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Journal of Agricultural Research voi. xxiii, No. r 0 
SUMMARY 
Sclerotinia carunculoides , n. sp., is described as causing a disease of 
fruits of cultivated mulberry (Moms alba) completely destroying them 
as an edible fruit. 
The disease is known to occur in South Carolina and has been reported 
from other southern States. 
Ascospores of this fungus have been found on blooms which were 
collected not less than 8 feet above the nearest group of apothecia. 
The occurrence of the microcondidial form of the fungus in the diseased 
fruit is noted. 
The most striking feature which distinguishes this fungus from others 
of the same group is the presence of a prominent caruncle-like body on the 
concave surface of the ascospore. 
