REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST. Ta | 
POLYPORUS CONGLOMERATUS, Pk. 
Prostrate trunks of beech. Osceola. Aug, 
LYCOPERDON GIGANTEUM, /atsch. 
A specimen of the obconic form mentioned by Fries was found near 
Coeymans, Albany county, by Mr. John D. Parsons. 
Morruiera Mespiui, Pek, 
Living leaves of Amelanchier Canadensis. Caroga. July. 
Puccinia Cattua, Lk. 
This species, which is rare in our State, was found in a wooded swamp 
in Caroga, July. 
UROCYSTIS POMPHOLYGODEsS, ScAl. 
On Thahetrum anemonoides. Albany. G. W. Clinton. 
Cysropus cusicus, De By. 
Radical leaves of Senecio aureus, Adirondack mountains. June. 
This species inhabits various species of composite, but does not appear 
to have been before found on Senecio. . 
GLOMERULARIA Cornl, Ph. 
Hitherto found only on Cornus Canadensis, but now on Lonicera 
ciliata also. Adirondack mountains. June. 
LOPHIOTREMA SPIRH#&, Sacc. v. ADULTUM. 
This has the spores nine to eleven-septate. In the type they are seven- 
septate. West Albany. Apr. 
DIAPORTHE SPICULOSA, Nits. 
A form occurs on dead branches of Spirea opulifolia without a limi- 
ting black line in the matrix. The perithecia are sunk in the wood, the 
surface of which becomes blackened. 
HYPODERMA NERVISEQUUM, Fr. 
Fertile specimens were found on balsam leaves in Caroga. July. 
LoPHODERMIUM PETIOLICOLUM, Fckl. v. ACERINUM. 
Perithecia narrowly elliptical or oblong; asci subclavate, .0025 to .003 
in long, .oo08 to .00035 broad ; spores filiform, considerably shorter 
than the ascus. Fallen petioles of Acer saccharinum. Caroga. July. 
E. 
NEW YORK SPECIES OF LACTARIUS. 
LACTARIUS, #7. 
{Galorrheus, Fr. Lactifluus, Hoffm.] 
Hymenophorum fleshy, vesiculose, continuous with the fleshy stem; 
lamellae unequal, adnate or decurrent, acute on the edge, exuding a 
milky or colored juice when wounded ; volva and annulusnone; spores 
globose or broadly elliptical, white or yellowish. 5 
