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REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST I917 4I 



Stereum rameale Schw. 



On dead branches of P r u n u s p e n n s y 1 v a n i c a . Albany. 

 H. D. House, November 26, 1916. 



Stereum rufum Fr. 



(Epicr. 553. 1838.) 

 Thelephora rufo-marginata Pers. Myc. Eur. i : 124. 1822. 

 Thelephora rufa Fr. El. 127. 1828. 



Tubercularia pezizoidea Schw. [E. Hitchc. Cat. PI. Amherst 

 64. 1829, name onlyj Syn. Am. bor. 301. n. 3013. 1831. 



Hypocrea richardsoni Berk. & Mont. Frost, Proc. Bost. Soc. 



Nat. Hist. 12: 80. 1869, name only Grevilka 4: 14. 1875. 

 C o r t i c i u m p e z i z o i d e u m Schrenk, Bull. Torrej^ Bot. Club 21 : 385. 



1894. Not C. p e z i z o i d e u m E. & E. 1888. 



This is a common species in New York, all collections seen being 

 upon P o p u 1 u s t r e m u 1 o i d e s and P o p u 1 u s g r a n d i - 

 d e n t a t a . Saccardo refers "Thelephora rufo-margi- 

 nata Pers." to this species, but Persoon gives as the habitat of it 

 " ad ramos Tiliaceos," and unless "Auricularia cinerea 

 Sowerby " (Fung. t. 388 f. 3) to which Persoon refers is unques- 

 tionably this species, Persoon's name can be referred to this species 

 only with considerable doubt. 



The species is represented in the state herbarium by the following 

 collections: Karner (C. H. Peck); Alcove (C. L. Shear, no. 88, 

 August 1892). Horicon (C. H. Peck, July 25, 1905). North Elba 

 (C. H. Peck, October 15, 1901). Saranac Inn (P. L. Spaulding, 

 May 31, 1909). Albany ( H. D. House, May 3, 1914; October 22, 

 1916). 



It was also collected in Colorado by Brandegee (no. 11, 

 communicated by E. A. Rau). June 7, 1880. 



Stereum versiforme B. & C. 

 On dead limbs of P o p u 1 u s t r e m u 1 o i d e s , P r u n u s 

 V i r g i n i a n a , and Sassafras sassafras (H. D. House, 

 October 28, and November 2, 1916). All resupinate. Det. by Burt. 



Venturia dickiei (B. & Br.) Ces. & DeNot. 

 On living, languishing and dead leaves ofLinnaea ameri- 

 c a n a Forbes, in mossy woods near Cohasset on Fourth lake, north- 

 ern Herkimer county. H. D. House, June 27, 1917. The only other 

 collection of this rare species in New York was made many years 

 ago by Doctor Peck on Mount Marcy, 



