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D. PARAPHYSatA E. & E. ? Bull. Torr. Club, 24:288 (1897). Perithecia subcuticular, depressed-globose, pilose-tomentose, black (white inside), 300-400 ц diam. with papilliform osteolum raising the epidermis into pustules and finally rup turing it, thickly scattered, often 2-3 sub-confluent; sporules ovate-elliptical, hyaline at first, then brown and uniseptate but not constricted, 22-27 x 12-1 5 M, accompanied by stout branching paraphyses 100-110 ц long by 1.5-2 /1 thick and borne on stout basidia mostly shorter than the sporules. On bark of Tilia, in company with Malanconis tiliacea. Fayette: near Nuttallburg, March, 1896. (Nuttall, 832). BOTRYODIPLODIA Sacc. B. Acerina E. & E., Proc. Phila. Acad., 1894, 363. Type" habitat: On dead limbs Acer Peunsylvanicum, Feb. 2, 1894 (Nuttall, discov. 1362, 319). Perithecia erumpent in botryoidal clusters, often sed ately confluent for i or more cm., about .5 mm. diameter, white inside, flattish above, with a broad papilliform ostiolum. Sporules elliptical, brown, uniseptate, 20 to 25 x 12 to 15 ц on basidia of about the same length. B. sp. Stylosporus stage ? of Pseudovalsa sigmoidea (C. & E.) On dead limbs Quercus Prinus, with that species. Spores brown, 1-septate 25 x 12.5 ц (Nuttall, 1829). ASCOCHYTA Lib. A. Clematidina Thum. On Clematis Virginiana, Aug. 10, 1895 (Nuttall, 1842, 733)ACTINONEMA Fries. A Rosae (Lib.) Fr. On Rosa cult., June 27, 1894 (Nuttall, 1563). HENDERSONIA Вerk. H. Lirella Cooke. On Salix nigra faleata, April 23, 1894 (Nuttall, 1480, 460). Sporules 15 x 7.5 /1. H. Desmazieri Mont. On bark of limbs Platanus occidentalis, April 24, 1894. Sporules + 40 x 22 /1 (Nuttall, 1466). STAGONOSPORA Sacc. S. petiolorUM E. & E., Proc. Phila. Acad., 1804, 365. Tyi'e habitat: On dead petioles Aralia spinosa, Feb. 17, 1894 (Nuttall, discov. 1389, 357).