Preliminary Cryptogamic (Moss, Lichen and Liverwort) Flora of the Canadian and American Gorge at Niagara Falls 3. Lichens

P. M. Eckel
Res Botanica, a Missouri Botanical Garden Web site

http://www.mobot.org/plantscience/ResBot/index.htm

June 21, 2004

 

PRELIMINARY CRYPTOGAMIC (MOSS, LICHEN AND LIVERWORT) FLORA OF THE CANADIAN AND AMERICAN GORGE AT NIAGARA FALLS

2. Lichens

 

P. M. Eckel, Missouri Botanical Garden, PO Box 299, St. Louis, MO 63166-0299 USA

 

 

LICHENS

 

Alectoria jubata var. chalybeiformis

 

CAN: Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Park . Cameron 1895.

 

Anaptychia setifera Raes.

CAN (As Physcia ciliaris) Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Park.  Cameron 1895.

USA (As Physcia ciliaris Ach. var. angustata Tuck.) Niagara Falls (Mary Wilson in  Day 1883).

 

CAN: (earlier name Physcia ciliaris) Niagara Falls. det. Richard C. Harris 1988 (BUF).

 

USA (As Physcia ciliaris v. angustata): Goat Island. [Det. Richard C. Harris, 1988.][perhaps handwriting Mary L. Wilson] G. W. C. [George W. Clinton] May 22, 1871 (BUF).

 

USA: (earlier name Physcia ciliaris) Niagara Falls. On rocks, Whirlpool Wood [perhaps hand-writing of G. W. Clinton] [det. perhaps of Henry Willey][Det. Richard C. Harris, 1988] 1860 - 1870's(BUF).

 

USA: Three Sisters, Niagara.[handwriting of Mary L. Wilson][Det. Richard C. Harris, 1988] Mary L. Wilson 1870 (As Physcia ciliaris, DC. v. angustata) (BUF).

 

USA: Goat Island. "26" [Det. Richard C. Harris, 1988.] [perhaps handwriting G. W. Clinton. 1860-1970's. (As Physcia ciliaris v. angustata) (BUF).

 

USA: Niagara Falls.  "rare"  "fertile"[perhaps handwriting of Mary L. Wilson] [Det. Richard C. Harris, 1988] 1870's (As Physcia ciliaris (L.) DC. var. crinali) (BUF).

 

Arthothelium spectabile Flotow ex Massal.

USA. (As Arthonia spectabilis Flot.): Niagara Falls.[Det. Richard C. Harris, 1988.][perhaps handwriting Mary L. Wilson] (BUF).

 

USA: Niagara Falls."M. L. W." on packet top. Det. Richard C. Harris, 1988.[perhaps handwriting Mary L. Wilson] Mary L. Wilson (BUF).

 

Aspicilia cinerea (L.) Koerber

 

USA: (as Lecanora cinerea) Niagara Falls "?"[handwriting perhaps Mary L. Wilson's][Det. Richard C. Harris, 1988] "M.L.W." on top of packet"(fide H. W.)" [Henry Willey] (BUF).

 

Bacidia sp.

 

USA: Luna Island, on rock, Harris 16326 (NY), on rock, Harris 16327 (NY), on rock, Harris 16328 (NY).

USA: First Sister Island, eastern half, on Anomodon attenuatus, Harris 16413 (NY); on lignum, Harris 16416 (NY).

USA: Second Sister Island, west end, on lignum, Harris, 16375 (NY).

USA: Second Sister Island, west end, on decorticate stump, Harris, 22893 (NY).

USA: Second Sister Island, east end, limestone flat, on rock, Harris 22898 (NY).

Bacidia bagliettoana (Massal. & DeNot.) Jatta

 

USA. (As Biatora rubella Ehrh. var. incompta f.) Lewiston. "Devil's Hole," Niagara Falls.[perhaps handwriting Mary L. Wilson][Det. Richard C. Harris, 1986 (BUF).

Bacidia epixanthoides

USA: First Sister Island, western half,  NEW TO NEW YORK STATE, on Mnium thomsonii, Harris 16341 (NY).

Bacidia granosa

USA: First Sister Island, western half, on rock, Harris 22867 (NY); west on rock, Harris 22869 (NY): west, on rock, Harris 22872 (NY); west, on rock, Harris 22874 (NY); west, on rock, Harris 22877 (NY); west, on rock, Harris 16348 (NY).

USA: Second Sister Island, west end, in central woods, on rock, Harris 22895 (NY); Harris 22903 (NY); Harris 22924 (NY).

USA: Second Sister Island, east end, on rock, Harris 22931 (NY).

Bacidia rubella (Hoffm.) Massal.

 

USA.( As Lecanora subfusca (L.) Ach. Niagara Falls. The Falls. "51 June? 26" [Det. Richard C. Harris, 1986.][perhaps handwriting George W. Clinton] (BUF).

 

? B. ...nbella ? [sic]     [USA] [New York][Niagara] City Niagara Falls The Falls. G. W. Clinton Nov. 21, 1870's (BUF).

 

Bacidia schweinitzii (Fr. ex Michener) Schneider

 

USA. (As Biatora rubella) Whirlpool Woods. "This (Bia rubella?) looked uncommonly fine when wet." [perhaps G.W.Clinton's handwriting] [Annot. by Henry Willey?][Det. Richard C. Harris, 1986] (BUF).

 

USA. (As Biatora rubella var. schweinitzii Fr.) Whirlpool Wood, Niagara

[perhaps handwriting of Mary L. Wilson] "M. L. W." [Det. Richard C. Harris, 1986] Legit G. W. Clinton

 

Biatora fusco‑rubella (Hoffm.) Tuckerm.

 

CAN: "... [on] maple trees, Foster's flats, Niagara Falls, May, 1901. (Macoun.)," Macoun, 1901, p. 150. 

 

Biatora laureri (Hepp.) Tuckerm.

 

CAN: "... abundant on beech trees around St. Catharines and Niagara Falls, Ont., May, 1901. (Macoun.)," Macoun, 1901, p. 147.

 

Biatora rubella (Ehrh.) Rabenh.

 

CAN: "... on bark at Niagara Falls, May, 1901. (Macoun.)," Macoun, 1901, p. 150.

 

Biatora schweinitzii Fr.

