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previously grown, that it was decided to 
grow more of it and try it out on the 
whitefly. On the Common Whitefly it 
proved to be as virile, and apparently more 
so, than any Red Aschersonia previously 
grown. It also has another desirable char¬ 
acteristic; namely, that it will fruit satis¬ 
factorily during the hot weather of June 
and July, which is something that other 
strains of Red Aschersonia heretofore 
grown would not do, it always being nec¬ 
essary to grow the crop of fungus during 
late winter and early spring and then plac¬ 
ing it in cold storage until needed for dis¬ 
tribution during the period of summer 
rains. 
I explained that the Goldiana Fungus 
(8687) obtained from Cuba was effective¬ 
ly active on the Cloudy-Winged Whitefly 
there and that we planned to get it started 
on the Cloudy-Winged Whitefly in Flor¬ 
ida. 
It is of interest to note, that the appar¬ 
ently new yellow fungus (5804) obtained 
from the hammock and reported upon at 
the Seminar has been identified by Dr. A. 
T. Speare, of the U. S. D. A., as Ascher¬ 
sonia goldiana, or the Goldiana Fungus. 
That it should be the Goldiana Fungus, 
namely, the same that exists in Cuba, was 
something of a surprise. Why it has not 
spread from the hammock to the white- 
flies infesting citrus and other cultivated 
plants in Florida has not been explained. 
Practical tests contemplated with the two 
strains of Goldiana Fungus, namely, the 
one from Cuba and the one from the ham¬ 
mock near Winter Park, during the com¬ 
ing summer may give us an answer. 
This brings me to the fungus that I 
wished principally to display today. I am 
calling it the Orange-colored Fungus (No. 
10592) ( Aschersonia basicystis)*. Last 
November I visited the hammock at Win¬ 
ter Park for the purpose of getting fresh 
material of the Goldiana Fungus when I 
recognized what appeared to be a slightly 
different fungus than the Goldiana, but 
growing on the same leaves with it. Upon 
growing it artificially in pure cultures it 
soon showed up differently and character¬ 
istically. During the latter part of last 
December Mr. C. A. Reese and myself 
(each independently) collected the same 
fungus infecting unidentified whitefly 
larvae on the common holly (Ilex opaca ) 
in the woods adjoining Newnans Lake, 
near Gainesville, Florida. At first we 
supposed that we had the ordinary Red 
Whitefly-Fungus, but in artificial cul¬ 
tures it grows and colors up exactly like 
Aschersonia basicystis. This gives us two 
locality records for this fungus in Florida. 
Dr. Speare, who made the identification 
of the material from Winter Park for me, 
had previously referred material of this 
fungus to Professor T. Petch, of Ceylon, 
for verification. 
The interesting part, however, is the 
existence of this fungus on a native white¬ 
fly in Florida and the prospects that it 
offers us of getting it started on white- 
flies infesting cultivated plants. The col¬ 
oration of this fungus when grown on ar¬ 
tificial culture material is, furthermore, a 
beautiful orange and I certainly desire 
that all the ladies should see it at the ex- 
*Identified for the writer by Dr. A. T. Speare, 
U. S. D. A., Washington, D. C. 
