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vinaceous cinnanioii ou reddish browu, spores orchraceous, ellip- 

 tic, .0003 of an inch long, .00016 broad. 



Plants 1-3 inches high, nearly as broad in the widest part. 

 Prostrate, decaying trunks of hemlock, Tsuga canadensis. 

 Adirondack mountains. July and August. Closely allied to 

 C. a b i e t i n a , from which it differs in its naked stem, in having 

 no bitter flavor and in wounds not assuming a green color. 



Secotium warnei Pk. 



Near Gouverneur, St Lawrence co. October. Mrs E. C. 

 Anthony. This is the most eastern station known to me for this 

 western species. It has been thought by some mycologists to be 

 the same as S. acuminatum, but it appears to me to differ 

 constantly from the description of that species in shape and 

 color. It is very variable in shape and is sometimes umbonate^ 

 but I have never seen any specimens that could properly be called 

 acuminate, nor any having an ochraceous or alutaceous color. It 

 does not seem to be wise to give up a certainty for an uncertainty 

 and to throw together forms which are constantly diverse. 



Tylostoma poculatum White 



Sandy soil. Karner, Albany co. Our specimens are a little 

 smaller than the typical form, which was collected in Nebraska. 



Tylostoma punctatum Pk. 



Sandy soil. West Albany. May. Formerly confused with 

 T. fimbriatum, from which it may be distinguished by the 

 punctate inner peridium. 



Licea variabilis Schrad. 



Decaying wood of spruce. Oldforge, Herkimer co. August. 



Very variable in form. Sometimes the spores adhere to each 



other in groups. 



Aecidium ligustri Strauss 



Living leaves of privet, Ligustrum vulgare. Menands. 

 June. Altamont. F. J. H. Merrill. 



Cintractia affinis n. sp. 

 Stroma continuous, usually surrounding the stem of the host 

 plant and forming patches 6-24 lines long, at first covered by a 