 

CAN: "... on cedar bark, Foster's flats, and on maple above Niagara Falls, Ont., May, 1901. (Macoun.)" Macoun, 1901, p. 150.

 

Buellia punctata

USA: Second Sister Island, west end, Harris, 16389 (NY); at base of Tilia, Harris 22885 (NY).

USA: Second Sister Island, east end, Harris, 16400 (NY).

USA: Third Sister Island, west end, at base of Salix, Harris 22934 (NY).

Caloplaca sp.

 

USA: First Sister Island, western half, on rock, Harris 22870 (NY).

 USA: Second Sister Island, west end, on ridge, south side, on rock, Harris 22888 (NY).

USA: Second Sister Island, east end, limestone flat, on rock, Harris 22896 (NY).

USA: Second Sister Island, east end,  limestone flat, on rock, Harris 22906 (NY).

 USA: Second Sister Island, east end,  limestone flat, on rock, Harris 22914 (NY).

 

Caloplaca cerina (Ehrh. ex Hedw.) Th. Fr.

 

USA: Luna Island , on bark, Harris 16333 (NY).

 

Caloplaca cirrochroa (Ach.) Th. Fr.

NEW TO NEW YORK STATE USA: First Sister Island, eastern half, on rock, Harris 22917 (NY).

Caloplaca citrina (Hottm.) Th. Fr.

USA: First Sister Island, western half, on rock, Harris 22866 (NY).

USA: First Sister Island, eastern half,  limestone Bridge, on mortar, Harris 22863 (NY).

USA: Third Sister Island, central area, south side, on rock, Harris 22989 (NY).

USA: Third Sister Island, east end, on rock, Harris 22886 (NY), Harris 22991 (NY).

Caloplaca feracissima. H. Magn.

USA: First Sister Island, eastern half, highest point, on rock, Harris 22916 (NY); limestone flat, on rock, Harris 22929 (NY).

Caloplaca flavorubescens ((Hudson) J. R. Laundon

USA: Goat Island. "12" "Took it, I suppose, partly because I was in despair, & partly because the tree was Ash." [Clinton's handwriting] [Det. Richard C. Harris, 1988] Nov. 5 (BUF) [see Lecidea russula below].

Caloplaca flavovirescens  (Wulfen) Dalla Torre & Sarnth.

USA: First Sister Island, western half, on rock, Harris 16417 (NY).

USA: Second Sister Island, west end, large boulder on south side, Harris 22912 (NY).

USA: Third Sister Island, north side, east end, on rock, Harris 22937 (NY).

USA: Bridge to First Sister, Harris 22876 (NY).

Caloplaca stillicidiorum (Vahl) Lynge

 

USA: Niagara Falls. [handwriting perhaps Mary L. Wilson's] [Det. Richard C. Harris, 1986] "M.L.W." on top of packet G. W. C. [George W. Clinton] 1872 (BUF) - as Placodium cinereus var. stillicidiorum.

 

USA: Niagara Falls. "fide E. T." [Edward Tuckerman] [Det. Richard C. Harris, 1986.] [perhaps handwriting Mary L. Wilson] G. W. C. [George W. Clinton] 1872 (BUF) - as Placodium cerinum var. stillicidiorum.

Candelaria concolor

USA: Second Sister Island, west end, on Quercus, Harris 16387 (NY).

Candelariella aurella

USA: First Sister Island, easter efflorescens n half, on rock, R. H. Harris 23028 (NY).

USA: Second Sister Island, east end,  limestone flat, on rock, Harris, 22898 (NY;) Harris 22900 (NY).

USA: Second Sister Island, east end,  limestone flat, on rock, Harris, 22898 (NY;) Harris 22900 (NY).

Candelariella efflorescens

USA: Second Sister Island, west end, on Salix, Harris 16377 (NY).

Catillaria tristis (Muell.) Arg.) Arnold

USA: Lewiston. Devil's Hole, Niagara Falls. [Det. Richard C. Harris, 1988.]

[perhaps handwriting Mary L. Wilson] G. W. C. [George W. Clinton] (as Lecidea contigua E. Fries).

 

Cetraria ciliaris

 

CAN: Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Park . Cameron 1895.

 

Cladonia cristatella

 

CAN: Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Park . Cameron 1895.

 

Cladonia fimbriata

 

CAN: Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Park . Cameron 1895.

 

Cladonia furcata

 

CAN: Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Park . Cameron 1895.

 

Cladonia furcata var. racemosa

 

CAN: Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Park . Cameron 1895.

 

Cladonia furcata var. racemosa Floerk.

 

CAN: "On gravel below the Whirlpool, Niagara Falls, Ont., 1895. (R, Cameron). 

 

CAN: ... on earth in woods, Queenston Heights, Ont., May 9th, 1901 (Macoun.)," Macoun, 1901, p. 133

 

Cladonia humilis

Cladonia humilis - bourgeanic acid strain. . USA: Second Sister Island, west end, on rotten log, Harris 16383 (NY).

Cladonia gracilis var. hybrida

 

CAN: Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Park . Cameron 1895.

 

Cladonia pixidata

 

CAN: Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Park . Cameron 1895.

 

USA: [with a query] Whirlpool wood, Niagara [perhaps handwriting of Mary L. Wilson] [Det. Richard C. Harris, 1988] "M.L.W." top of packet 1871 (BUF) (as Cladonia alcicornis, Fr.).

 

Cladonia pyxidata (Linn.) Fr.

 

CAN: "... on earth, Queenston Heights, Ont., May 19th, 1901 (Macoun.)," Macoun, 1901, p. 127

 

Cladonia pyridata

 

CAN: Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Park. Cameron 1895.

 

Cladonia rangiferina

 

CAN: Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Park . Cameron 1895.

 

Cladonia rangiferina (Linn.) Hoffm. 

 

CAN: "... on earth in woods, Queenston Heights, Ont., May 9th, 1901 (Macoun.)," Macoun, 1901, p. 134.

 

Collema bachmanianum (Fink) Degel.

 

USA: (As C. pulposum (Bernh.) Ach.)  Niagara City of Buffalo. b. Main Street woods, Buffalo [a. = Niagara Falls, see Herb no. 59176 sub C. bachmanianum

[Det. Richard C. Harris, 1988] [perhaps handwriting of Mary L. Wilson] M. L. W. (BUF) [a duplicate also is stored at BUF].

