A SECOND PARTIAL LIST OF THE PARASITIC FUNGI 



OF VERMONT. 



By W. a. Ortox, M. S. 



INTRODrCTlON. 



Tlie following list of fungi has been prepared as a continnation of that 

 published in the eleventh report of the ^'ermont Experiment Station, and 

 also distributed as Contribution to the Botany of Vermont II. The previ- 

 ous list included the Phycomycetes, Erysiphea', IIstilagine.T and T'redinea'. 

 The present list includes some corrections and additions to these groups, 

 and more or less complete lists of the Gymnoasci, Pyrenomycetes and Eungi 

 Imperfecti. 



While this list comprises primarily the parasitic fungi, there are several 

 species which are undoubted saprophytes and many others partially so. 

 Since there is in nature no sharp line of distinction between saprophytes 

 and parasites, the attempt more completely to separate them here would 

 have lessened the scientific value of the list and added little to its useful- 

 ness in other ways. 



The nomenclature follows in general Saccardo's Sylloge Fungorum. In 

 the Pyrenomycetes Ellis and Everhart's North American Pyrenomycetes 

 has been followed. The common names of the host plants have been given 

 so far as possible. The place and date of collection are given in every case. 

 The name of the collector is indicated by an initial. C. stands for II. I. 

 Collins ; G. for A. J. Grout ; H. for T. E. Hazen ; J. for L. R. Jones and O. 

 for W. A. Orton. The number following the initial refers to the number of 

 the specimen in the Veimont experiment station herbarium on which the 

 citation is based. Unless otherwise stated it will be understood that the 

 fungus occurs on the leaves of the host. 



We are greatly indebted for assistance to the Division of \'egetable 

 Physiology and Pathology of the United States Department of Agriculture, 

 where many doubtful specimens were taken for identification ; to Dr. J. C. 

 Arthur of Purdue University, Indiana, who has kindly looked over some of 

 the Uredineic ; to Dr. E. A. Burt of Middlebury, who has identified many 

 of the Pyrenomycetes and Discomycetes ; to Dr. L. M. Underwood and 

 others of Columbia I'niversity ; and to the various collectors who have 

 added to the list. 



CORRECTION TO THE FIRST LIST. 



P. 17, omit Puccinia Gentin;c (Straus.«, ) Unk. 



Omit, under Puccinia graminis, on Festuca pratensis and on Poa pia- 

 tensis. 



