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Xylaria pohjmorpha Grev. PLctoii, collected iu Augiist and 

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

 ly on rotting Fagu^ ferruginea on which it occasionally 

 bfcomes very abundant, CLjM. IMiddleton, RRCi. 



Daldinia concentrica (Boltoiii) Ces. and DeNot. On dead 

 I'bnus americanus, Xew Glasgow, WPF. 



Phyllachora graminis (Pers.) Fckl. On Agropyrum repens 

 New Glasgow, WPF. 



Doth/idea pteridis Fr. On Ptfris cnjuiliiia, near Yarmouth, 

 by Miss E. Chesley Allen, AHd\LK. 



Dnnerosporium colUnsii (Schw.) Collected at Pictou 

 10th Sept., 1905, on leaves ot" Amelauchier canadensis. The 

 affected loaves frequently persist on the branches tliroug'li the 

 winter and spores mature in May of tae following spring. 



Podospora amphicornis Ell. Collected lOth Aug., 1905, on 

 rabbits' dung at Saltsprings, Pictou county, CLM . 



TJie My.romijcctes. 



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

 Pictou Academy ^Scientific Association, Vol. I., No. 1, Juiie, 

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

 Myxoniycetes, under the title, " The Myxonivcetes 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 ad\autage 

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

 list of 1906. 



Species Previously Picported but Found in New Localities, 



with Notes. 



Amanita vaginata Bull. Amanitopsis vaginata ( Bull) 

 Jloz. Middletoui, generally mouse colored, but often variable; 

 a yellowish brown form occur rinjsr in this vicinitv; also the 

 deadly poisonous .1. plialloides, common in woods, RRG. 



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