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JOURNAL OF MYCOLOGY. 



The Report was transmitted to the Legislature in 1882; it covers 

 forty pages and contaiiis, of new species, descriptions of the following : 

 Agaricus sulcatipr'S, Pecli; A hsei'ens, Peck; A. tiliophilus, Peck, on 

 dead trunks and branches of Tilia xlmsricana ; A. nitidipes, Peck ; A. 

 epimyces, Peck, parasitic on fungi; Hygrophorus fuligineus, Frost MS.; 

 H. flavodiscus, Frost MS.; Marasrnius salignus, Peck, on bark of living 

 willow trees ; Polyporus inimitis, Peck, on decaying ash trunks ; P. frax- 

 inophilus, Peck, on trunks and branches of dead or languishing ash 

 trees ; Thelephora rosella, Peck, dead branches of Ainus incana ; Clava- 

 ria pinophila, Peck ; Discella hysteriella. Peck, on decorticated wood ; D. 

 albomaculans, Peck, o i dead twigs of grape-vines ; Gloeosporium frax- 

 inea. Peck, on living leaves of Fraxinus pubescens ; Septoria canuabina. 

 Peck, on living leaves of Cannabis sativa; S. Sicyi, Peck, on Sicyos angula- 

 tus ; S. musiva. Peck, leaves of Populus monilifera ; Phyllosticta rubra. 

 Peck, leaves of Crataegus tomentosa ; P. variabalis, Peck, leaves of 

 Rubus odoratus ; Acalyptospora Populi, Peck, leaves of Populus grandi- 

 dentata ; Macrosporium transversum. Peck, on living leaves of Carex 

 stricta ; Botrytis ceratioides. Peck, decaying wo )d of Abies Canadensis ; 

 Verticillium Lactarii, Peck, on putrescent Lactarii ; Cercospora Lepidii. 

 Peck, on L. campestre ; C. Daturse, Peck, leaves of D. Stramonium ; C. 

 longispora. Peck, on Lupinus perennis ; C. varia. Peck, on leaves of 

 Vibernum acerifolium ; Ramularia Ranunculi, Peck, on R. recurvatus: 

 R. Yaccinii, Peck, on V. corymbosum and V. Pennsylvanicum; R. Ham- 

 amelidis. Peck, on H. Yirginica; R. aquatilis. Peck, on leaves of Pota- 

 mogeton lonchites ; Peziza singularia. Peck, on the under surface of 

 living leaves of Ranunculus hispidus; Tympanis N'emopanthis, Peck, 

 dead stems and branches of Nemopanthes Canadensis ; Cenangium betu- 

 linum, Peck, dead bark of Betula populifolia ; Triblidium clavsesporium. 

 Peck, decorticated wood of Salix nigra ; Gymnascella aurantiaca. Peck, 

 bones in damp places ; Valsa tomentella Peck, bark of Betula populif- 

 era ; Sphseria petiolophila. Peck, petioles of fallen leaves of Acer spica- 

 tum ; Sphserella f raxinea, Peck, on fallen leaves of Fraxinus Americana ; 

 and Venturia curviseta. Peck, fallen leaves of ^femopanthes Canadensis. 



Prof. Peck forms a new genus with one species, as follows : 



GY'MisrAscELLA. — Perithecia wanting; asci numerous, subglobose, 

 produced up(m or among slender, branching filaments. 



Externally this fungus has the aspect of species of Sporotrichum, 

 but the spores are produced in asci. 



Gymnascella aurantiaca, Peck. — Filaments slender, branched, intri- 

 cate, colored, forming minute, subconfluent, bright orange or scarlet- 

 colored tufts ; asci numerous, subglobose, produced among the filaments, 

 ,0004— .0006 in. long ; spores orbicular, .00016—0002 in. broad, crowded in 

 the ascus, colorless, generally uninucleate. 



Peck, Chas. H.—'^ Report of the Botanist" in 36th An. Rep. N. Y. State 

 Mus. of Kat. Hist. 



