REPOR1I OF THE BOTANIST. 79 
Myrorsecitum Funeicoua 7 sp. 
Receptacle small, white-margined, the disk black or greenish- 
black ; spores oblong, about .0002 in. long. 
Decaying fungi. North Greenbush. 
Heuicoma Muuuerti Cd. 
Dead bark of poplar branches. North Greenbush. October. 
The flocci vary somewhat from. those of the European plant. 
AsPERGILLUs GLaucus Lk. 
Vegetable substances in damp places. Albany. 
ASPERGILLUS FuLIgINosus Peck. 
Creeping flocci white, septate, fertile flocci erect, not septate, 
crowned with a globose head which is rough with projecting pro- 
cesses ; spores globose, sooty black, smooth, .00016 in. in diameter. 
Rice paste and other vegetable substances. Albany. 
Spores were taken from the paste and planted on apple, on 
which a new crop was raised. 
Poxyactis FascicuLaris Cd. 
Dead stems of Polygonum. Greenbush. May. 
PERENOSPORA PARASITICA Pers. 
Leaves of Cardamine rhomboidea. Buffalo. Clinton. 
O1pium MEGALosporuUM Bb. & C. 
Rotten wood. Buffalo. Clinton. 
This species is remarkable for its. very large globose spores. 
Orpium FuLvom Lk. | 
Rotten wood. Buffalo. Clinton. Savannah. August. 
Fusisportum RosEoLum Steph. 
Decaying potatoes. Sandlake. June. 
Priacre FaGIneEA L7. 
Old stumps and logs of beech. Maryland. July. 
Mucor InZQUALIs 71: sp. 
Fertile flocci simple or once or twice divided, white; sporangia 
globose, at first white, then bluish-black or brownish-black ; spores 
somewhat angular, subglobose, very unequal in size, .0002-.0005 
in. in diameter. 
Decaying squashes. Albany. October. 
