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S. Magnoliae Peck. 



On Magnolia acuminata, Short Creek, alt. i,ooo ft., Aug. 

 i6, 1894 (Nuttall, 1658). Sporules lo x 6 /i nucleus large. 



SIROCOCCUS Preuss. 

 S. Halesiae E. & E., Proc, Phila. Acad., 1894, 358. 



On dead limbs Mohrodendron Carolimim (Halesia tet- 

 raptera) Feb. 26, 1894 (Nuttall, discov. 1407, 377, 376?) 



Perithecia scattered, or 2 to 3-cornate, erumpent, sub- 

 globose about .33 mm. diameter, black, with a minute papil- 

 liform ostiolum. Sporules subglobose, about 3 /x diameter, 

 greenish-hyaline, 3 to 6-concatenate, the terminal sporule 

 oblong and paler. Chains simple or sparingly branched, 

 arising directly from the proliferous layer without any dis- 

 tinct basidia, collected in stellate clusters. 



VERMICULARIA Fries. 

 V. PHLOGiNA Fairm. 



On dead leaves Phlox anioena, Sept. 15, 1894 {Nuttall, 

 1606). 



V. COMPACTA C. & E. 



On Rubu-s odoratus, ^lay 30, 1894; sporules 20 to 25 x 

 30 /.I {Nuttall, 1513). On Caulophyllum thalictroides (552). 

 V. petiolorum Schw. 



On Aralia spinosa, and on Robinia Pseudacacia? . Feb. 17, 

 1894 {Nuttall, 1388, 356). 

 \' Toxica E. & E., sp. nov? 



On Rhns radicans, Aug. 18, 1894 {Nuttall, 1669, 569). 

 V. Deaiatium (Pers.) Fr. 



On Cassia Marilandica, Oct. 28, 1893 {Nutall, 1251, 193). 

 On Heuchera Americana. 



V. Dematium var. 



On Onagra biennis, March 9, 1894 {Nuttall, 1434, 405). 

 V. Arctii Schw. 



On dead leaves and petioles Arctium Lappa, on ground, 

 July 21, 1894. Sporules fusiform slightly curved -F or — 

 20 X 3 /x,. Setae 35 to + 125 x 3 to 5 /.i (Nuttall, 1617). 

 V. subeffigurata Schw. 



On fruit peduncles Magnolia Fraseri in association with 

 Stagonospora pedunculi E. & E., July 25, 1893 (Nuttall, 

 1136). 



V. SUBEFFIGURATA SCAPINCOLA Schw. 



Bases of dead leaves Yucca fllamentosa cult., Feb. 19 

 1894. Sporules 18 x 2.5 ju, largest setae 200 ^i* (Nuttall, 1367) . 

 V. Trautvetteriae Nuttall, sp. nov. 



Type habitat : On dead leaves Trautvetteria Carolinensis. 

 July 15, 1894 (Nuttall, discov. 1633). 