 

USA: (As C. tenax Ach.) Suspension Bridge [incorporated into the City of Niagara Falls]. [Det. Richard C. Harris, 1988] "M.L.W."on top of packet,"H. W.!"[Henry Willey G.W.C. [George W. Clinton] 1874 (BUF).

 

Colema tenax (Sw.) Ach..

 

USA: (As C. pulposum (Bernh.) Ach.)  Lewiston. "Devil's Hole," Niagara Falls.

[perhaps handwriting Mary L. Wilson] [Det. Richard C. Harris, 1988] "M.L.W." at packet top G. W. C. [George W. Clinton] (BUF) [a duplicate is also at BUF].

 

Dermatocarpon miniatum (L.) W. Mann.

 

USA: Niagara Falls. Rocks in Niag. River near Goat Island & Sisters. [Det. Richard C. Harris, 1986.] [perhaps handwriting Mary L. Wilson] G. W. C. [George W. Clinton] Nov. 1870 (BUF).

 

USA: Goat Island, opposite the First Sister. [first det.may be handwriting of Henry Willey] [Det. Richard C. Harris, 1986.] [perhaps handwriting G.W.Clinton] Nov. 5 [1860's] (BUF).

 

USA: Niagara Falls. Goat Island. [Det. Richard C. Harris, 1988.] [perhaps handwriting Mary L. Wilson] M. L. W. [Mary L. Wilson] 1871 (BUF).

 

USA: Niagara City Niagara Falls. Rocks in river, Goat I. just below the bridge to the First Sister. [Det. Richard C. Harris, 1986.] [perhaps handwriting G.W.Clinton, Henry Willey] Nov. 8 (BUF).

 

CAN: Niagara Glen on the Niagara River. Moist seepage area on vertical face of dolomite caprock bordering upper path, with Orthotrichum strangulatum, Bryum argenteum. P.M.Eckel 531185 April 5, 1985 (BUF).

 

Diplotomma alboatrum (Hoffman) Flotow                                                              

 

USA: (as Buellia albo-atra (Hoff.) Fr. v. leucoplaca)  "E. T.!" [Edward Tuckerman] "M.L.W." on packet top. [Det. Richard C. Harris, 1988] [perhaps handwriting of Mary L. Wilson] G. W. Clinton, Legit (BUF) [1860's].

 

USA: (as Buellia albo-atra (Hoff.) Fr. v. leucoplaca)  Niagara Falls. "fide E. T." [Edward Tuckerman] [Det. Richard C. Harris, 1986.] [perhaps handwriting Mary L. Wilson] Legit G. W. C. [George W. Clinton] (BUF) [1860's].

 

Diplotomma epipolium

USA: Third Sister Island, east end, on rock, Harris 22887 (NY).

Endocarpon pusillum

 

USA: First Sister Island, western half, on rock, Harris 22868 (NY); west, on rock, Harris 22877 (NY); west, on rock, Harris 22878 (NY); on rock, Harris 22879 (NY); west, on rock, Harris 16336 (NY); west, on rock, Harris 16420 (NY); west, on rock, Harris 16425 (NY).

USA: First Sister Island, eastern half, highest point, on rock, Harris 22916 (NY).

USA: Second Sister Island, west end, in woods, on rock, Harris 22895 (NY); on rock, Harris 22942 (NY).

USA: Second Sister Island, east end, on rock, Harris 22922 (NY).

USA: Lewiston. Devil's Hole. Niagara Falls.  "Sloek."? " Devil's Hole" [handwriting G.W.Clinton] [Det. Richard C. Harris, 1986.] [perhaps handwriting Mary L. Wilson] M. L. W. [Mary L. Wilson] (BUF).

 

USA: Lewiston. "Devil's Hole," Niagara Falls. [perhaps handwriting Mary L. Wilson] "M.L.W." at packet top [Det. Richard C. Harris] G. W. C. [George W. Clinton] 1874 (BUF).

 

USA: Lewiston. On rocks, Devil's Hole. Niagara River. Rocky platform at "Devils Hole", Niagara Falls below Susp.Brid. [Det. Richard C. Harris, 1986] [perhaps handwriting Mary L. Wilson] G.W.C. [George W. Clinton]  "H.W.!" 1874  [Austin! crossed out with Clinton's pen] (BUF).

 

Evernia prunastri

 

CAN: Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Park . Cameron 1895.

 

Gyalecta jenensis

USA: (as Gyalecta cupularis Ach.) First "Sister," Niagara Falls: [handwriting of Mary L. Wilson]; [Det. Richard C. Harris, 1988]; "M.L.W."; G. W. C. [George W. Clinton], Nov. 8, 1870 (BUF).

Lecania perproxima

USA: Second Sister Island, east end, NEW TO NEW YORK STATE, on rock, Harris 22904 (NY).

Lecanidion atratum (Hedw. ex Fr.) Engl.

 

USA: Goat Island State Park, oak-maple forest over limestone; north slope of Goat Island. Det. Richard C. Harris. William R. Buck 16290 Nov. 1, 1988 (BUF).

 

Lecanora crenulata (Dickson) Hooker

 

USA: (as Lecanora hageni Ach.) Lewiston. Devil's Hole. Niagara Falls. "fide H.W."  [Henry Willey] [Det. Richard C. Harris, 1986.][perhaps handwriting Mary L. Wilson] M. L. W. [Mary L. Wilson] (BUF) .

 

USA: (as Lecanora hageni Ach.) Niagara Falls. [Det. Richard C. Harris, 1986.]

[perhaps handwriting Mary L. Wilson] (BUF).

 

USA: Niagara Falls. "fide H. W."  [Henry Willey] [Det. Richard C. Harris, 1988.] [perhaps handwriting Mary L. Wilson] G. W. C. [George W. Clinton] Nov., 1871 (BUF).

 

 

Lecanora dispersa

USA: Luna Island, on rock, Harris 22858 (NY).

USA: First Sister Island, western half, on rock, Harris 22868 (NY).

USA: First Sister Island, eastern half, highest point, on rock, Harris 22916 (NY).

USA: Second Sister Island, west end, on rock, Harris 22902 (NY).

USA: Second Sister Island, east end, limestone flat, on rock, Harris, 22900 (NY), Harris 22908 (NY).

Lecanora hageni Ach.

