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Mycologia 



collected at Chocorua, N. H., by Dr. Farlow, and in quantity by 

 myself at Kittery Point, Maine. 



No. 135, a and b. Pezicula pruinosa Farlow, nov. sp. 



Cupulis cinnamomeis vel dilute vinaceo-cinnamomeis (Ridgway) 

 sparsis vel seriatim erumpentibus, primum urceolatis vel subtur- 

 binatis, breve stipitatis, basi albopruinosis ; denique expansis disco 

 piano pallidiore, .5-1 mm. lato : ascis 8-sporis, 95-110 x 18-21 

 sporidiis oblique monostichis vel subdistichis, hyalinis, continuis, 

 subellip^ticis vel subcymbiformibus, inaequilateralibus, utrinque 

 rotundatis, 22-25 x 8-9^: paraphysibus filiformibus, copiosis, 

 simplicibus vel apice subramosis, 1 /x diam. 



Sharon and Cambridge, Mass. ; Chocorua, N. H., on Ame- 

 lanchier. 



This is the perfect stage of the well-known and striking Sphaer ci- 

 nema pruinosum Pk., 4 with which it is not uncommonly associated 

 on Amelanchier in the vicinity of Cambridge, although this asso- 

 ciation does not seem to have been previously recorded. 



No. 144. Scleroderris Cephalanthi (Schw.) Farlow, nov. comb. 



This species, placed in Peziza by Schweinitz, 5 is here transferred 

 for the first time by Dr. Farlow to Scleroderris. 



No. 159. Aposphaeria brunneotincta Farlow, nov. sp. 



Peritheciis majoribus, discretis vel subaggregatis, nigris vel 

 nigrobrunneis, sphaericis vel irregularibus, siccatis saepe depressis 

 vel collapsis, superficialibus vel basi insculptis, 250-500 /z diam., 

 poro irregulari pertusis. Sporidiis minoribus 5-10 x 1.5-2.5 (i, 

 cylindraceis, suballantoideis vel subfusiformibus, rectis vel cur- 

 vulis, brunnescentibus ; sporophoris brevibus, f asciculatis, ramosis 

 suffultis. 



On the inner surface and along the sutures of chestnut burs, 

 Castanea dentata (Marsh.) Borkh., Sharon, Mass. April, 1908. 

 A. P. D. Piguet. 



According to Dr. Farlow's memorandum, this species occurs in 

 the Curtis Herbarium, under Sphaeria, with this specific name. 

 Although Dr. Farlow is responsible for this reference, it is with 



4 Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 24: 85. Jan. 1872. 



5 Schr. Nat. Ges. Leipsig 1: 123. 1822. 



