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B. QUErcuUM var. On cultivated Rubus, Feb. 25, 1895 (Nuttall, 1794, 685). B. Araliae Curtis. On Aralia spinosa, Feb. 24, 1894. Spores. 20 to 30 x 8 to 10 ц (Nuttall, 1395). B. PYRiospoRA (Ellis) Sacc. On Chionanthus Virginica, March 28, 1894. Asci, fertile portion, 75 x 15 ii (Nuttall, 1438). B. Hibisci forma'. On Celastrus scandens, April 27, 1895 (Nuttall, 1819, 707). Spores 26 to 35 x 6 to 7.5 ц. CRYPTOSPORELLA Sacc. C. compta (Tul.) Sacc. On dead limbs of Fagus atropunicea, Nov. 17, 1893. Asci, fertile portion, 100 x 12.5 to 15 ц, spores granular 22 x 10 ц (Nuttall, 1256). SPHAERELLA Ces. & DeNot. S. maculiFOrmis (Pers.) Awd. On leaves of Castanea dentata on ground, Dec. 13, 1893 (Nuttall, 1314). S. INFUSCANS E. & E., Bull. Torr. Club, 25:504 (1898). Perithecia gregarious, minute, covered by the thin epider mis which is raised into minute pustules and blackened con tinuously for one or more cm. in extent ; ostiolum conicpapilliform, erumpent, asci oblong-cylindrical, 35 to 45 x 7 to 8 /1, sporidia biseriate, fusoid. slightly curved, hyaline, nucleate, becoming faintly uniseptate, but scarcely con stricted. Differs from the description and figures of S. petiolicola (Desm.) in its longer fusoid sporidia. On old petioles of Liriodendrm1 tulipifera, Nuttallburg, May, 1898 (Nuttall, 937). S. conicoLA Sacc. On dead cones of Tsuga Canadensis, Dec. 16, 1893. Spores 10 x 3 ц (Nuttall, 131 1). S. Gaultheriae C. & P. On Gaultheria procumbens, June 8, 1894 (Nuttall, 1534). S. NYSSAECOLA Cooke ? On Nysa aquatica, Oct. 10, i894 (immature) (Nuttall, 1719, 607). DÏDYMELLA Sacc. D. PhYsocaRPi E. & E., Proc. Phila. Acad., 1894, 335. Type habitat: On Opulaster opidifólius. May 12, 1894 (Nuttall, 1507, 488).