Niagara Falls (Mary Wilson in  Day 1883). See Lecanora crenulata above.

Lecanora pallida (Schreb.) Schaer.

CAN: "... on tree‑trunks around Niagara Falls, Ont., May 14th, 1901 (Macoun.)," Macoun, 1901, p. 106.

 

Lecanora subfusca

 

CAN: Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Park . Cameron 1895.

 

USA: (as Lecanora subfusca (L.) Ach. var.)  Niagara Falls. "M. L. W." on packet top. Det. Richard C. Harris, 1988. [perhaps handwriting Mary L. Wilson] (BUF).

 

Lecanora umbrosa

USA: Third Sister Island, NEW TO NEW YORK STATE, east end, north side, on rock, Harris 22940 (NY).

Lecidella stigmatea (Ach.) Hertel & Leuckert

 

USA: (as Lecidea contigua E. Fries)  Niagara Falls.  "75" H. W. [= fide H. W.? [Henry Willey][Det. Richard C. Harris, 1988.][perhaps handwriting [G. W. Clinton](BUF).

USA: Second Sister Island, west end, south side, on big boulder, Harris 22901 (NY).

USA: Third Sister Island, central area, south side, on rock, Harris 22890 (NY).

USA: Third Sister Island, east end, north side, on rock, Harris 22936 (NY), Harris 22938 (NY), Harris 16432 (NY).

Lecidea russula Ach.

 

USA: Goat Island. "12" "Took it, I suppose, partly because I was in despair, & partly because the tree was Ash." [Clinton's handwriting] With Caloplaca flavorubescens [see above]. [Det. Richard C. Harris, 1988] Nov. 5 (BUF).

Lepraria finkii

USA: Luna Island , at base of Ulmus, Harris 22842 (NY), on Quercus root over water, Harris 22847 (NY).

USA: First Sister Island, western half, on rock, Harris 22875 (NY).

USA: Third Sister Island, east end, on rock, Harris 22919 (NY).

Lepraria lesdainii

USA: Second Sister Island, west end, in overhang of breakwater on north side, Harris 22927 (NY).

Leptogium corticola (Taylor) Tuckerman

 

USA: (as Leptogium pulchellum (Ach.) Nyl.) City Niagara Falls. Niagara.

[Det. Richard C. Harris, 1988.] [perhaps handwriting [Mary L. Wilson]

G. W. C. [George W. Clinton] (BUF).

Leptogium juniperinum Tuck.

USA: First Sister Island, western half, NEW TO NEW YORK STATE, in rock crevice, Harris 16346 (NY).

Leptogium lichenoides(L.) Zahlbr.

 

USA: (as Leptogium lacerum Fr.) Goat Island. [perhaps handwriting of Mary L. Wilson][Det. Richard C. Harris, 1988] G. W. C. [George W. Clinton] Jan., 1870(BUF).

 

Leptogium pulchellum

 

CAN: Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Park . Cameron 1895.

Leptogium tenuissimum (Dickson) Koerber

USA: Second Sister Island, west end, on soil among mosses, Harris 16381 (NY).

Leptogium tremelloides

 

CAN: Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Park . Cameron 1895.

 

Megalospora porphyritis (Tuck.) R. C. Harris

 

USA: (as Calicium lenticulare (Hoffm.) E. Fries) Niagara Falls. [Det. Richard C. Harris, 1988.] [perhaps handwriting Mary L. Wilson] (BUF).

 

 

Mycobilimbia sabuletorum (Schreber) Hafellner

USA: (as Biatora hyphophila (Turner ex Ach.) Zahlbr.) The Second Sister: [perhaps handwriting of G. W. Clinton]; "8", [Det. Richard C. Harris, 1986]; G. W. C. [George W. Clinton], Jan. 26 [late nineteenth century] (BUF).

USA. (as Biatora hyphophila (Turner ex Ach.) Zahlbr.) Niagara. Lewiston. Devil's Hole. Niagara Falls. [Det. Richard C. Harris, 1986.] (BUF).

USA: First Sister Island, western half, on moss, Harris 16339 (NY); west end, on moss, Harris 16422 (NY); west end, on rock, Harris 16428 (NY).

USA: First Sister Island, eastern half, on rock, Harris 22930 (NY).

USA: Second Sister Island, west end, on rock, Harris 22910 (NY); Harris 22915 (NY); Harris, 16393 (NY).

USA: Second Sister Island, west end, on rock,.

Pannaria langinosa

 

CAN: Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Park . Cameron 1895.

 

Pannaria rubiginosa (Ach.) Bory   "PD-"

 

USA. Niagara Falls. "Sisters" Niagara. [handwriting of Mary L. Wilson]

[Det. Richard C. Harris, 1988] R. S. C. June 1870 (BUF).

 

Parmelia borreri Turn. var. rudecta Tuckerm. 

 

"... on bark at Niagara Falls and Pelee Point, Ont., 1901. (Macoun.)," Macoun, 1901, p. 68.

 

Parmelia caperata

 

CAN: Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Park . Cameron 1895.

 

Parmelia olivacea var. sorediata

 

CAN: Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Park . Cameron 1895.

 

Parmelia physodes

 

CAN: Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Park . Cameron 1895.

 

Parmelia saratitis var. sulcata

 

CAN: Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Park . Cameron 1895.

 

Parmelia sulcata

USA: Third Sister Island, west end, on lignum, Harris 16437 (NY).

Peltigera aphthosa

 

CAN: Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Park . Cameron 1895.

 

Pertusaria rubefacta Erichs.

 

USA: (as Urceolaria scruposa (Schreb.) Ach.) Niagara Falls. [Det. Richard C. Harris, 1988.] [perhaps handwriting [Mary L. Wilson] (BUF).

 

 [USA]: Whirlpool Woods. Rotten oak. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. April 8, 1876 (BUF). There is some possibility that the locality is in Canada.

 

Phaeocalicium curtisii (Tuck.) Tibell

 

USA: (as Calicium curtisii, Tuck.) Niagara Falls. Bark of Rhus. ex coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N. Y. [Det. Richard C. Harris, 1988] [perhaps handwriting of Mary L. Wilson] M. L. W. 1870 (BUF).

 

 

Phaeophyscia adiastola (Essl.) Essl.

