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various European mycologists, I have never received a definite 

 opinion from them." The form occurs on oak limbs on ground, 

 Dec. 1893; is of a bright orange-red color, with curved spores 

 7.5 to 10 X \ ij. {N'uttall, 1 27 1, 217). 



D. deliquescens (Bull.) Dub. 



On underside dead rotten limb Finns St rob us, Dec. 13, 1894 

 {Nut tan, 1770). 



D. Syringee (Schum.)? 



On dead limbs of Plat anus occidentalis, Nov. 10, 1895 {Nuttall, 

 1889). 



D. stellatus Nees. 



On clean dead wood Tsuga Canadensis, Dec. 20, 1893 {Nuttall, 



1331)- 



D. corticioides Ell. 



On decayed Tsuga Canadensis, Short Creek, alt. 1,750 ft., Dec. 

 16, 1893. Lemon yellow .25 cm. to 3.5 x 1.5 cm. Spores hya- 

 line, nucleate 9 to 12.5 x 5 to 7 ix obliquely apiculate at one end 

 {Nuttall, 1 3 16, 271). 



D. minor Peck? 



On Kalmia latifolia, Short Creek, alt 1,800 ft., March, 1894. 

 Spores 10 to 12 X 4 // {Nuttall, 1532). 



GUEPINIA Fr. 



G. spathularia (Schw.) Fr. 



On Quercus sp. , Jan. i, 1894. Spores uniseptate 10 x 4 /^ 



{Nuttall, 1782). 



HORMOMYCES Bon. 



H. FRAGIFORMIS Cooke. 



On bark dead Fagus atropunicea, Grant Co., near Bayard {Mills- 

 paugK). On dead wood, May 18, 1893 {Nuttall, 963). Hypsilo- 

 phora fragifortnis (Fr. ) Lev. 



