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Endophyllum the aecidium is of the cup type. The determination 
of the complete life history of Cacoma nitens must await further 
infection experiments. It is of interest that this method of ger- 
mination should have so long escaped detection in such a widely 
distributed and well known rust. — F. D. Fromme. 
Phytopathology^ for June contains a paper by Doctor W. C. 
Sturgis on Herpotrichia and Keopcckia. In this paper Doctor 
Sturgis calls attention to the similarity of Neopeckia Coulteri 
(Peck) Sacc. and Herpotrichia nigra Hartig. He mentions hav- 
ing seen only one reference- to Herpotricha nigra in American 
literature. In this connection it might not be out of place to call 
attention to a preliminary note on these two species in a report 
of the conference of the scientific staff and students of the New 
York Botanical Garden two years ago, as follows;® 
“ Mr. Fred J. Seaver showed specimens of two fungi (Neopeckia 
Coulteri and Herpotrichia nigra?) which occur as parasites on 
various coniferous trees at high altitudes in the Rocky Mountains. 
The two fungi are so much alike that they can be distinguished 
only by microscopic examination of the spores and for this reason 
the species have been hopelessly confused and most of the speci- 
mens in our collections are incorrectly named. So far as our 
observations have gone the one species (Neopeckia Coulteri) 
occurs only on species of pine, while the other (Herpotrichia 
nigra?) occurs on spruces and firs but never, so far as observed, 
in America on pine. 
“Herpotrichia nigra was originally described in Europe and has 
been reported on both spruces and pines as well as on other 
coniferous trees. Examination of various European specimens 
of this species shows the spores to be much smaller than those 
examined in American specimens. Whether this difference in 
size which is very marked is due to the fact that the spores are 
immature is uncertain. Attempts to secure specimens of type 
material in order to determine the identity of the European 
species have so far been unsuccessful. 
1 Phytopathology 3; 152-158. pi. iz, 13. 1913. 
2 F. S. Earl in Green’s Plantae Bakerianae i : 27. 1900. 
3 Jour. New York Botanical Garden 12: 159. 1911. 