 

USA: (as Physcia obscura (Ehrh.) Hampe) Lewiston. Devil's Hole, Niagara Falls. ["Whirl"] "64" [Det. Richard C. Harris, 1986] [perhaps Clinton's handwriting] 1800's (BUF); (as Physcia obscura) Lewiston. Niagara Falls, "Devil's Hole" Det. Richard C. Harris, 1986] perhaps handwriting Mary L. Wilson] 1800's BUF).

 

USA: Niagara Falls. Whirlpool Wood. On a rock. [perhaps handwriting of G. W. Clinton] Det. Richard C. Harris, 1988] (BUF). The locality may be in Canada.

USA: First Sister Island, western half, on mosses over rock, Harris 22864 (NY); west end, on mosses over rock, Harris 22865 (NY).

USA: First Sister Island, eastern half, on rock, Harris 22933 (NY).

USA: Second Sister Island, east end, at base of small Fraxinus, Harris 22913 (NY); on rock Harris 22922 (NY).

Phaeophyscia orbicularis

USA: Luna Island m on dead Ulmus, Harris 22843 (NY), on Ostrya, Harris 22851 (NY), on rock, Harris 22861 (NY).

USA: First Sister Island, eastern half, highest point, Harris 22916 (NY).

USA: Second Sister Island, west end, south side, on rock, Harris, 22899 (NY).

USA: Second Sister Island, east end, on rock, Harris 22905 (NY).

USA: Third Sister Island, west end, at base of Salix, Harris 22935 (NY).

Phaeophyscia rubropulchra

USA: Second Sister Island, west end, on bark, Harris, 16387 (NY).

Physcia adscendens

USA: Second Sister Island, east end, face of stone block at river's edge, Harris 22897 (NY).

USA: Third Sister Island, west end, at base of Salix, Harris 23943 (NY).

Physcia hispida

 

CAN: Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Park . Cameron 1895.

 

Physcia hypoleuca

 

CAN: Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Park . Cameron 1895.

 

Physcia millegrana

USA: Second Sister Island, west end, on Salix, Harris, 16392 (NY).

Physcia oxina

 

CAN: Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Park . Cameron 1895.

 

Physcia pulverulenta

 

CAN: Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Park . Cameron 1895.

 

Physcia specivia (sic)

 

CAN: Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Park . Cameron 1895.

 

Physcia speciosa (Wulf.) Nyl.

 

CAN: "... on moss on rocks, Foster's Flats, Niagara Falls, May 16th, 1901 ... (Macoun.)," Macoun, 1901, p. 74.

 

Physcia stellaris

 

CAN: Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Park . Cameron 1895.

 

Placodium corinum

 

CAN: Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Park . Cameron 1895.

 

Placodium rupestre (Scop.) Nyl.

 

Niagara Falls (Mary Wilson  in  Day 1883).

 

Protoblastenia rupestris (Scop.) Stainer

USA: Goat Island, Terrapin Point,  on rock, Harris, 16443 (NY).

USA: Luna Island , on rock, Harris 16324 (NY).

Pyrenocollema strontianensis

GENUS AND SPECIES NEW TO NEW YORK STATE. USA: Luna Island,  on rock, Harris 16317 (NY).

Ramalina calicaris var. farmacea

 

CAN: Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Park . Cameron 1895.

 

Ramalina calicaris var. fastigiata

 

CAN: Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Park . Cameron 1895.

 

Ramalina calicaris var. fraxinea

 

CAN: Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Park .Cameron 1895.

 

Ramalina calicaris var. parniacea

 

CAN: Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Park.  Cameron 1895.

 

Rinodina iowensis Zahlbr. "?"

 

USA: (as Rhinodina sophodes (Ach.) Nyl. var. confragosa )Niagara Falls. [Det. Richard C. Harris, 1988.] [perhaps handwriting [Mary L. Wilson] G. W. C. [George W. Clinton] [1860-1870's] (BUF).

 

USA: (as Rhinodina sophodes (Ach.) Nyl. var. confragosa )Niagara Falls. "H. W."  [Henry Willey] [Det. Richard C. Harris, 1988, with query.] [perhaps handwriting [Mary L. Wilson] M. L. W. [Mary L. Wilson] (BUF).

 

Sarcogyne privigna  (Ach.) Massal. "?" immature

 

USA: (as Lecanora cervina v. privigna f. simple) Niagara Falls.  Granite rock. [Det. Richard C. Harris, 1988.] [perhaps handwriting Mary L. Wilson]

G. W. C. [George W. Clinton] [note the Niagara area is underlain with sedimentary rock. The "granite" must be a glacial erratic which abound in the area].

 

Sarcogyne regularis Koeber

 

USA: (as Lecanora privigna (Ach.) Nyl.) Lewiston. Devil's Hole, Niagara Falls. "fide H. W." [Henry Willey] [Det. Richard C. Harris, 1988.]

[perhaps handwriting Mary L. Wilson] G. W. C. [George W. Clinton].

USA: First Sister Island, eastern half, shore rock, Harris 22921 (NY).

Sclerophora nivea   (Hoffm.) Tibell

 

USA: (as Coniocybe pallida (Pers.) E. Fries) City Niagara Falls. Whirlpool Wood. Niagara. [perhaps handwriting of Mary L. Wilson] [Det. Richard C. Harris, 1986] G. W. C. [George W. Clinton] [there is the possibility that this locality is in Ontario.] (BUF); Whirlpool Woods. Niagara Falls. [perhaps handwriting of Mary L. Wilson]

[Det. Richard C. Harris, 1986] M. L. W. [Mary L. Wilson] (BUF).

 

Staurothele drummondii Tuck.

 

Niagara Falls (Mary Wilson in  Day 1883).

 

Sticta amplissima (Scop.) Mass.,

 

CAN: Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Park . Cameron 1895.

 

CAN: "... on trees, Foster's Flats, Niagara Falls, May 16, 1901 ...  (Macoun.)," Macoun, 1901, p. 82‑83. 

 

Sticta pulmonaria

 

CAN: Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Park . Cameron 1895.

 

Teloschistes chrysophthalmus (L.) Th. Fr.

 

CAN: Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Park . Cameron 1895.

 

Niagara Falls (Mary Wilson in  Day 1883).

 

USA: "Sisters" Niagara Falls. [= Three Sisters Islands] [perhaps handwriting of Mary L. Wilson] [Det. Richard C. Harris, 1988] "The only "inland" New York record." R.C.H. 1870 (BUF).

