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CALIFORNIAN FUNGI. 
Stictis radiata. Fr. — On oak twigs. Sierra Nevada. No. 921. 
Patellaria abietina. Cooke.— Sparsa, atra. Cupulis orbicula- 
ribus, applanatis, mm., margine vix elevatis ; ascis clavatis ; 
sporidiis fusoideis, hyalinis, *01 X '002 mm., paraphysibus supra 
brunneis, connatis, gelatina hymenea olivaceo. 
On decorticated Abies Douglassi. No. 763. 
Cenangium leptospermum. B. Sf C. — On Abies Douglassi. No. 
764. 
Hypoxylon stigmateum. Cooke. — Effusum, nigrum, incrustans, 
ex ostiolis prominulis papillosum ; ascis linearibus ; sporidiis lan- 
ceolatis, brunneis, *028 x ’008 mm., rectis vel leniter curvulis. 
On dead oak bark. No. 947. 
Cucurbitaria macilenta. Cooke. — Csespitulis minimis, erumpen- 
tibus ; peritheciis atris, papillatis, sub-nitidis, sicco collapsis ; ascis 
cylindraceis ; sporidiis uniseriatis, ellipticis, utrinque attenuatis, 
binucleatis, *015 X 006 mm. 
On Abies and Libocedrus. Nos. 747, 757. 
Dothidea ribesia. P. — (Stylospores). On wild currant. No. 
1001 . 
Sphasria (Pleospora) permunda. C. in Grevillea. — On herbs. 
Sierra Nevada. No. 1032. 
Sphaeria (Immersae) tumulata. C. — Immersa. Peritheciis sub- 
globosis, atris, ostiolis erumpentibus ; ascis cylindraceis; sporidiis 
sublanceolatis, obtusis, uniseptatis, atro-brunneis, utrinque hyalino- 
apiculatis, ’Odb-'O! X ’012 mm. 
On wood of Pinus contorta. Sierra Nevada, 8000 feet. No. 1014. 
Allied to S. apiculata, but with larger and coarser sporidia, the 
external appearance is also different. 
Erysiphe Montagnei. Lev. — On Apocynum. No. 730. 
NEW JERSEY FUNGI. 
By M. C. Cooke and J. B. Ellis. 
(Continued jrom Vol. VI., p. 96.) 
Polyporus (Merisma) Ellisii. Berk. 
Pileo convexo, reniforme, carnoso-lento, sulphureo, in verrucas 
farinaceis concoloribus rupto, stipite brevi, velutino, reticulato; poris 
parvis, angulatis, brevibus decurrentibus. 
On the ground in low woods. Newtield, New Jersey. Oct. 13, 
1872. Ellis. No. 873. 
Pileus 2^ inches across, and long, sulphur-coloured, reniform, 
convex, unequal, the surface broken up into pulverulent warts, 
which become scales towards the margin, interstices pulverulento- 
tomentose, margin strongly incurved, flesh nearly snow-white, about 
