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Merulius ulmi n. sp. 



Effused, thin, firm, suborbicular or by confluence, forming 

 patches, the margin often free and narrowly reflexed, pubescent, 

 sometimes concentricall}^ sulcate, white; hymcnium white or whitish 

 when young, soon pale cervine, the folds forming orbicular or oblong 

 shallow pores often beautifully and concentrically arranged; spores 

 not seen. 



Dead branches of elm, Ulmus americana. Vaughns, 

 Washington co. November. S. H. Burnham. 



Monarda mollis L. 

 Canadice, Ontario co. C. H. Peck. Frankfort, Herkimer co. 

 July. J. V. Haberer. Formerly referred to M . f i s t u 1 o s a 

 as a variety, but now regarded as a distinct species. 



Oligonema nitens (Lib.) Rost. 



Decaying wood. Lyndonville. C. E. Fairman. A beautiful 

 species easily recognized by the swollen rings on the threads of the 

 capillitium and by the bright shining yellow color of the heaps of 

 peridia. 



Panus fulvidus Bres. 



Fence rails. Keene, Essex co. June. This is a beautiful species 

 with the central st^m squamulose and the bright tawny pileus 

 adorned with erect or squarrose blackish scales and strongly sulcate 

 striate margin. The edge of the lamellae in our specimens is slightly 

 eroded or denticulate, thereby suggesting an approach to the genus 

 Lentinus. 



Perichaena quadrata Macb. 



Decaying bark and dead leaves. Lyndonville. C. E. Fairman. 

 This species may be distinguished from P . d e p r e s s a by its 

 smaller peridia. 



Phyllosticta pallidior n. sp. 



Spots elliptic or orbicular, 2-4 lines long, 1.5-3 lines broad, whitish 

 or grayish white surrounded by a red or reddish margin; peri- 

 thecia minute, epiphyllous, occupying the center of the spot, black; 

 spores globose or broadly elliptic, .0004-. 0006 of an inch long, 

 .0003 -.0004 broad. 



Living leaves of star-flowered Solomon's seal, Vagnera 

 s t e 1 1 a t a . Bergen swamp. Julv, 



This species is closely allied to P. cruenta, from which it 

 differs in the very narrow red or reddish margin of the spots and . 



