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Ellis and Everhart : New Species of Fungi 



Cercosporella colubrina E. & E. " 



On leaves of Solidago salsuginosus J Columbia Co., Washing- 

 ton, July, 1897 (R. M. Horner, no. 1354). 



Amphigenous, on round or subelongated, definite white spots 

 1-2 mm. diameter thickly scattered over the leaves, reminding one 

 of the skin of a spotted snake or lizard : hyphae in minute closely 

 crowded tufts in the center of the spots, cespitose, hyaline, deli- 

 cate, 22-25 x 1*5 ! l y entire or slightly toothed above, continuous : 

 conidia filiform, straight or slightly curved, 30-40 x 1— 1.25 //, hy- 

 aline, straight or slightly curved, faintly nucleolate. 



Distinct from C. nivea E. & B., or C. nivosa E. & E. in its dis- 

 tinct white spots and less robust habit. C. cana Sacc. is also dif- 

 ferent. 



