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Dictydiaethalium plumbeum (Schum.) Rest. 

 On dead branches of Robinia pseudoacacia L. Albany. 

 H. D. House, Xovember ly, 1919. 



Leocarpus fragilis (Dickson) Rost. 

 Newcomb, Essex county, attached to various kinds of vegetation 

 on ground in swamps, especially on Vaccinium Oxycoccus 

 L. H. D. House, July 25, 1920. 



PHYCOMYCETES 

 Albugo Tragopogonis (DC.) S. F. Gray 

 Tahawas, Essex county, on leaves of Cirsium muticum 

 L. H. D. House, July 14. 1922. 



ASCOMYCETES 

 Exoascus Farlowii (Sadeb.) Sacc. 

 Newcomb, Essex county, on immature fruit of Prunus scro- 

 ti n a Ehrh. H. D. House, June 7, 1921. On the same host, Fourth 

 lake, Herkimer county, August 8, 1919. 



Taphrina Johansonii Sadeb. 

 On pistillate aments of P o p u 1 u s alba L., Woodville, Jef- 

 ferson county. H. D. House, June 6, 1923. Some of the asci in 

 the Woodville collection have a rather long immersed portion (one 

 was measured 63 ytt) and there is some question owing to the inability 

 to consult certain literature, whether this should not be referred to 

 Taphrina rhizophora Johans. 



Vibrissea truncorum (A. & S.) Fries 

 Avalanche lake, Essex county, on spruce log partially immersed 

 and wholly water soaked. H. D. House, June 30, 1923. The variety 

 albipes Peck, seems to have merely a shorter, whiter stem than the 

 typical formi of the species, and was collected at Newcomb, July 5, 

 1923. 



Melachroia xanthomela (Pers.) Bond. 

 Newcomb, Essex county, on much decayed log in woods. H. D. 

 House, September 30, 1922. 



Ciboria firma (Pers.) Fckl. 

 On chips of Betula lutea Alichx. f ., in ravine at the southern 

 base of Peaked mountain, Washington county. S. H. Burnham, 

 June 9, 1918. Determined by Dr F. J. Seaver. 



