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Peiiicilliiim digitatum (Fr.) Sacc. 



Deciivmg lemons. Albany. Sometimes the whole surface of 

 the lemon is covered with a dusty, bluish green coat of this mold. 



Penicillium pailidofulvum n. sp. 



Sterile hyphae creeping, forming a stratum of dense, tawny 

 tomentum; fertile hyphae erect, sei)tate, simple or with one lo 

 three short branches or protuberances at the top; spores caten- 

 ulate, elliptic. . (10012--. 0001t> of an inch long, at rtrst white, soon 

 pale tawny or ochraceous. 



Parasitic on L a c t a r i u s deceptivus. Kound Lake. 



Julv. ' . 



Macrosporium lagenariae Thum. 



On fruit of gourds, L a g e n a r i a vulgar i s. Albany. Jan 



uary. W. L. Smith. 



Fusarium laxum n. sp. 



Tufts minute, loosely gregarious, white; sporophores slen- 

 der; spores narrowly fusiform, slightly curved, 3-5 septate 

 hyaline, .001-.002 of an inch long. 



Dead stems of scouring rush, Equisetum hiemale. Del- 

 mar. July. Apparently a peculiar species belonging to the 

 section Fusisporium but having tufted sporophores. 



Stilbum resinaria n. sp. 



Stem cylindric, about .25 of a line long, white; capitulum 

 globose or depressed globose, creamy yellow; spores minuM'. 

 subglobose, .00008-.00012 of an inch long, nearly as broad. 



Kesinous spots on bark of balsam fir, Abies b a 1 s a m e a. 

 Adirondack mountains. Closely allied to S. r e hm i a ii u m . 



Helvetia ambigua Karst. 



Decaying wood. Piseco. August. G. F. Atkinson. This 

 species may easily be confused Avith H. infula, h-nui which it 

 scarcely ditfers excejjt in its i)ileus having a reti<Milated sur- 

 face and in its longer, more fusiform spores. 



Detonia fulgens iPc^rs.) Rehm 



Under spruce and balsam (ii- trees. North Klba. May. Near 

 Ithaca. April. E. J. Durand. 



