RUSTS AND SMUTS COLLECTED IN NEW 

 MEXICO IN 1916 1 



Paul C. Standley 



During August and September, 1916, the writer spent four 

 weeks at Ute Park, Colfax County, New Mexico. This locality 

 is in the extreme northern part o ; f the State, 60 miles southwest 

 of Raton, and not far from the Colorado boundary. The altitude 

 of the station is approximately 2350 meters, and the mountains 

 in the vicinity reach an elevation of 3650 meters. The region is 

 typical of many others in the southern Rockies. Ute Park lies 

 about on the border between the Upper Sonoran and Transition 

 zones. The Upper Sonoran vegetation, confined to the lower 

 levels and drier hillsides, is characterized by pinyon and cedar, 

 while the Transition vegetation, of the more elevated mountain 

 sides, is dominated by the Rocky Mountain yellow pine. At 

 higher levels the Canadian Zone, with its heavy forests of fir and 

 Douglas and other spruces, is extensively represented, and on 

 the highest peaks there is a well developed Arctic-Alpine Zone. 



While the writer was interested primarily in the flowering 

 plants, he devoted a large part of his time to the systematic col- 

 lection of cryptogams, especially rusts. Of the latter nearly a 

 hundred numbers were collected, 17 of which represent species 

 new to the State, 2 while many others are the basis of new host 

 records for New Mexico. In all 55 species of Uredinales were 

 collected. The writer is inclined to believe that this number in- 

 cludes most of the representatives of the rust flora of the locality 

 at this particular season. 



In the following list the species formally listed are either new 

 to the State (indicated by an asterisk) or are reported here 

 upon hosts hitherto unrecorded for New Mexico. A few new 



1 Published by permission of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 



2 See Paul C. Standley, Fungi of New Mexico, Mycologia 8: 142-177. 

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