Some New Species of Fungi on Libocedrus

Abstract

Among collections of Discomycetes from California referred to the writer at various times during recent years have been several specimens of fungi growing on Libocedrus decurrens Torr. which are apparently distinct from any of the species described in the available literature and are therefore described here as new. One discomycete and an associated Sphaeropsidaceous fungus on branchlets have been collected by H. E. Parks along the Middle Fork of the Smith River, Del Norte County, several times from 1936 to 1945. Another discomycete on bark of Libocedrus has been found at various localities in the state by L. Bonar, C. R. Quick, E. P. 'Meinecke, and C. L. Shear. Specimens of these fungi are deposited in the Mycological Collections of the United States Bureau of Plant Industry, Beltsville, Maryland, and in the Herbarium of the University of California, Berkeley, California.