Report of the State Botanist. Ill 



POLYPORUS CONGLOMERATUS, Pk. 



Prostrate trunks of beech. Osceola. Aug. 



Lycoperdon GiGANTEUM, BatscTi. 

 A specimen of the obconic form mentioned by Fries was found near 

 Coeymans, Albany county, by Mr. John D. Parsons. 



MORTHIERA MeSPILI, FcM. 



Living leaves of Amelanchier Canadensis. Caroga. July. 



PucciNiA Calth>e, Lie. 

 This species, which is rare in our State, was found in a wooded swamp 

 in Caroga. July. 



Urocystis pompholygodes, Schl. 

 On Thalictrum anemonoides. Albany. G. W. Clinton. 



Cystopus cubicus, De By. 

 Radical leaves of Senecio aureus. Adirondack mountains. June. 

 This species inhabits various species of compositae, but does not appear 

 to have been before found on Senecio. 



Glomerularia Corni, Ph 

 Hitherto found only on Cornus Canadensis, but now on Lonicera 

 ciliata also. Adirondack mountains. June. 



LOPHIOTREMA SPIRiEiE, SttCC. V. ADULTUM. 



This has the spores nine to eleven-septate. In the type they are seven- 

 septate. West Albany. Apr. 



DiAPORTHE SPICULOSA, Nlts. 



A form occurs on dead branches of Spirma opulifoUa 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, FcM. V. ACERINUM. 



Perithecia narrowly elliptical or oblong ; asci subclavate, .0025 to .003 

 in long, .0008 to .00035 broad ; spores filiform, considerably shorter 

 than the ascus. Fallen petioles of Acer saccharinum. Caroga. July. 



E. 



NEW YORK SPECIES OF LACTARIUS. 



LACTARIUS, Fr. 



[Galorrheiig, 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. 



