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Oneida, H. A. Warne. Lloyd states,^- however, "nor did I find it in 

 Peck's Museum." This doubtless refers to the state herbarium in 

 Doctor Peck's charge, since it is unknown that Dr Peck ever pos- 

 sessed a museum. 



Tremella sparassoidea is described by Lloyd^ from 

 Minnesota, and also from a collection made in Pennsylvania by 

 Overholts.^-' This is an extreme form of the species with numerous 

 spinelike outgrowths on the tops of the hollow, clavate branches. 

 Fresh plants at Vernooy kill camp showed this condition beautifully. 

 The next day, following a heavy rain, and also on plants 2 or 3 

 days old, these spinelike processes had disappeared entirely in some 

 cases, and to a large extent in all of the other older plants examined 

 which had passed through the rainstorm or were rather old. 



From these observations I am inclined to believe that Tremella 

 clavarioides, T. sparassoidea and T . reticu- 

 lata all represent forms or conditions of the same species, which 

 is the same conclusion reached by Doctor Burt. Whether Tre- 

 mella vesicaria Bulliard, is the correct name for our plant 

 I do not know. Lloyd says that Bulliard's figure is not our plant. 

 I am disposed to refer it there until our plant has been compared 

 with European si>ecimens. Lloyd" also ventures the opinion that 

 Guepinia helvelloides Schw. is the same species and 

 under the pseudonym " McGinty " makes the new combination 

 Tremella he^'elloides. 



Uredinopsis mirabilis (Peck) Magnus 

 II-III on Onoclea sensibilis L., Newcomb, Essex 

 county. H. D. House, July 22, 1922. The aecial stage, P e r i d e r - 

 m i u m b a 1 s a m e u m Peck, on the leaves of Abies bal- 

 sa m e a is common in this region and is to be found in nearly 

 every thicket and swamp where the hosts are found in association. 



Uredinopsis Osmundae Magnus 

 II-III on Osmunda Claytoniana L., Newcomb, Essex 

 county. H. D. House, July 22, 1922. Osceola, Lewis county, and 

 Alder Creek, Oneida county, on Osmunda regalis L. 



Urocystis Waldsteiniae Peck 

 Woods south of New Salem, Albany county, on leaves of W a 1 d - 

 steinia fragarioides (Michx.) Tratt. H. D. House, May 

 27, 1922. 



Ustilago residua Clinton 

 On Danthonia spicata (L.) Beauv., Elk park, Catskill 

 mountains. Dr L. H. Pennington, June 25, 1914. 



1- Lloyd. Mycological Notes 62, page 920, pi. 145. f. 1646. 1920. 

 -3 Overholts. Tremella sparassoidea. Mycologia 12 : 141. pi. 10. 

 fig. 3, 1920. 