 

Teloschistes lychneus

 

CAN: Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Park . Cameron 1895.

 

Teloschistes polycarpus

 

CAN: Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Park . Cameron 1895.

 

Trapeliopsis viridescens (Schrader) Coppins & P. James

 

USA: (as Biatoria viridescens) Lewiston. Devil's Hole, Niagara Falls. "53" [Det. Richard C. Harris, 1988.] [perhaps handwriting G. W. Clinton] (BUF).

 

Usnea barbata var. hista

 

CAN: Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Park . Cameron 1895.

 

Verrucaria sp.

 

USA: (as Verrucaria nigrescens Pers., V. fusco-…) New York. Niagara Falls.

fide H. W. [Henry Willey] [Det. Richard C. Harris, 1986][handwriting perhaps Mary L. Wilson's] G. W. C. [George W. Clinton] 1871 (BUF).

 

USA: Luna Island , Harris 22852 (NY).

USA: First Sister Island, western half,  west, Harris 22869 (NY); west, Harris 22871 (NY); west, Harris 22879 (NY).

USA: First Sister Island, eastern half, Harris 22918 (NY); on shore, Harris 22920 (NY).

USA: First Sister Island, eastern half,  Harris 22928 (NY).

USA: First Sister Island, eastern half, on shore, rock, Harris 22926 (NY).

Verrucaria muralis. USA: Second Sister Island, east end, limestone flat, on rock, Harris 23944 (NY).

USA: Second Sister Island, east end,  Harris 22923 (NY).

USA: Second Sister Island, east end, limestone flat, Harris 22914 (NY).

USA: Third Sister Island, east end, Harris 22892 (NY).

USA: Third Sister Island, west end, north side, Harris 22939 (NY).

Verrucaria calkinsiana Servit

 

USA: (as Verrucaria nigrescens Pers.) From a stone in the middle of Goat Island. [handwriting of G. W. Clinton][Det. Richard C. Harris, 1988] "14" Nov. 5 (BUF).

Verrucaria muralis Ach.

USA: (as Verrucaria papillosa (Ach.) Koerb.) New York. Niagara Falls.

"M. L. W." on packet top. Det. Richard C. Harris, 1988. [perhaps handwriting Mary L. Wilson] Legit G. W. C. [George W. Clinton] (BUF).

 

USA: Goat Island, Terrapin Point, on rock, Harris, 16443 (NY).

USA: First Sister Island, western half, on rock, Harris 22871 (NY).

USA: First Sister Island, eastern half, along shore, on rock, Harris 23925 (NY).

USA: Second Sister Island, west end, on rock, Harris 23907 (NY).

USA: Second Sister Island, east end, limestone flat, on rock, Harris 23944 (NY).

Verrucaria nigrescens Pers.

 

USA:  New York. Whirlpool wood, Niagara.[perhaps handwriting of Mary L. Wilson] [Det. Richard C. Harris, 1988] "M.L.W." top of packet Legit G. W. C. [George W. Clinton] 1872 (BUF).

 

USA: New York. City Niagara Falls. Whirlpool Wood.[perhaps handwriting of G. W. Clinton] [Det. Richard C. Harris, 1988] (BUF).

 

Xanthoria fallax 

USA: Luna Island , on dead Ulmus, Harris 22843a (NY).

Miscellaneous Fungi.

Aecidium sp. (Fungi Imperfecti)

  

USA New York. Niagara City Niagara Falls. LaSalle. "Effete Aecidium" Nesaeae. [= Decodon verticillatus] G. W. Clinton Nov. 28, 1870's (BUF).

 

Aecidium sp. (Fungi Imperfecti)

 

USA New York. Erie City of Buffalo. Squaw Island [in the Niagara River].

On Calystegia. close to Aecidium compositarum. G. W. Clinton June 23, 1870's (BUF).

 

Aecidium allenii Clinton (Type specimen?)

 

USA. Goat Island (the middle Sister). On Shepherdia canadense [specimen included] Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. June 28, 1870 (BUF).

 

USA: Goat Island. [handwriting G. W. Clinton] June 28 [1880] (BUF).

 

Aecidium  dubium Clinton (Type specimen?)

 

In the 27th Annual Report on the State Museum of Natural History (Senate Document no. 102) for 1874, in the Report of the Botanist (Charles Peck, p. 104): USA. Erie Co. "Lower surface of leaves of Calystegia. Squaw Island. June Clinton."

 

Aecidium ranunculacearum DC.

 

USA. Goat Island. a. on Actaea [specimen included] b. Thalictrum cornuti [specimen included] Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. July 4, 1871 (BUF).

 

USA. 2 Goat Island. probably Ae. cimicifugatum Schw." On  Actaea

[handwriting G. W. Clinton] July 4, 1871 (BUF).

 

Aecidium urticae DC.

 

USA. [Erie] [Grand Island] Head of G, Is'd. [probably Grand Island, but

Goat Island in Niagara Co. is possible] [handwriting G. W. Clinton] June 5 [1880] (BUF).

 

Agaricus atrocaeruleus Fr.

 

USA. Goat Island. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. Nov. 2, 1875 (BUF).

 

Agaricus atrocaeruleus Fr. "?"

 

[USA] [New York] [Niagara] [City Niagara Falls [Goat Island.]

Pleurotus Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. June, 1870 (BUF).

 

Agaricus bombycinus Schaeff.

 

USA. Goat Island. Decaying side of a living Acer saccharinum on Goat Island. Volvaria. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. Aug. 17, 1874 (BUF).

 

Agaricus grayanus Peck

 

[USA] [New York] [Niagara] [City Niagara Falls

Whirlpool Wood. Entoloma. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. Sept. 21, 1878 (BUF).

 

Agaricus laccatus Scop.

 

[USA] [New York] [Niagara] [City Niagara Falls Whirlpool Wood. Collybia.

Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. Sept. 21, 1878 (BUF).

 

Agaricus ochropurpureus

  

[USA] [New York] [Niagara] [City Niagara Falls Whirlpool Wood. Collybia.

Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. Sept. 21, 1878 (BUF).

 

Agaricus ostreatus Jacq.

 

USA. Goat Island. Pleurotus. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. 1870-1 (BUF).

 

Agaricus phalloides Fr.

 

USA. Goat Island. Amanita. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. 1871 (BUF).

