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Betula alba L. 
The European white birch is often planted for ornament in 
parks and lawns. Near Rochester it has escaped from cultiva- 
tion and is apparently permanently established in a wild locality 
not far from the city. 
Bolbitius vitellinus (Pers.) Fr. 
Manure in groves. North Elba. July. 
Boletus retipes B. & C. 
Woods. Vaughns, Washington co. September. S. H. Burn- 
ham. ‘This is a southern species and the locality here given is 
probably near the northern limit of its range. 
Calosphaeria myricae (C. & E.) E. & E. 
Dead stems and branches of bayberry, Myrica caroli- 
nensis Mill. Orient point. December and January. 
R. Latham. 
Calvatia rubroflava (Cragin) Morg. 
Sandy soil. Orient Point. November. R. Latham. 
Chrysothamnus pinifolius Greene 
Cobbs Hill reservoir. Rochester. September. M. S. Baxter. 
Determined by P. A. Rydberg. 
Clavaria grandis Pk. 
Woods. Vaughns. October. S.H. Burnham. This is a small 
slender form with few short branches supported by a long 
slender stem. 
Clavaria vermicularis Scop. 
Ray Brook, Essex co. (C.H. Peck, Vaughns. October (Same 
Burnham. Pittsford, Monroe co. September. F. S. Boughton. 
Cladochytrium alismatis Bisgen 
Living and languishing leaves of water plantain, Alisma 
plantagoaquatica L. Ithaca flats. July. B. B. Higgins: 
Communicated by G. F. Atkinson. 
Collema crispum Borr. — 
On mosses. Vaughns. April. S. H. Burnham. 
