SOME USTILAGINEAE OF THE STATE OF 

 WASHINGTON 



George L. Zundel 



Introductory Statement 



No special effort has previously been made to list the Ustilag- 

 ineae of Washington. Scattered through literature, however, 

 there are a fairly large number of reports of smuts from Wash- 

 ington. It would be hard to find another state where more ideal 

 conditions for mycological study exist, especially for the study of 

 smuts and rusts. The state has an area of 69,180 square miles 

 and a coast line of 1,860 miles, together with a varied topography 

 and a climate ranging from one warm enough to raise figs to that 

 of a very frigid character, and a variation of rainfall from less 

 than 5 inches to over 130 inches, the fungous flora of the state 

 is naturally varied. 



Of the botanical collectors who have worked in the state a 

 large proportion have found smuts. Among them are W 7 . N. 

 Suksdorf, David Griffitffihs, T. E. Wilcox, E. R. Lake and W. R. 

 Hull, J. S. Cotton, R. M. Horner, C. V. Piper, R. K. Beattie. 

 For the last five years the Plant Disease Survey of Washing- 

 ton, under the direction of Dr. F. D. Heald, has added to the 

 smut collections of the state. Mr. W. N. Suksdorf has, perhaps, 

 contributed most to our .knowledge of Washington smuts. His 

 collecting has been confined, however, to small areas, in Klickitat 

 and in Skamania Counties, so that there are still counties in the 

 state from which not a single smut has been reported. Mr. 

 Suksdorf has also collected on Mt. Adams (Mt. Paddo, used by 

 Suksdorf, is the old Indian name for Mt. Adams). 



Source of Material 



The smuts reported in this list represent material from a num- 

 ber of sources. 



(a) References taken from literature but no specimens ex- 

 amined. 



275 