 

Agaricus silbaticus Schaeff.

 

USA. Goat Island. Psalliota. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. Oct., 1871 (BUF).

 

Aleurodiscus oakesii (Berk. & M. A. Curtis) Cooke

= Corticium oakesii Berk. & M. A. Curtis

 

USA: City Niagara Falls. 6 Goat Island. [handwriting G. W. Clinton] March 2 [1871] (BUF).

 

Bisporella citrina   (Batsch:Fries) Korf & Carpenter

 

USA: Goat Island State Park, north slope of Goat Island; on rotten log in oak-maple forest over limestone. Det. C. T. Rogerson, 1988. William R. Buck 16294 Nov. 1, 1988 (NYBG).

 

Boletus subglabripes Peck

 

USA. Lewiston. Crest of the Niagara River Gorge, just up-river from Lewiston, woodland remnant along the highway. White Oak, Hop Hornbeam. Bright yellow, dry, some orangish on the pileus, not blue. P. M. Eckel & R. H. Zander blue. July 30, 1988 det. E. Both (BUF).

 

Cladosporium lignicolum Cd.

 

USA: Goat Island. a. On Oak ties. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. June 15, 1877 (BUF).

 

Clavaria sp.

 

USA: Whirlpool Wood. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. Sept. 21, 1878 (BUF).

 

Clavaria muscoides L.

 

USA: Whirlpool Wood. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. Sept. 21, 1878 (BUF).

 

Coryneum clavaesporum Peck

 

USA: The Sister's Wood [presuming The Three Sisters just S of Goat Island].

[Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y.] 4 Jan. 6. [1860's-70's] (BUF).

 

Cyphella fulva Berk. & Rav.

 

USA: Erie Co. City of Buffalo. Squaw Island [in the Niagara River]. Alnus.

G. W. Clinton Dec. 1, 1870's (BUF).

 

Cytispora sp.

 

USA: Goat Island. On Acer saccharinum..Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. Oct. 7, 1876 (BUF).

 

Cytispora persicae Schw.

 

USA: Niagara Falls. La Salle. Amygdalus Persicae. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. Nov. 14?, 1875 (BUF).

 

Depazea cruenta Fr.

 

USA: Niagara Falls. No. 34 Goat Island. [on] Polygonatum biflorum.

[handwriting G. W. Clinton] Nov. 2 [1871] (BUF).

 

Diatrype betulina Peck

[=Diatrypella betulina (Peck) Sacc.]

 

USA: City Niagara Falls. Goat Island. [on Betula] Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. April, 1871 (BUF).

 

Diatype disciformis Fr.

 

USA: City Niagara Falls. Goat Island. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. April 24, 1870 (BUF).

 

Erineum acerinum Pers.

 

USA: City Niagara Falls. a. Portage, June 1, 1870. b. Whirlpool Wood. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. July, 1870 (BUF).

 

Flammulina velutipes (Curtis ex Fries) Singer

 

USA: Goat Island State Park, north slope of Goat Island; on tree trunk in oak-maple forest over limestone. et. C. T. Rogerson, 1988 illiam R. Buck 16310 Nov. 1, 1988 BUF, NYS).

 

Ganoderma applanatum (Persoon) Patouillard

 

USA. Goat Island State Park, Three Sisters Islands, west end of Second Sister; on tree stump in oak-maple forest over limestone. Det. C. T. Rogerson, 1988. William R. Buck 16391 Nov. 2, 1988(NY).

 

USA: Goat Island State Park, north slope of Goat. Island; on dead tree in oak-maple forest over limestone. Det. C. T. Rogerson, 1988. William R. Buck 16314 Nov. 1, 1988 (NY)

 

Geaster saccatus Fr.

 

USA: Goat Island. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. Sept., 1873 (BUF, with a duplicate).

 

Helminthosporium episphaericum C. et Peck

 

USA: Goat Island. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. Sept. 5, 1874 (BUF).

 

Hemiarcyria rubriformis  Pers.

 

USA: Goat Island. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. Sept., 1870 (as Trichia rubriformis Pers "?" sic) (BUF).

 

Hydnum fuscoatrum Fr.

 

USA. Niagara Falls. La Salle. [handwriting G. W. Clinton] Sept. 30 [1880] (BUF); City Niagara Falls. Cayuga Island, La Salle. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton Sept. 30, 1878 (BUF).

 

Hydnum septentrionale Fr.

 

USA. City Niagara Falls. Goat Island. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton April 24, 1870

(BUF).

 

Hymenoscyphus scutula (Pers: Fr.) var. scutula

 

USA. Goat Island on the Niagara River, west end, base, west aspect. On living stems of Impatiens biflora in the spray zone of the Horseshoe Falls. 3 specimens.P. M. Eckel with R. Zander 9104021 Oct. 4, 1990 det. John. H. Haines, April 1991, NYS (BUF).

 

Hypocrea gelatinosa Fr.

 

USA: Goat Island. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. Oct., 1873 (BUF); 20, 21.

Goat Island. [handwriting G. W. Clinton] April 18 [1880] (BUF).

 

Hypocrea patella C. et. P.

 

USA: Goat Island. [Two specimens, one March 14, the other April 18 ?]

Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. (BUF).

 

Hypoxylon atropurpureum  Fr.

 

USA. Goat Island. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. Nov. 26, 1871 (BUF); Goat Island. [Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y.] Oct. 1875 (BUF).

 

Hysterium angustatum  Albertini & Schweinitz

 

USA: Goat Island State Park, Luna Island, on dead tree stump on north end of island. det. C. T. Rogerson, 1988 William R. Buck 16322 Nov. 1, 1988 (BUF).

 

Lenzites sepiaria  Fr.

 

USA: Niagara Falls. Whirlpool Woods. Pinus strobus. G. W. Clinton Dec. 23, 1870's (BUF).

 

USA: 22 Goat Island. [handwriting G. W. Clinton] Sept. 25 [1877] (BUF).

 

Leocarpus fragilis (Dicks.) Rost

 

USA: Goat Island. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. Sept., 1870 (BUF).

 

Lepista glaucocana  (Bres.) Singer

 

USA: Goat Island in the Niagara River, central woods, east end on soil, white-buff becoming brown with age. P. M. Eckel s.n. Nov. 2, 1988, det. E Both (BUF).

