NOTES ON NEW SPECIES OF FUNGI FROM 

 VARIOUS LOCALITIES— II 



Charles E. Fairman 



1. Phoma verbascicarpa sp. nov. 



Pycnidia scattered or gregarious, erumpent, superficial, globose 

 or oblong, centrally ostiolate by a minute pore, black, small, 

 about 75 fi in diameter, filled with minute continuous, rounded or 

 ellipsoid sporules ; spores hyaline, 3-4 X 2-3 p ; basidia not seen. 



On fruit capsules of Verbascum Blattaria L., Orient, N. Y., 

 March, 191 5, Roy Latham. 



2. Phomopsis ericaceana sp. nov. 



Pycnidia immersed then erumpent, black, minute ; spores 

 simple, oblong- fusoid, with one minute oil drop in each end, 

 hyaline, 7-10X2^; basidia slender, curved or straight, hyaline, 

 12-14 X 2 11. 



On dead branches of cultivated Azalea mollis, Lyndonville, N. 

 Y., May, 1916, Charles E. Fairman. 



3. Sphaeropsis wistariana sp. nov. 



Pycnidia immersed in the inner bark in clusters of 1-3, then 

 erumpent, numerous, minute, black ; spores arising from hyaline 

 basidia, oblong-ellipsoid, continuous, brown, 1 5-22 X 6 /x. 



On dead branches of cultivated Wistaria, Lyndonville, N. Y„ 

 June, 191 5, Charles E. Fairman. 



4. Sphaeropsis Diervillae sp. nov. 



Pycnidia single or in groups of 2 or 3, immersed in the inner 

 bark, then erumpent, elevating the bark in pustules and becom- 

 ing exposed, ostiolate, black, 150-300^ irr diameter; spores ob- 

 long-ellipsoid, rounded at the ends, nucleolars, brown, 15-20 X 

 10 p., on stout, short sporophores. 



On dead branches of DiervUla Diervilla (L.) MacM., Lyndon- 

 ville, N. Y., Charles E. Fairman. 



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