PLANTS OF NORTH ELBA 



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BULGAR1ACEAE 

 Leotia lubrica (Scop.) Pers. 

 Mossy ground in woods. Valley of the Ausable. 



Ombrophila albiceps Pk. 



Decaying wood of deciduous trees. Near Newman. September. 



PHACIDIACEAE 



Celidium Stictarum (DeN.) Tul. 



Apothecia of lungwort lichen, Sfictis puhnonaria. Woods near Wood 

 farm. The parasite blackens the disk of the apothecium. 



G Y M NOASCACE AE 



Exoascus confusus Atk. 



Fruit of choke cherry. Freemans Home. June. The fungus deforms 

 the fruit and floral organs and prevents their proper development. 



Exoascus unilateralis Pk. 



Living leaves of choke cherry. Roadside between North Elba post 

 office and Wood farm. June. 



Exoascus Insititiae Sadeb. 

 Living leaves of wild red cherry. Newman and Freemans Home. 

 June. 



M YXOM YCETEAE 

 PHYSARACEAE 

 Fuligo septica (Lk.) Gmel. 

 Various substances and variable in external color. 



Craterium leucocephalum (Pers.) Post. 

 Fallen leaves and other decaying vegetable matter. Near Newman. 



Tilmadoche nutans (Pers.) Post. 

 Prostrate trunks of trees and other substances. Wood farm. 



DIDYMIACEAE 

 Didymium flavidum Pk. 

 Bark of dead balsam fir. Valley of the Ausable. 



