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supposed to occur upon Carex limosa and megallanica' 

 neither of which has been found in this vicinity. 



Puccinia minutissima Arthur 



I On leaves of Decodon verticillatus (L.) Ell. at 

 Pecksport, Madison county, July lo, 191 8. The telial stage was 

 found on Carex lasiocarpa, August 29, 191S at the same 

 locality. 



Puccinia orbicula Peck & Clinton ^ 



Jordan ville, Herkimer county on leaves ofNabalus albus- 

 House, July 12, 19 18. Doctor Arthur, after an examination of a 

 duplicate specimen, thinks this is P. patruelis (P. hiera- 

 ciata), an heteroecious rust, and remarks that the spores are 

 somewhat smaller than P. orbiculata and that only pycnia 

 and aecia are present. Doctor Peck collected this on the same host 

 at Cedarville, near Jordanville, and it was determined as orbicula. 



Stereum willeyi (Clinton) Burt, comb. nov. 

 Thelephora willeyi Clinton : Peck in 26th Rep't N. Y. State Mus. 71 • 

 1874- 



Figure 3 



This interesting fungus has the appearance or habit of a Thelephora, 

 and was so described by Clinton. When young it is pure white, and 

 rather conspicuous ; with age it becomes somewhat dingy and slightly 

 zoned, the margin which is nearly or quite entire in young plants 

 becomes laciniately toothed or lobed, often split down one side. 

 Typical plants are infundibuliform, with a thin texture which is 

 neither tough nor brittle, although becoming very brittle upon drying. 

 Neither Peck nor Clinton describes the spores, which are colorless, a 

 character which removes the species from Thelephora to Stereum, 

 as indicated by Professor Burt. The illustration of the plant is from 

 photographs of it taken near Green pond, east of Jamesville, Onondaga 

 county, May 1918. Clinton obtained it near Buffalo, and Peck 

 collected it at Lowville, Lewis county. 



Morchella angusticeps Peck 

 Rich soil in thin woods near Pecksport, Madison county. H. D. 

 House, June 1918. 



Polyporus elegans (Bull.) Fries 

 Green pond, near Jamesville, Onondaga county, on fallen trunk of 

 Tilia. Typical in all respects except the unusually short stipe, 

 which in these specimens measured but 4 to 9 mm in length. 



