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Forty-second Annual Report on the 



Tuberculina persicina, Sacc. 

 Parasitic on the iEcidium of Clematis Virginiana. Near Lowville, 

 Lewis county. July. 



This is apparently a very rare fungus in this State. 



Ombrophila albiceps, n. sp. 



[Plate 2. llgs. 1-5.] 



Pileus hemispherical or convex, tough, whitish or sometimes with a 

 faint incarnate tinge, 2 to 4 lines broad; stem equal or slightly thick- 

 ened at the base, tough, stuffed, appearing bs if externally coated with 

 gluten in wet weather, pallid or reddish-brown, 4 to 8 lines long, 1 to 

 1.5 lines thick; asci narrow, cylindrical, paraphysate, 8-spored, .0016 

 to .002 in. long, .0002 to .00025 broad; spores minute, elliptical, .0002 

 in. long, .00012 broad. 



Decaying wood of deciduous trees. North Elba. Sept. 



This is a very distinct species, easily separated from its allies by its 

 peculiar colors and its external resemblance to species of Leotia. 

 The central pith of the stem is accurately limited and sometimes in 

 drying the stem becomes hollow. 



Peziza scubalonta, G. & G. 



Cow dung. North Elba. Sept, In the dried specimens the 

 hymenium sometimes becomes rimose or perforated by contraction. 



Peziza hinnulea, B. & Br. 



Burnt ground. Menands. Aug. 



Calloria acanthostigma, Fr. 



Decorticated wood of deciduous trees. Adirondack mountains. Aug. 



Valsa coronata, Fr. 



Dead bark of maple, Acer saccharinum. Catskill mountains. Sept. 



Anthostoma turgidum, Nits. 

 Dead bark of beech, Fagus ferruginea. Selkirk. Aug. 



Anthostomella limit ata, Sacc. 

 Dead stems and branches of swamp honeysuckle, Lonicera oblongi- 

 folia. Knox. July. 



Nummularia repanda, Fr. 



Dead branches and trunks of mountain ash, Pyrus Americana. 

 North Elba. Sept. 



Externally this species resembles N discreta, but it may be distin- 

 guished by its larger size dentate-lacerated margin of the stroma and 

 ovate spores. 



