striate; gills adnate, uncinate, ventricose, distinct, interveined, 

 white when young, becoming gra}'' or dark gray; cystidia none or 

 at least very rare on the sides of the lamellae and when present 

 very inconspicuous, abundant on the edges of the lamellae, larger 

 than the basidia and with several short blunt projections over the 

 free end; spores suboval to short elliptical, rounded at both ends, 

 smooth, 8-9 X 6-7 /^-. Stem even, radicating, concolorous, dark 

 avellaneous to tawny, chestnut below, smooth, hollow. Odor and 

 taste of the pileus not distinctive. 



On buried wood, low ground among leaves and moss. McKown's 

 grove, near Albany. H. D. House and G. F. Atkinson, November 2, 

 1918. (Herbariimi N. Y. State AIus. and Herbarium Atkinson, 

 no. 24407.) In the generic nomenclature of the North American 

 flora this would be designated as Prunullus atkinsoni. 



Lophiotrema peckiana (Sacc.) comb. nov. 



Lophiostoma sexnucleata Peck, 27th Rep't X. Y. State Mus. 1 10. 



1877. Not Cooke. 

 Lophiotrema sexnucleata var. peckiana Sacc. Syll., 2 : 683. 



1883. 



On dead stems and branches of Vitis, North Greenbush, N. Y., 

 (C. H. Peck), October 1873. This is quite distinct from typical 

 specimens of L. sexnucleata, in the more approximate 

 perithecia and the much smaller size of the spores. 



Rhizopogon rubescens Tul. 

 Kamer, Albany county. C. H. Peck (det. C. W. Dodge). 



Rhizopogon luteolus Tul. 

 Westport, N. Y. C. H. Peck (det. C. W. Dodge). 



Helminthosporium pedunculatum (Peck) comb. nov. 

 Clasterosporium pedunculatum Peck, Ann. Rep't N. Y. State 



Mus. 25: 93. 1873. 

 Helminthosporium attenuatum Peck & Cooke; Sacc. Syll., 



4: 417. 1886. 



On the surface of decayed wood. Savannah. C. H. Peck. On 

 deca^-ed wood of Acer rubrum, Verona, Oneida co. C. H. 

 Peck. 



