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county. These appear to be the only records of the occurrence of 

 the species in this State. 



Nigredo rhyncosporae (ElHs) Arthur 



Adirondack mountains on R h y n c o s p o r a g 1 o m e r a t a 

 (L. ) VahL C. H. Peck, August. (Taken in abundance from 

 herbarium specimens of this host, collected by Professor Peck 

 several years ago, who apparently overlooked the rust upon it.) 



Pestalozzia guepini Desm. 



On living and languishing leaves of Smilax glauca Walt. 

 Near Babylon, Long Island. H. D. Plouse, September 19, 191 5. 

 The same host plant contained Phyllosticta smilacis 

 E. & M. and what appears to be P h y s a 1 o s p o r a d i s r u p t a 

 (B. & C.) Sacc. 



Pestalozzia monochaetoidea S. & E. 



On dead branches of Opulaster opulifolius (L.) 

 Kuntze. Albany, N. Y. H. D. House, June 5, 191 5. 



Phacidium sparsum Peck 



(Bot. Gaz. 5, p. 3'5-36. Sacc. Syll. VHI, p. 716.) 

 Collected in Vermont by C. G. Pr ingle and the host, given by 

 Peck as dead wood and by Saccardo as " Ligno dejecto," proves to 

 be upon examination white pine (Pinus strobus) wood 

 which is partially decayed. 



Phleospora chenopodii E. & K. 



(Stagonospora chenopodii Pcch, Septoria atriplicis Dcsm., Septoria chenopodii 



West) 



On living leaves of C h e n o p o d i u m a 1 b u m L. Catskill. 



H. D. House, August 16, 191 5. 



Phoma bumeliae House, nom. nov. 



Phoma maciilans Sacc. Syll. III:ii6. 1884. Not P. macuians Sacc: i. c. 102. 

 Sphaeropsis macuians B. & C. North Am. Fungi No. 417. Not S. macuians 

 Lev. (1846). 



On leaves of Bumelia, Alabama (Peters). 



