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BULLETIN 380, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
1 inch or less in diameter, was cut off about 6 inches from the 
main trunk. Mycelium from corn meal in flasks was placed on the 
cut end of the stub and covered with wet cotton, over which oiled 
paper was tied. In about two weeks the paper and cotton were re- 
moved. In all cases. branches similar to those inoculated were cut 
as checks. 
Taste IlI.—IJnoculations with Endothia gyrosa. 
Source of fungus and | Host inocu- eae ee é Remarks. 
date. lated. lations. ful. 
Fagus: 
May 8, 1913........ oe itera é Evencepore er eeved on aris ae ‘ 
29, 1913....... ‘AZUS......--- cnospores observed on Aug. or 
Moyet: a i a" and a oct 10 for the third. 
Sept. 15, 1913.......| Liquidambar - 5 2 0 gro unti e ig of 1914; pyec- 
= ? nidis scattered and geal on Oct. > % 
4 2 | No growth until spring; well developed on 
Oct. 13, 1914. 
1 2 
4 
4 2 a Sale ty stromata well developed on Oct. 
1. le 
May 23, 1914.......|..... do...-...- 4 4 Do. 
Do.. .| Liquidambar . 4 0 
Do. -| Quercus ! . 4 0 
Do.. ‘agus... 4 3 Do. 
Quercus: 
May 29, 1913......-1....- do.......- 3 3 | Pyenospores first observed on Aug. 29, 1913. 
D Liquidambar . 4 2 | Very slight indications of growth on Aug. 
29, 1913; a few pycnidia with spores on 
P F Oct. 16. 
4 2 ery well-developed pycnidia on Oct. 13, 
4 0 : 
4 0 
4 4 Taree ebendant pycnidial stromata on Oct. 
4 4 | Abundant well-developed pycnidial stro- 
mata on Oct. 13, 1914. 
-| Liquidambar . 4 0 
Quercus !..... 4 0 
‘ 4 3 
3 3 | Pyenospores first observed on Aug. 29, 1913. 
3 3 | Slight indications of pycnidial formation on 
Aug. 29, 1913; pycnospores on all on Nov. 
F 7 17, 1913. 
4] 1 | Large well-developed pycnidial stromata 
on Oct. 13, 1914. 
4 3 | Scattered, fairly well-developed pycnidia 
on Oct. 13, 1914. 
4 4 enan well-developed pycnidia on Oct. 
Liquidambar . 4 0 , : 
Quercus!..... 4 0 
Fagus...-.-.-- 3 0 
Liquidambar . 3 3 | Pycnospores first observed on Aug. 29. 
BF 8 5 | No evidence of growth until the of 
1914; pyenidia few and small on Oct. i5. 
6 2) No [aals until the spring of 1914; pye- 
‘ é nidia small on Oct. 13. 
4 0 
4 0 
4 0 
ee --d0---..... 4 0 
.-| Liquidambar . 4 4 | Abundant pycnidia on Oct. 13, 1914. 
-| Quercus!..... 4 0 
Fagus......... 4 0 
1 The species used in this case was Quercus prinus, which proved to be an exceedingly unfavorable host 
for Endothia gyrosa, 
