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biseriate, hyaline, narrowly allantoid, 2-3 nucleate, the nucleus in 
the middle of many of the spores causing them to appear septate 
and Diaporthe-like, 1o-12x 2% up. 
Although there are some slight differences to be noted between 
the above description and that given by Saccardo, the fungus ap- 
pears to be closer to E. ludibunda than to any other species 
described, and the slight differences noted are not sufficient to give 
it a new name. 
Eutypella tumidula (C. & P.) Sacc. 
(Valsa Peck, 29th Rep’t, p. 58, 1878) 
On the original packet of this collection, it is stated by Professor 
Peck, “on unknown branch.” In the original description, how- 
ever, he states that the host is ““ Crataegus.” An examination of the 
wood structure of the host material shows that it is Hickory, and 
apparently Hicoria alba. 
Fusicladium depressum B. & Br. 
(Didymaria platyspora Ell. & Holw.; D. atropurpurea Ell. & 
Dearn.; Scolecotrichium depressum Bubak) 
Albany, on living and languishing leaves of Angelica 
aenopurpurea L. H..-Ds House, September 2, 1915. . Ithaca, 
B. B. Higgens (no. 33), August 21, 1911. On leaves of Sium 
cicutaefolium L. Oneida, Madison county. H. D. House, 
August 30, 1913. Rouses Point, on same host, C. H. Peck. 
Gelatinosporium abietinum Peck 
Early in May several specimens of native hemlock growing upon 
a private estate near West Park, Ulster county, were noticed to be 
dying from some unknown cause and specimens were sent to the 
State Botanist’s office. Fruiting bodies of Gelatinosporium 
abietinum were present upon branches that were dead and an 
examination of the trees upon the estate was made a few days later. 
The entire top portion of young trees seems to die gradually and 
sometimes the disease progresses downward, killing the entire tree. 
In other cases only side branches were killed. In every case the 
fungus mentioned above was found to be present and while inocu- 
lation experiments would be necessary to determine its degree of 
parasitism, it is strongly suspected of being the cause of the trouble 
noted in this particular locality. The fungus was originally col- 
lected and described from dead branches of hemlock at Greenbush, 
but later collection of the same fungus was made by Doctor Peck 
