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Pileus 6-14 cm broad; stem 4-5 cm long, 1.5-3 cm thick. 



Among fallen leaves in woods. October. Brooklyn. F. II. 

 Ames. Also near Rockville, Indiana. G. T. Howell. 



The Indiana specimens are taken as the type. The specie- is 

 related to T r i c h o 1 o m a saponace u m Fr. but differs fr< im 

 it in the color assumed by wounded places, in its odor and taste 

 and in its spores. 



Tricholoma subsejunctum n. sp. 

 The description of this species will be found in the chapter on 

 Edible Fungi in this report. 



Trimmatostroma salicis Cd. 

 Dead branches of willows. Ithaca. November. B. I'.. Higgins. 



Uromyces spartinae Farl. 

 Leaves of smooth marsh grass, S p a r t i n a g 1 a bra a 1 1 e r n i - 

 flora (Loisel.) Merr. Shelter Island, Suffolk co. October. 

 W. G. Farlow. 



Ustilago hypodytes (Schl.) Fr. 

 On dead stems of quack grass, Agropyron rep ens (L.) 

 Bv. Lyndonville. June. C. E. Fairman. 



Verbena stricta Vent. 

 Pastures. Granville. August. F. T. Pember. Introduced from 

 the western part of the country. 



Vermicularia hysteriiformis n. sp. 



Perithecia elliptic or oblong, .3—6 mm long, at first covered by 

 the epidermis, then erumpent, setose, black, the setae continuous, 

 erect or divergent, 50-120 x 4—5 /x, black, tapering upward, pale 

 at the apex; spores oblong or subfusiform, straight or slightly 

 curved, acute at the ends, continuous, hyaline, 20-25 x 3-4 /x. 



Dead stems of blue cohosh, Caulophyllum thalic- 

 troides (L.) Mx. Troupsburg. May. 



Volutella buxi (Cd.) Berk. 



Living and languishing stems and leaves of box, Buxus 

 sempervirens L. East Hampton, Suffolk co. October. Mrs 

 J. II. Poor. 



