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ToRULA ALXEA n. SJ). 



Flocci tufted, erurnpeiit, black, composed of nucleated joints 

 about as long as broad, mostly slightl}^ constricted at the septa, 

 here and there strongly constricted. 



Dead branches of alder trees. Buffalo. Clinton. New Balti- 

 more. Howe. Adirondack Mts. July. 



Sporendonema Ml'sC'E Fr. 



Dead bodies of flies. Common. Autumn. 

 This is Enipusa Muscce Cohn. It causes tlie death of the flies 

 it attacks. 



SrORIDESMIUM MORIFORME U. 8J). 



Spores collected in minute orbicular crowded black tufts, obovate 

 or siibelliptical, very obtuse ; cells small, paler at the base where 

 there is a subglobose, hyaline cell or peduncle nearly as broad as 

 the spore which is .0013' to .0015' long. 



Decorticated wood of apple trees. Sandlake. November. 



The multicellular spores are suggestive of mulberries. 



Gymxosporangium Juniperi Lh. 



'B'2iv\oi Junijyerus Yirginiana. New B.iltimore. Howe. June. 



Gymxosporaxgium clavipes CooJce c& Peck. 



Sori mostly small and subrotund, sometimes confluent, convex, 

 erumpent, orange; spores elliptical, obtuse, attached to a long hya- 

 line peduncle which is gradually thickened toward the top, .0015' 

 to .0018' long. 



Living branches of Jioniperus Vh'giniana. New Baltimore. 

 Howe. Bethlehem. May. 



This species differs from the preceding in its smaller sori and 

 remarkably thickened peduncles. The apical part of the peduncle 

 is sometimes wider even than the spore itself. The younger 

 branches are slightly swollen where attacked by this fungus and 

 the bark is scaly. When old the fungus becomes a thin shapeless 

 gelatinous mass. The spores germinate at the extremities, each 

 fllament absorbing the contents of its own cell. 



PoDisoMA FuscDM Huby. 



Yery young branchlets and " Cedar balls " of Janlperus Yir- 

 giniana. New Baltimore. Howe. Bethlehem and Helderberg 

 Mts. May. 



This species is more abundant in the vicinity of Albany than its 

 congener, P. macrojDus. It has a darker color than that species 

 and the spores and spore tufts are shorter. 



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