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Stevens and Hall (Bot. Gaz. 50: 460. 1910) list two species 

 of Paspalum as hosts for these fungi, P. laeve and P. dilatatum. 

 Brown and Ranck (Miss. Agr. Exp. Sta. Bui. 6, 1915) added P. 

 distichum. P. laeve was very commonly infected in this region 

 and also Paspalum floridantim Michx., a host species not pre- 

 viously reported, was found to bear similar sclerotia. It is inter- 

 esting to note that attacked spikelets fall with the pedicels at- 

 tached to them, in contrast to the fall of normal spikelets in 

 which the pedicels remain attached to the rachis. 



H. R. Rosen. 



Fungi from Hedgcock 



A number of boxes of polypores collected by Hedgcock, Long, 

 Humphrey, Weir, Hartley, and others, in various parts of the 

 United States were sent in some time ago from the Division of 

 Forest Pathology for identification and verification, and dupli- 

 cates were added to our herbarium. The collection contained 

 many interesting specimens. A partial report follows : 



Fomes putearius Weir from the Northwest, on Abies, Picea, 



Pinus, etc. Compare Pomes spongiosus of Europe. 

 Funalia stuppea from various localities, chiefly on Populus. 

 Hapalopilus gilvus from California, on oak. 



Hapalopilus licnoides from Georgia, on bald cypress. This may 

 be what was recently reported as Fomes torulosus. 



Inonotus dryadeus from Washington, on Tsuga heterophylla. 

 This was collected several times by Humphrey. I have it also 

 from Oregon on this host and on Abies grandis. It is difficult 

 to believe until one has seen the specimens that this oak-loving 

 species occurs on conifers. 



Inonotus dryophilus from Arizona, on Populus. 



Pyropolyporus Bakeri from Texas, on oak. 



Spongipellis borealis from Vermont, on sugar maple. 



Spongipellis fragilis from Pike's Peak, Colorado, 11,000 ft. ele- 



• vation, on Pinus flexilis. 



Trametes Morganii? of Lloyd from Maryland, on Liriodendron. 



