SYNOPSIS PYRENOMYCETUM. 
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Massaria (Massariella) scoriadea, Fr. Anthostoma scoriadeum, 
Sacc. Syll. 1127. 
Sporidiis ellipticis, uniseptatis, 70 X 23 /x, cellnlo superiori 
majusculo, medio constricto, episporio crasso, hyalino. Fx. Fries 
S. S. 344. 
Undoubtedly the authentic specimen we have from Fries 
answers in all points to this section of the genus Massaria. 
Massaria (Massariella) bisposra, Curtis Catalogue and Herb. 
Peritheciis corticolis, subgloboso-depressis, tectis, subsparsis, 
ostiolo peridermium perforante matrice sporis inquinantibus. 
Ascis clavatis. Sporidiis ellipticis, uniseptatis, fuscis, 45 x 18- 
20 p, cellulis aequalibus, medio constrictis, muco hyalino ob- 
volutis. 
On back of Acer. (Dr. Curtis .) 
Kansas Fungi. — Kellerman and Swingle have issued the first 
fascicle of their specimens of Kansas Fungi, consisting of 25 
species, for the sum of one dollar and a quarter. This series it is 
proposed to confine to select species, which are either new, hitherto 
undistributed, or in some respect especially interesting. The follow- 
ing contents of the first fascicle will indicate the scope of the issue. 
1. JEcidium JEsculi, E. & K. 
2. AEcidium Dicentrce, Trelease. 
3. Ceratophorum uncinatum (Clinton), Sacc. 
4. Cercospora Cucurbitae , E. & E. 
5. Cercospora Desmanthi, E. & K. 
6. Cercospora lateritia , Ell. & Halsted. 
7. Cercospora seminalis , E. & E. 
8. Glceosporium apocryptum , E. & E. 
9. Glceosporium decipiens, E. & E. 
10. Melasmia Gleditschice, E. & E. 
11. Microsphcera quercina (Schw.) Burrill. 
12. Peronospora Arthuri , Farlow. 
13. Peronospora Corydalis, De Bary. 
14. Phragmidium speciosum, Fr. 
15. Puccinia emaculata, Schw. 
16. Puccinia Schedonnardi, Kell. & Sw. 
17. Puccinia (Leptopuccinia') Xanthii, Schw. 
18. Ramularia Virgaurece, Thuem. 
19. P cestelia pyrata (Schw.) Thaxter. 
20. Scolecotrichum maculicola , E. & K. 
21. Septoria argophylla, E. & K. 
22. Septoria Specularice, B. & C. 
23. Sphcerotheca phytoptophila, Kell. & Sw. 
24. Uredo Quercus , Brondeau. 
25. Ustilago Zece Mays (DC.), Winter. 
