[Vol. 2, 1915] 



656 ANNALS OF THE MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN 



Alabama : on Symplocos tinctoria, Auburn, Ala. Biol. Surv. 



(in. Mo. Bot. Gard. Herb., 4969). 

 Indiana: on Symplocos tinctoria, Eobertsdale, A. M. Rhodes 

 (in Mo. Bot. Gard. Herb., 741178). 



SPECIES IMPERFECTLY KNOWN 



E. decolorans Harkness, Cal. Acad. Sci. Bui. 1: 31. 1884. 



* * Receptaculum effused, producing conspicuous yellowish 

 white, orbicular spots, 1-2 cm. in diameter, not at all distort 

 ing the leaf ; spores appearing upon the under surface, hyaline 



straight, p 7-8 X 4^5. 

 1 ' On living leaves of Rhododendron occidentale. Tamalpaif 





[Cal.]. Autumn. 2887, 



The above is the original description. I have 

 mens referable here nor on the host stated. 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



E. mycetophilum Peck ex Burt, Torr. Bot. Club Bui. 

 28: 285-287. pi. 23. 1901. 



Tremella mycetophila Peck, N. Y. State Mus., Bui. 28: 53. 

 pl.l.f.4. 1879. 



This curious structure on Collybia dryophila, I no longer 

 regard as parasitic but, rather, as a teratological production 

 of C. dryophila, induced by protracted wet weather during 

 development of the fructification. 



(To be continued.) 



