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Aralia spinosa, conidia 75 x 20 /u, (Nuttall, 358). On Rume.r 

 ohtusif alius, Rhus radicans and Cicuta maculata? {Nuttall). 



M. sp. 



Type habitat: On dead stems Polymnia Uvcdalia, Nov. 

 3, 1893 {Nuttall, discov. 1736, 623). 



M. Abutilonis Speg. 



On Abutilon Ahutilon, July 21, 1895 {Nuttall, 1836). 



M. sp. 



Type habitat : On decayed fruit Diospyros Virginiana, 

 April 25, 1895 {Nuttall, discov. 1825, 711). 

 M. Asclepiadeum Cooke? 



On Asdepias Syriaca, Nov. 3, 1894 {Nuttall, 1730). 

 M. caudatum C. & E. 



On dead flowers of Yucca cult., Sept. 5, 1894 {Nuttall, 

 1680, 587). On stems of Phytolacca decandra, conidia 88 



X 20 fl. 



M. Saponariae Peck. 



On Saponaria oMcinalis, Oct. 6, 1894 {Nuttall, 1695). 



M. olivaceum E. & E., Proc. Phila. Acad., 1894, 383. 



Type habitat : Parasitic on Sphaeropsis Asiminae on 

 dead limbs of Asimina triloba, 3ilarch, 1894 {Nuttall, discov. 

 1418, 388). 



Forms a light olive velutinous coat over the pustules of 

 the Sphaeropsis. Hyphse tufted, yellowish brown (under 

 the microscope), septate, erect, nearly straight or subun- 

 dulate, 80 to 100 x 4 to 5 /*. Conidia obovate or obpiriform, 

 3 to 5-septate and muriform, brown, 24 to 38 x 15 to 20 /x 

 terminal, sessile. Conidia also occur subcubical or subglobose 

 15 to 20 /x diameter with 2 septse crossing each other at 

 right angles. 



M. antennaeforme B. & C. 



On Celtis occidentalis, Aug. 11, 1894 {Nuttall, 1652). 

 Conidia+95 X 15/11. 



M. sp. 



Type habitat: On pods of Datura Stramoniuin, Feb. 10, 

 1894 {Nuttall, discov. 1369, 326). 

 M. Tomato Cooke? 



On ripe fruit Lycopersicuin esculentum cult. Spores 

 shorter than described. Sept. 9, 1893 {Nuttall, 1195). Same 

 host Monongalia Co., at Morgantown, prevalent 1891 {Mills- 

 paugh). 

 M. Maydis C. & E. 



On leaves Zea Mays cult., with conidia smaller than de- 

 scribed, Nov., 1893 {Nuttall, 1334, 292). 



