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quite unsightly with the accumulation of dead twigs and brown 

 leaves upon them. The fungus has been identified as Steganos- 

 porium piriforme (HofL) Cd., and it is said to have been de- 

 structive to maples in a town in southern Minnesota at one time. It 

 seems, however, not to have been previously noted in New York 

 State. It is not usually regarded as a serious enemy of the maple 

 and its destructive work at Glen Cove may be due to a combination 

 of circumstances, not the least of which was the weakened con- 

 dition of the trees due to the excessive and prolonged drought. 



Weather and fungi. Numerous observations in former years 

 have led to the conclusion that unusually dry seasons were pro- 

 ductive of but few forms of fleshy fungi, and Doctor Peck makes 

 special comment upon the abundance and variety of fungi follow- 

 ing a damp or rainy summer (Report for 1912, page 9). The 

 season of 191 3 seems to furnish abundant support to his conclusions 

 for in most parts of the State few fleshy fungi developed during 

 the summer season of 19 13, although numerous common ones ap- 

 peared late in the fall and a large crop of field mushrooms followed 

 favorable late summer rains in most localities. Many correspond- 

 ents have concurred in attributing the scarcity of fleshy species dur- 

 ing the summer to the unusually dry weather. 



Condition of the collections. The collections having been 

 moved to the new Museum quarters early in the year, much time 

 was necessarily occupied in properly arranging the herbarium and 

 duplicate specimens in the new metal cases. 



The collections of fungi made by the staff or received through 

 contributions during the past year have been placed in cardboard 

 boxes suitable for their reception and arranged in their proper 

 places in the herbarium. The collections (345 in number) include 

 55 specimens of fungi and 290 specimens of ferns and flowering 

 plants, collected in the counties of Albany, Madison, Rensselaer, 

 Oneida, Onondaga, Schenectady and St Lawrence. 



Specimens were contributed from the counties of Fulton, Her- 

 kimer, Monroe, Oneida, Onondaga, Queens, New York, Richmond, 

 Washington and Wyoming. 



Correspondents have contributed extralimital specimens collected 

 in Alabama, Canada, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of 

 Columbia, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New 

 Jersey, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Utah, Washington, 

 Wisconsin, Wyoming, and Porto Rico and Germany. 



The number of species of which specimens have been added to 

 the herbarium from current collections and contributions is 128, 



