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Fabraea litigiosa (R. & D.) Sacc. ? 



On leaves of Cyrtorhynca ranunculina Nutt. (13982), not 

 mature. 



Pseudopeziza Medicaginis (Lib.) Sacc. 

 On Medicago sativa L. (14444). 



Rhytisma salicinum (Pers.) Fr. 

 On leaves of Salix Bebbiana Sarg. (14661). 



Patellea oreophila sp. nov. 



Apothecia sessile, scattered over the surface of the bare wood, 

 at first immersed in or embraced by the fibers of the wood, becom- 

 ing erumpent-superficial, lecideiform, thinly margined, black, .5-1 

 mm. in diam. ; asci clavate-cylindric, rounded at apex, short- 

 stipitate, 8-spored, 60^80 X 10-12 /x, iodine reaction negative; 

 paraphyses numerous, filiform, not over 1-1.5^ broad, simple, 

 rarely branching, wavy-flexuose, not apically enlarged ; spores 

 biseriate, fusoid, at times crescentic or falcate-sigmoid, subacute 

 at the ends, uniseptate, the septum not always medial, not con- 

 stricted, hyaline to pale-greenish, 27-30 X 4-7 ^ ; excipulum 

 brown. 



On old decorticated branchlets of Symphoricarpos orcophilus 

 Gray (14661 p.p.). No traces of lichen gonidia found. 



Schizoxylon insigne (De Not.) Bres. 



On old branches of Crataegus erythropoda Ashe (14781 p.p.) 

 Only a few scattered ascomata found. 



DEUTEROMYCETES 



Order: SPHAEROPSIDALES 

 Family : Phyllostictaceae 

 Hyalosporae 

 Phyllosticta Crataegi (Cooke) Sacc. 

 On Crataegus erythropoda Ashe (14563). 



