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Anthostoma cercidicolum (B. & C. ; Peck) Sacc. 



Diatrype c c r c i d i c o 1 a T. (*l- C. ; Peck. 25th Rcp't N. Y. State Mus. 

 loi. 1873 



Hypoxvlon suborbicularc I'eck. 30th Reo't X. Y. State Mus. 63. 

 1878. Not Welw. & Curr. 1867 



Nummularia lateritia E. &E. Proc. Phila. Acad. 144. 1893 



Anthostoma cercidicolum Sarc. .Syl!. i: 306. 1882 — E. & E. 

 N. Amer. Pyren. 582. 1892 



On dead branches of black ash. F r a x i n u s nigra Marsh. 

 Newcomb. Essex county. H. D. House. July 20. 1920. 



For a description of this species see N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 

 205-6:44. 1919. It seems that Doctor Peck having at hand a 

 specimen from Curtis labelled "Diatrype cercidicola 

 B. & C." decided tliat it was the same as a collection from Buffalo 

 by Qinton, and hence gave first definite formal publication to the 

 name, accompanied by a description of the Clinton material and 

 giving the black ash as the host species. 



Examination of the Curtis specimen referred to shows that it is 

 not the same as the Clinton material. The Curtis specimen came 

 from Alabama (by Peters?), and the host is said to be Cercis, 

 which is probably correct. What other specimens from Curtis, 

 under this name, in other herbaria may be we do not know. Cooke^^ 

 listed the species without comment, having previously^^ transferred 

 the name to Fuckelia. From his treatment the inference is plain 

 that he went by Doctor Peck's description, and that if a specimen 

 from Curtis was at hand, he did not examine it. This follows a 

 -Statement^® that he did not have "fungus spores on the brain." and 

 that no notes had been made. If Cooke had made a study of the 

 Curtis specimen, it is possible that one of the worst mix-ups in 

 mycological nomenclature might have been avoided. As the matter 

 now stands we are obliged to retain Doctor Peck's name for the 

 species on black ash, a misleading name based upon a misapplication 

 of an older herbarium name. 



Diaporthe acerina Peck 



On dead twigs of Acer spicatum Lam., Newcomb, Essex 



county. H. D. House, June 20, 1923. In the dense thicket of Acer 



spicatum, where this material was collected, the following species 



were collected upon the same host species : 



A c r o s p e r u m c u n e o 1 u m D. &. H. 

 Cenangium griseum D. &H. 

 Diaporthe spicatum E. &E. 



-' Grevillea 14 : 16. li 

 2* Grevillea 12: 52. i{ 

 2» Cooke, 1. c. p. 51. 



