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The anomalous character of this species is in its tawny, fibrillose 

 stem and the exterior surface of the receptacle. The peculiar color 

 of the hymenium is also unusual in this genus. 



Receptaculum tenue, late cupulatum vel disciforme, 1.5-3 ^^^ 

 latum, fibris parvis fulvis radiantibus externe investum, margine 

 incurvo, integrum; stipes gracilis, fulvus, fibrilloso-tomentosus, 

 firmus, flexuosus, .5-1.5 cm longus ; hymenium viride atrum ; asci 

 cylindracei subclavative, 8-sporae ellipsoideae vel basi leviter atten- 

 uatae, continuae, hyalinae, 10-12 x 4-5 fi, paraphyses filiformes. 



Phoma asclepiadea E. & E. 

 Dead stems of common milkweed, Asclepias syriaca L. 

 Orient Point. January. R. Latham. 



Phoma semiimmersa Sacc. 

 Dead branches of thorn bushes. Orient Point. January. 

 R. Latham. 



Phyllosticta mahoniaecola Pass. 



Leaves of the so-called cultivated "American holly," a species of 

 Mahonia. Lyndonville. September. C. E. Fairman. 



Phyllosticta rhoicola E. & E. 

 Living leaves of poison ivy, Rhus toxicodendron L. 

 Orient Point. August. R. Latham. 



Placodium camptidium Tuck. 

 Oak bark. Orient Point. November. R. Latham. Determined 

 by L. W. Riddle. 



Pleurotus tessulatus (Bull.) Fr. 

 Camp Monroe, Fourth lake, Herkimer co. August. F. S. 

 Boughton. 



Polyporus dryadeus (Pers.) Fr. 



Base of oak trees. Near Kenwood, Albany co. August. 



Puccinia urticae (.Schum.) Lagerh. 

 On leaves of some species of Carex. West Albany. Formerly 

 confused with Puccinia angustata Pk. 



Riccardia sinuata (Dicks.) Limpr. 

 Damp decaying prostrate trunks of trees. Little Moose lake, 

 Herkimer co. September. Miss C. C. Haynes. 



