x 15-20(1. Not constricted when mature. One-celled, hyaline 

 with fine nuclear plasma, rarely with one to two large oil 

 globules when young. Later two-celled with one cell becoming 



dark; the other remaining hyaline. 



The characteristics of Rhabdodine still bring it within the 

 family Phacidiaceae and order Phacidiales as interpreted by Clem- 

 ents and Shear (12). 



Although the imperfect fungi, Rhabdogloeum pseudotsugae and 

 R. )ixpop)i\llum have been reported commonly associated with 

 RJuibdocUnc pseudotsugae (15, 58, 68, 70) they were not found in 

 Central New York. 



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