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leve tardeque acre; lamellae tenues, confertae, leviter sinuatae, 
albae; stipes centralis eccentricusve aequalis vel basi leviter in- 
crassatus, solidus, sericeo-fibrillosus, albidus vel extus brunneus, 
intus brunnescens; sporae late ellipsoideae, 8-9 x 6-7 ». 
Trichothecium candidum VWallr. 
On a drying specimen of Polyporus hispidus (Bull.) 
Fr. Albany. September. 
Uromyces caricinus E. & E. 
Leaves and culms of Carex scoparia Schk. Alcove, 
gubany co: . July... (idee sheate 
Uromyces scirpi (Cast.) Burr. 
Leaves of river bulrush, Scirpus fluviatilis (Torr.) 
Gray. Clayton, Jefferson co. September. The aecial form oc- 
curs on leaves of poison hemlock, Cicuta maculata L. 
Volutella cucurbitina n. sp. 
Sporodochia orbicular, crowded in orbicular patches which are 
sometimes confluent, purplish brown becoming brown with age or 
in drying, adorned with slender subulate blackish setae, .o0024— 
.0048 of an inch long, .ocoo12—.00015 broad; spores oblong, obtuse, 
hyaline, .0004-.0009 of an inch long, .ooo16—.0002 broad, sporo- 
phores very short or obsolete. 
Rind of summer crookneck squash, Cucurbita pepo L. 
Menands, Albany co. September. 
Sporodochia orbicularia, in maculis orbicularibus dense conferta, 
interdum confluentia, oculo inermi brunneo-purpurea, in aetate 
brunnescentia, setis gracilibus subulatis nigris, 60-120x3-4 » 
ornata; sporae oblongae, obtusis, hyalinis, Io-22x 4-5 », sporo- 
phcris brevissimis obsoletisve. 
