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S. Magnoliae Peck. 



On Magnolia acnniinata, Short Creek, alt. i,ooo ft., Aug. 

 i6, 1894 {XiittaU, 1658). Sporules lo x 6 /a nucleus large. 



SIROCOCCUS Preuss. 

 S. Halesiae E. & E., Proc, Phila. Acad., 1894, 358. 



On dead limbs Mohrodendron Caroliiiuni {Halesia tet- 

 raptcra) Feb. 26, 1894 (XiittaU, discov. 1407, 377, 376?) 



Perithecia scattered, or 2 to 3-cornate, erumpent, sub- 

 globose about .33 mm. diameter, black, with a minute papil- 

 liform ostiolum. Sporules subglobose, about 3 p. diameter, 

 greenish-hyaline, 3 to 6-concatenate, the terminal sporule 

 oblong and paler. Chains simple or sparingly branched, 

 arising directly from the proliferous layer without any dis- 

 tinct basidia. collected in stellate clusters. 



VERMICULARL\ Fries. 

 V. PHLOGiNA Fairm. 



On dead leaves Phlox ainociia, Sept. 15, 1894 (Xuffall, 

 1606). 



V. COM PACTA C. & E. 



On Rnbiis odorafiis, May 30, 1894; sporules 20 to 25 x 

 30 /A {Xuffall. 1513). On Canlophyllum thalictroides (552). 



V. PETIOLORUM Schw. 



On Aralia spinosa, and on Robinia Psendacaciaf . Feb. 17, 

 1894 (Xutfall, 1388, 356). 

 V. Toxica E. & E., sp. nov? 



On Rhus radicans, Aug. 18, 1894 {Xuffall, 1669, 569). 

 V. Dematium (Pers.) Fr. 



On Cassia Marilandica, Oct. 28, 1893 (Xutall, 1251, 193). 

 On Heuchera Americana. 



V. Dematium var. 



On Oiiagra biennis. ]\Iarch 9, 1894 (Xutfall, 1434, 405). 

 V. Arctii Schw. 



On dead leaves and petioles Arcfium Lappa, on ground. 

 July 21, 1894, Sporules fusiform slightly curved + or — 

 20 X 3 ;«,. Setae 35 to -f 125 x 3 to 5 /^ {Xuffall, 1617). 



V. SUBEFFIGURATA Schw. 



On fruit peduncles Magnolia Fraseri in association with 

 Stagonospora pedunculi E. & E., July 25, 1893 {XuftaU, 

 1136). 



V. SUBEFFIGURATA SCAPINCOLA Schw. 



Bases of dead leaves Yucca filamentosa cult., Feb. 19 

 1894. Sporules 18 x 2.5 ^, largest setse 200 fi {Xutfall, 1367). 

 V. Trautvetteriae Nuttall, sp. nov. 



Type habitat : On dead leaves Trautvetfcria Caroliiunisis, 

 July 15. 1894 {Xutfall, discov. 1633). 



