REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST 37 



Living leaves of elm, Ulnms Americana. Goodhue lake, Steuben 



county. August. 



Vermicularia phlogina Fairm. 



Dead or dying leaves oi Folemofiium cceruleum. Charlotteville swamp. 

 Schoharie county. August. 



Haplosporella Tiliae n. sp. 



Pustules numerous, crowded, nestling in the outer bark and erumpent 

 through its epidermis; perithecia subconical, 3 to lo in a pustule, some- 

 times single, .012 to .015 in. broad, black, opening by a minute pore; 

 spores oblong, obtuse, .0008 to .0009 in. long, .0003 broad. 



Dead bark of basswood, Tilia Americana. Mechanicville. October. 



The pustules vary much in size. 



Septoria Lactucse Pass. 

 Living leaves of prickly lettuce, Lactuca scariola. Watkins. August. 



Torula colliculosa B. b' C. 



Decorticated wood of hemlock, Tsiiga Canadensis. Adirondack moun- 

 tains. September. 



Var. orbicularis n. var. Tufts pulvinate, orbicular, black, seated on a 

 slight elevation, as if the fungus had prevented the erosion of the wood 

 by the elements. 



The typical form is said to have the tufts hysteriform. 



Streptothrix fusca Cd. 



Bark of red cedar, Juniperus Virginiana. Bethlehem, Albany county. 

 May. 



Exoascus confusus Atk. 



Fruit of choke cherry, PruJius Virginiatia. Cooperstown Junction. 

 June. 



Exoascus communis Sadeb. 



Fruit of sand Qherry, Prufius p>umila. Karner. June. 



Taphrina bacteriosperma Johan. 

 Living leaves of dwarf birch, ^(?/«/(a! ^/a/z^/z/^xa. Mount Marcy. July. 



Steg'ia Caricis n. sp. 



Receptacle orbicular or broadly elliptical, .007 to .01 in. broad, or if 

 elliptical, .01 to .014 in. long, scattered, black, at first covered by the 

 epidermis of the leaf, then erumpent, partly concealed ; asci oblong or 



