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Tympanis laricina (Fckl.) Sacc. 

 (T. pinastri Relim.) 



On shrunken dead areas of the cortex of Hving or languishing 

 white pines (Pinus strobus). Between EUzabethtown and 

 Keene, Essex county. R. G. Pierce, November 1916, Apparently 

 secondary and not the cause of the shrunken areas of the cortex, 

 since upon similar areas other species of fungi are frequently found. 



Valsa pini (A. & S.) Fr. 



On dead limbs of young white pines (Pinus strobus) near 

 Paul Smiths, N. Y. Edward Patnode, November 30, 1916 (com- 

 municated by C. R. Pettis, superintendent of state forests). 

 Between Elizabethtown and Keene, Essex county. R. G. Pierce, 

 November 1916. Ithaca, H. H. Whetzel. Elizabethtown, C. H. 

 Peck. North Elba, C. H. Peck. West Albany, C. H. Peck. 



Valsa variolaria (Schw.) Cooke 



On dead branches of T i 1 i a a m e r i c a n a . Hunter and 

 Catskill. C. H. Peck. 



Valsaria toxici (Schw.) Sacc. 

 On dead stems of Rhus radicans. Albany, N. Y. H. D. 

 House, November 27, 1917 and January 18, 1918. Most of the 

 material is the spermogonial and conidial stages and quite variable 

 in the size of spores. 



Vermicularia sambucina Ell. & Dearn, 



On dead shoots of Sambucus canadensis. Helderberg 

 mountains. C. H. Peck, May. Some of the pycnidia are consider- 

 ably larger than those described in the type, but otherwise agree well 

 with the type material. 



Winterina crustosa E. & E., Sacc. 

 On decorticated wood. Catskill moointains. C. H. Peck. Some 

 of the perithecia are stellately cleft. [Winteria crustosa 

 E. & E.] 



