NEW OR NOTEWORTHY ASCOMYCETES 

 AND LOWER FUNGI FROM NEW 

 MEXICO 



Charles Edward Fairman 



The following notes are based upon a collection of microscopic 

 fungi from New Mexico by Paul C. Standley. The specimens 

 were mostly gathered by Mr. Standley in the vicinity of Ute 

 Park, Colfax County, at an altitude of 2200 to 2900 meters during 

 August and September, 1916. A few were collected at other 

 places, especially at Baldy Peak, above timber line, at an altitude 

 of 3600 meters. The details of the trip have been personally 

 narrated by Mr. Standley in Mycologia 10: 34. The numbers 

 in parenthesis are the collection numbers. Where no locality is 

 mentioned in the text Ute Park is the place of collection Prof. 

 John Dearness has examined numbers 14253, 14565, 14754, 14772 

 and 14780, and the writer is deeply indebted to him for assistance. 



ASCOMYCETES 



Order: SPHAERIALES 

 Family : Erysibaceae 

 Phyllactinia corylea (Pers.) Karst. 

 On bare wood of dead branches of Alnus tenuifolia Nutt. 

 (I477 2 P.p.)- 



The occurrence of this fungus on bare wood is noteworthy. A 

 severe infection of the leaves of trees by members of the Erysi- 

 baceae is often followed by an extension of the disease to sur- 

 rounding objects. The writer has for several years noticed a 

 tree of horsechestnut which is subject to annual attacks of 

 Uncinula flexuosa Peck. Underneath this tree a species of Cor- 

 ticium upon fallen branches, and leaves of cultivated rhododen- 

 drons are found with a similar infection by contiguity. 



On blackened areas around the base of branchlets there were a 



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