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very rapidly while drying and becoming smoky brown and 

 opaque. 



Clavaria pisiillaris Linn. Middleton, edible, RRG. 



C. fusiformis Sow. Middleton, common, edible, RRG. 



C. vermicularis Scop. Lu'rienburg, MCH. 



C. ligula Schreff. Growing under conifers. French River 

 and New Glasgow, WPF. 



C. mucida Pers. Growing on decaying log. New Glas- 

 gow, WPF. 



Exidia glandulosa Fr. Middleto;n, RRG. 



Dacromyces stillatus Nees. On railroad ties, Middleton, 

 RRG. New Glasgow, WPF. 



Phallus dcemonum Rumph. Lunenburg, MCH. 



Bovista pila B. & C. Common, Pictou, WPF. 



Ly coper don wrightii B. & C. Lunenburg, MCH. 



Septoria acerina Peck. On leaves of Acer pensylvanicum, 

 New Glasgow, WPF. 



8. oenotherce West. On leaves of Oenothera biennis, New 

 Glasgow, W 7 PF. 



CoUetotrichum lindemuthianum (Sacc. and Magnus) 

 Briosi and Cavara. On cultivated beans. New Glasgow, 

 WPF. 



Phragmidium subcoriicium (Schrank) Wint. Common on 

 Rosa, New Glasgow, WPF. On Rosa blanda, Pictou, CLM. 



Triphragmium clavellosum Berk. O'n leaves of Aralia 

 nudicaulis, New Glasgow and West River, WPF. Pictou, 

 CLM. 



Gymnoconia interstUialis (Schlecht) Lagerh. Cceoma nitens 

 (Schw.). Sori form orange colored confluent patches on the 

 under side of the leaves of Ruhus strigosus. Pictou, CLM. 



Coleosporium solidaginis (Schw.) Thum. On Aster 

 patens. Pictou, CLM. 



Melampsora medusce Thum. On leaves of Populus gran- 

 didentata. The areas surrounding the sori become almost coal 

 black in color early in autumn. Pictou, CLM. 



