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porus valvatus has been collected on dead Picea Engel- 
manni near Lake Mary, Big Cottonwood Canyon; Poly- 
porus adusta on dead poplar stumps at Santaquin; Poly- 
porus alboluteus, “cream puff fungus”, common in our 
canyons; Polyporus elegans; Fomes megaloma; Fomes 
ungulatus (Schaeff.) Sacc.; Homes lobatus Schw.; Fomes 
ellisianus on Shepherdia argentea Nutt. (buffalo-berry) ; 
Lenzites sepiaria Fr. on coniferous logs. These are but a 
few of the “wood-eating” fungi of the State. 
Among the lower Basidiomycetes, there are a num- 
ber of rusts that do more or less damage to the forest 
trees of the State. The list is far from complete, but as 
made up at present consists of the following twenty-two 
species: 
1. Coleosporium ribicola (C. & E.) Arth. 
I. (xcial stage) on needles of Pinus edulis. Not yet 
found in Utah. 
II. (uredinial stage). On Ribes inebrians Lindl. 
Beaver Canyon above Beaver; Bears’ Ears, Elk Mts., San 
Juan County; Maple Canyon, branch of Coal Canyon, near 
Cedar City, Iron County; First Left-hand Fork Parowan 
Canyon, near Parowan, Iron County; Fish Lake Mountains 
above Fish Lake, Sevier County. 
2. Cronartium filamentosum (Peck) Hedg. & Long. 
I. On Pinus scopulorum(Engelm.) Lemmon. Known 
only in Utah from Bryce’s Canyon, where it is abundant, 
and rapidly killing the yellow pines. 
II, III. On various species of Castilleja, Orthocar- 
pus, fPedicularis. Collected in Utah on Castilleja 
linarizfolia Benth. near Monticello, San Juan County. 
8. Cronartium occidentale Hedgc., Bethel & Hunt. 
I. On Pinus edulis. Collected in Utah at Marysvale, 
Piute County; Parowan Canyon, near Parowan, Iron 
County; McKee’s Ranch, near Vernal, Uinta County; 
Monticello, San Juan County. 
II, III. On various species of Ribes and Grossularia 
On Ribes aureum Pursh. Collected in Utah at 
Santaquin, Utah County; Richfield, Sevier County; Manti, 
Sanpete County; Marysvale, Piute County; Panguitch, 
Garfield County; Mt. Carmel, Kane County; Currant Creek, 
Duchesne County; Morgan, Morgan County; Lewiston, 
