soiiicwhat waxy, white nr w liitisli : siioroplioics .^Iciidcr. 

 aliuiulantly ln-ancliod abovf, nitcii f(»iii{)act('(l Ix'ldw into a 

 sliort j^tt'in-likc l)as(', r^jiorcs catcmilatc sliort cylindiical. suh- 

 tmneatc, (•()]()rlc^;^:. .OOOIC) to .OOO-J in. loiiu. '.OOOOS to .0001 

 l)roa<l. 



( >n dead insects, Ihndrorfon us /'roiifa/is. lieneatli the 

 hark of )»ine. llan)})shire : near lummey, \\'. \'a. 



The insects are prol>ahly kiih'd hy tliis j'unuus as they 

 lie dead in their huri'ows in tlie inner l>ark nf the tree 



{Pit)ll'< illl)J»:.) 



On some of tht; insects tliere is a cottony or Hoccident 

 mass of white mycelium interwoven in a somewhat reticulate 

 manner, and eolh:'cted in sti in,i;s or hundh's. It bearsno fruit 

 hut is ])ro).)ahly a luxurient i:rowth of the mycelium of this 

 fuuirus. 



Occasionally the fundus seems to si)read from tlie in- 

 sect to hark immediately adjacent to it. 



/V/r'/r////o.sy///o/V/ . 



BACTRIDIUM. Kunze. 



B. flavum, K. iV- S. 



Indei' haik wet()ak lou. ^Fononi^alia : near ^foriian- 

 town. 



FXJSARIUM. Desm. 



F. Solani. Mart. 



Found associated witn the hlack rot on tomatoes that 

 have laden hadly att'ected with the disease. 



F. culinorum. Smith. 



Monongalia: on lieads living ripe wlieat. Laurel Point. 



"This s{)eciinen condjines the characters of a number 



of so-called species, making it difficult to say which it really 



is. Probably thev are all forms of one si)ecies.'" Prof. Peck 



(in letter). 



Tiihrrrii/ti rii'ci' Deniat/'/'H'. 

 Aiiirriosponi . 



EPICOCCUM, Lk. 



E. neglectum. Desm. 



On living leaves Arciui .•<(itir(i and Cdfal/xi Biytioiuo- 

 (liihs. Miinongalia ; near Moruantown. 



