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Aralia spinosa, conidia 75 x 20 /A (Nuttall, 358). On Rumex 

 obtusifolius, Rhus radicans and Cicuta maculata? (Nuttall). 



M. - - sp. 



TYPE HABITAT : On dead stems Polymnia Uvedalia, Nov. 

 3, 1893 (Nuttall, discov. 1736, 623). 



M. ABUTILONIS Speg. 



On Abutilon Abutilon, July 21, 1895 (Nuttall, 1836). 



M. - - sp. 



TYPE HABITAT : On decayed fruit Diospyros Virginiana, 

 April 25, 1895 (Nuttall, discov. 1825, 711). 



M. ASCLEPIADEUM Cooke ? 



On Asclepias Syriaca, Nov. 3, 1894 (Nuttall, 1730). 



M. CAUDATUM C. & E. 



On dead flowers of Yucca cult., Sept. 5, 1894 (Nuttall, 

 1680, 587). On stems of Phytolacca decandra, conidia 88 

 x 20 /A. 

 M. SAPONARIAE Peck. 



On Saponaria officinalis, Oct. 6, 1894 (Nuttall, 1695). 



M. OLIVACEUM E. & E., Proc. Phila. Acad., 1894, 383. 



TYPE HABITAT : Parasitic on Sphaeropsis Asiminae on 

 dead limbs of Asimina triloba, March, 1894 (Nuttall, discov. 

 1418, 388). 



Forms a light olive velutinous coat over the pustules of 

 the Sphaeropsis. Hyphae tufted, yellowish brown (under 

 the microscope), septate, erect, nearly straight or subun- 

 dulate, 80 to 100 x 4 to 5 /*. Conidia obovate or obpiriform, 

 3 to 5~septate and muriform, brown, 24 to 38 x 15 to 20 /x 

 terminal, sessile. Conidia also occur subcubical or subglobose 

 15 to 20 fji diameter with 2 septse crossing each other at 

 right angles. 



M. ANTENNAEFORME B. & C. 



On Celtis occidentalis, Aug. n, 1894 (Nuttall, 1652). 

 Conidia+95 x 15/x. 



M. - - sp. 



TYPE HABITAT : On pods of Datura Stramonium, Feb. 10, 

 1894 (Nuttall, discov. 1369, 326). 

 M. TOMATO Cooke? , 



On ripe fruit Lycopersicum esculentum cult. Spores 

 shorter than described. Sept. 9, 1893 (Nuttall, 1195). Same 

 host Monongalia Co., at Morgantown, prevalent 1891 (Mills- 

 paugh). 



M. MAYDIS C. & E. 



On leaves Zea Mays cult., with conidia smaller than de- 

 scribed, Nov., 1893 (Nuttall, 1334, 292). 



