 
70-100. long; asci oblong, 40 x 10-12.; sporidia in 2-3 series, 
Ovate-oblong, I-septate, yellowish, 10-12 x 34. On living leaves 
of Magnolia glauca. 
15-16 x 3-314. Probably the perfectly developed asci will be 
found to be 8-spored. On living leaves of Magnolia glauca. 
__ Linospora Jerruginea E. & M.—Spots light yellowish-brown, 
border darker, narrow and slightly raised, 11%4—2™™" diam.; peri- 
thecia black, subglobose (150.), immersed and covered above by 
the blackened cuticle, perforated above but ostiolum scarcely 
Prominent; asci cylindrical, 75-80 x 7#, sessile or nearly so; 
