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Valsa ambiens (Pers.) Fr. 
Very abundant on dead twigs of Ceanothus americanus 
L. Albany. H. D. House, November to March. Also collected 
at New Scotland, Albany county, on the same host by Professor 
Peck and on Ceanothus ovatus Desf. near New York by 
FD House. 
Valsa subclypeata C. & P. 
Sylvan Beach, Oneida county. On dead limbs of Sassafras 
variifolium (Salisb.) Kuntze. H. D. House, May Io, 1915. 
Venturia cassandrae Peck 
Pecksport, Madison county. On fallen leaves of Chamae- 
daphne calyculata (L.) Moench. H. D.. Housenoige 
1915. Also collected at Karner, Albany county, April 22, 1915. 
The following species of Asterostroma, Corticium, Coniophora, 
Hypochnus, Merulius, Odontia, Peniophora and Poria have been 
determined in major part by Prof. E. A. Burt of the Missouri 
Botanical Garden, St Louis, to whom the specimens were sub- 
mitted for identification or verification. 
Asterostroma cervicolor (B. & C.) Massee 
Near Albany, on decaying decorticated branches lying on the 
ground in the woods. H. D. House and Joseph Rubinger, October 
22 A1O1 5. 
Corticium colliculosum B. & C. 
Near Albany, on dead limbs of Prunus pennsylvanica 
L. H. D. House, November 26, 1915. 
Corticium evolvens Fr. 
Sylvan Beach, Oneida county, on dead oak branches lying on the 
ground. H. D. House, October 12, 1915. Albany, November 26, 
1915, on the same host and also on bark of decayed maple limbs. 
Corticium berkeleyi Cooke 
Near Albany, on bark of Pinus strobus. H; @) Mouse 
and Joseph Rubinger, October 23, 1915. Newtonville, on the same 
host. Dr C. H. Peck (date of collection not indicated). 
Corticium alutaceum (Schrad.) Bres. 
Near Albany, on decayed bark and wood. H. D. House and 
Joseph Rubinger, October 23, 1915S. 
