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Xylaria polymorpha Grev r . Pictou, collected in August and 

 September, and at Saltsprings. Appears-here to grow exclusive- 

 ly on rotting Fag-us fernujinea on, which it occasionally 

 becomes very abundant, CLM. Middleton, KKG. 



Daldinia concentrica (Boltoin) Ces. and D'eNot. On dead 

 Ulmus americanus, New Glasgow, WPF. 



Phyllachora graminis (Pers.) Fckl. On. Agropyrum repens 

 New Glasgow, WPF. 



Dothidea pteridis Fr. On Pteris aquilina, near Yarmouth, 

 by Miss E. Chesley Allen, AHMK. 



Dimerosporium collinsii (Schw.) Collected at Pictou 

 lOtb Sept., 1905, on leaves of Amelanchier canadensis. The 

 affected leaves frequently persist on the branches through, the 

 winter and spores mature in May of tiie following spring. 



Podospora amphicornis Ell. Collected 10th Aug., 1905, on 

 rabbits 7 dung at Saltsprings, Pictou county, CLM . 



The Myxomycetes. 



Mr. C. L. Moore, M. A., published in The Bulletin of the 

 Pictou Academy Scientific Association, Vol. L, 'No. 1, June, 

 1906, a list and general sketch of thirty-three species of 

 Myxomycetes, under the title, " The Myxomycetes of Pictou 

 County," Nova Scotia. A monograph of the Myxomycetes of 

 Pictou County by Mr. Moore, may appear soon in the 

 Transactions of the Institute ; so that there will be 'no advantage 

 in the enlargement of the present list to contain a reprint of the 

 list of 1906. 



Species Previously Reported but Found in New Localities, 



with Notes. 



Amanita vaginata Bull. Amanitopsis vaginata (Bull) 

 Roz. Middleton, generally mouse colored, but often variable; 

 a yellowish brown form occurring in this vicinity; also the 

 deadly poisonous A. plialloides, common in woods, RRG. 



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