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184. Gloeosporium sanguinariae E. & E. 
On Sanguinaria canadensis L. 
Columbus, Ohio. 1903. 
Coll. W. A. Kellerman. 
“Gloeosporium Sanguinariae E. & E. 
“Spots yellow, oblong or irregular, 3-5 mm. diam., situated near the 
apex of the leaf which is more or less uniformly blackened. Acervuli 
epiphyllous, numerous, innate, yellow and inconspicuous. Conidia oblong, 
hyaline, continuous, mostly a little curved, 8-15 x 3£-5£ M.” J. B. Ellis 
and B\ M. Everhart. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of 
Philadelphia, 1894:371. 30 Nov. 1894. 
185. Gymnosporangium nidus-avis Thax. 
Roestelia nidus-avis. 
On Amelanchier canadensis (L.) Medic. 
Sandusky, Erie Co., Ohio. July? 1904. 
Coll. W. A. Kellerman. 
“Gymnosporangium nidus-avis, nov. sp. 
“Sporiferous masses when young, cushion like, irregularly globose or 
oval, small and distinct or elongate and confluent according to the habi¬ 
tat ; rich red brown; when mature indefinitely expanded by moisture, 
orange-colored. Teleutospores two-celled, irregular in shape broadly 
ovate to sub-elliptical or fusiform, bluntly rounded or slightly tapering 
towards the apex, symmetrical or often slightly bent. Average dimen¬ 
sions .055 x .025 mm. Promycelia several, not uncommonly proceeding 
from either extremity. Pedicels when young often more or less inflated 
below the spore. Mycelium perennial in leaves, branches or trunks of 
Juniperus Virginiana very commonly inducing a “bird’s nest” distortion. 
“Roestelia stage. Spermogonia yellowish orange, preceding the 
aecdia by about ten days. Aecidia hypophyllus or more commonly on 
petioles, young shoots and especially on young fruit, densely clustered, 
brown, at first subulate, then fimbriate; the peridia splitting to the base 
with its divisions slightly divergent. Peridial cells rather slender; the 
ridges somewhat prominent, sublabyrinthiform, horizontal or becoming in¬ 
wardly oblique towards the extremities. Average measurements (towards 
the apex of the peridia) .07 x .018 mm. Aecidiospores smooth, spherical 
or irregularly oval to oblong, average diameter 25 mm.” Roland Thax- 
ter. Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, Bulletin No. 107:6. 
April 15, 1891. 
186. Kuehneola albida (Kuhn) Magn. 
Chrysomyxci albida Kuhn. 
On Rubus nigrobaccus Bailey. 
Sandusky, Erie Co., Ohio. July 21, 1903. 
Coll. W. A. Kellerman. 
“Seit dem 14 August d. J. beobachtete ich . . . auf Rubus fruti- 
cosus L. einen ziemlich haufig vorkommenden Parasiten, der an der 
Unterseite der Blatter kleine, rundliche Haufchen von rein weisser bis 
