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he 
a ROM, HIGSDUM Pers. Aah ls Yi . ‘ee 
~ Decaying wood. ‘Adirondack Mountaiug. Aug. 
| Srizpum FLAVIPES Pk. 
Stem villose, tapering upward, less than a line high, buff-yellow; Head 
~ small, subglobose or hemispherical, whitish ; spores minute, elliptical, .0001/— 
.00012' long. Sd 
Decaying wood. Center. Oct. ore 
: - SporocyBe ABIETINA Ph. bs 
Very minute ; stems slender, distinctly septate, nearly black, terminating 
__ above in a minute obovate or subglobose yellowish head ; spate minute, 
__ oblong, spermatoid. ; 
Bark and wood of spruce, Abies nigra. 
____ Specimens of spruce bark and wood, showing the work of the spruce minir 
beetle were collected in the Adirondack Mountains, These were wrapped in 
paper, brought to Albany, and laid away. Upon examining them some — & 
_ months afterward, the fungus was found upon them, having evidently devel- 
= oped since the collection of the bark. It is about the size of S. ae 
Bs Pcpocromcic GRAMINUM LA. 
xe Dead leaves of grass and sedges. Center and North Greenbush. 1 ge 
aS HELMINTHOSPORIUM INTERSEMINATUM B. & R. 
’ Dead stems of stone root, Collinsonia Canadensis. North Greenbush, S 
= 'Qet. 
_ Hetmyrsosporium Hyprorireris Thum. 
Living leaves of smart weed, Polygonum Hydropiper. Albany. 
 Poryacris VULGARIS LA. 
On carnation pink in conservatories. Buffalo. Dec. Clinton. 
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3 is ow El “3 
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a Borryosrorium putcurum Berk. ay 
4 Dead grass leaves. Center. Sept. a. 
In our specimens the tips of the branches are swollen; otherwise thea ae 
_~ agree with the description of the species. 4 
4 _ ASPERGILLUS FLAVuUS LA. 
__ On excrement of caterpillars in damp places. North Greenbush and 
- Sandlake. July and Aug. ee 
_ Fusrprum canum Pass. 
Re Leaves of Hrigeron Canadensis. North Greenbush. Sept. 
a ‘PERONOSPORA SIMPLEX Ph. 
___ Flocci somewhat tufted, short, .004/-.006’ long, simple, bearing on the 
ak Be ation obtuse apex five to fifteen cylindrical spicules, whose length is about — 
half the diameter of the acrospores ; acrospores borne on the spicules, globose, 
- generally with a broad umbo at the apex, and a minute projecting point of ra 
at ae arnt at the base, .0008'—.0012’ in diameter. a 
_ Living and languishing leaves of the New England Aster, Aster Nove- 
“Anglia North Greenbush. Sept. — Bee: 