 

Leucostoma persoonii (Nitsche) Togashi

 

USA: Second of the Three Sisters Islands, south of Goat Island in the Niagara River. West end in oak-maple forest; on dead Prunus. det. C. T. Rogerson, 1988. dupl. NY William R. Buck 16366 Nov. 2, 1988 (BUF).

 

Melanconium bicolor Nees

 

USA: Niagara Falls. 9 Goat Island. + "?" [handwriting G. W. Clinton] May 8   [1871] (BUF).

 

Melanconium ostryae Peck

 

USA: Erie Co. City of Buffalo. Squaw Island [in the Niagara River] [note: not in Day, 1883]. 1. The black masses 2. The black masses tipped with white. 5. G. W. Clinton June 27, 1870's (BUF).

 

Melogramma bulliardi Tul.

 

USA: (as Sphaeria melogramma Fr.) City Niagara Falls. LaSalle. "New to us - not sure of its place" [accompanying unrelated ? letter in NFBS archives]. 19.G. W. Clinton May 1, 1870's (BUF); ["?"]  City Niagara Falls. LaSalle. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. May 1, 1874 (BUF).

 

Merulius lacrymans

 

USA: 3 Goat Island. Merulius lacrymans "?" [handwriting G. W. Clinton] Nov. 5 [1871] (BUF).

 

Microsphaeria peckii Gerard.

 

USA. (as Microsphaeria VanBruntiana Gerard) Goat Island. On Sambucus canadensis. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. Nov. 1874 (BUF).

 

Mucilago crustacea Wigg. (a slimemold)

 

USA.: (as Spumaria alba DV.) Whirlpool Wood. On moss at base of a tree. "specimens in relatively good condition" [by annotater DMC] Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. Nov., Dec. 1875 (BUF).

 

Nectria cinnabarina Tode

 

USA: 46 Goat Island. Acer sacc'rum. Tubercularia? and Nectria cinnabarinum

[handwriting G. W. Clinton] Oct.7(8) [1877] (BUF).

 

Nectria peziza Tode. [Fr. on label]

 

USA: Niagara City Niagara Falls. LaSalle. 15 G. W. Clinton Oct. 31, 1870's (BUF). [probably Cayuga Island in the Niagara River].

 

Odontia fimbriata Fr.

 

USA. Whirlpool Wood. Oak logs. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. Dec. 1875 (BUF) [there is some possibility that this may be a Canadian locality]; Whirlpool Wood.

Oak.  + "sp." 48 G. W. Clinton Dec. 23, 1870's (BUF).

 

Oidium equina Pers.

 

USA. Goat Island. On a decaying horn. a. On decaying hoofs of horse, Machias, Oct. 23, 1875. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. 1869 (BUF) [two specimens].

 

Oidium fulvum  Lk.

 

USA. Goat Island. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. Nov. 1873 (BUF).

 

Oidium megalosporum B. et C.

 

USA. Goat Island. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. Nov. 1871 (BUF).

 

Panus dorsalis  Fr.

 

USA. City Niagara Falls. Whirlpool. [on the Niagara River Gorge]

G. W. Clinton Oct. 1870's(BUF).

 

Paxillus atrotomentosus Fr.

 

USA: City Niagara Falls. Goat Island. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. April 20, 1870 (BUF).

 

Peziza citrina Batsch.

 

USA: (as Helotium citrinum Fr.) Goat Island. No. 56. "This little beauty, found only in one stick, on Goat I.". [probably G. W. Clinton, 1860-1879's] (BUF); (as Helotium citrinum Fr.) Goat Island. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton Jan, 1870 (BUF).

 

Peziza coccinea Jacq.

USA: Goat Island.  [three specimens from here] a: April 1870 b: April 1871

c: June 28, 1871. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. April 1870 (BUF).

 

Peziza hesperidea P. et C.

Reported by Charles Peck "Among fallen leaves. Goat Island, where it was first found. Clinton"  in the Report of the Botanist, 26th Annual Report on the State Museum of Natural History, Senate Document no. 109, p. 80, 1873.  Goat Island, it appears, is the type locality for this species.

USA: Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. June 28, 1871 (BUF).

 

Peziza hyalina Pers.

 

[USA]: Whirlpool Wood. a. on oak. b. on Thuja Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. Dec. 1875 (BUF). There is some possibility that the locality is in Canada.

 

Peziza nivea Fr.

[USA]: Whirlpool Woods. Rotten oak. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. April 8, 1876 (BUF). There is some possibility that the locality is in Canada.

 

Peziza planodisca P. et C.

 

USA: Whirlpool Wood. On Andropogon scoparius 1. [Dead stems of Andropogon, in Day, 1883 p 219" G. W. Clinton Nov. 14, 1870's (BUF). There is some possibility that the locality is in Canada.

 

Peziza repanda Wahl.

 

USA: City Niagara Falls. LaSalle. 13. G. W. Clinton Oct. 31, 1870's (BUF).

 

Peziza sanguinea Desm.

 

[USA]: Whirlpool Wood. On oak. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. Dec. 23, 1875 (BUF); Whirlpool Wood. "Oak. Must be good." 3. Dec. 23, Nov. 24

G. W. Clinton Nov. 24, 1870's (BUF). There is some possibility that the locality is in Canada.

 

Peziza tiliae Peck

 

USA: Goat Island. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. Nov. 26, 1871

(BUF).

 

Peziza vinosa A. & S.

 

USA: City Niagara Falls. LaSalle. 16. Section Mollisia. G. W. Clinton Oct. 31, 1870's (BUF).

 

Phoma strobilina P. et C.

 

USA: City Niagara Falls. Woods opposite DeVeaux College. Pinus strobus.

Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. Dec. 7, 1875 (BUF).

 

Phylactinia guttata  Lev.

 

USA: New York. City Niagara Falls. Whirlpool Woods. Amelanchier sp.

22. [=P. suffulta Reb. in Day, 1883] G. W. Clinton Dec. 27, 1870's (BUF).

 

USA: 4 Goat Island. Celastrus.[handwriting G. W. Clinton] Oct. 13 [1880]

(BUF).

 

Podisoma fuscum Dubz.

 

[USA:} Whirlpool Wood. On Juniperus virginiana. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. May 18, 1872 (BUF). This locality may be in Canada.

 

Podosporium rigidum  Schw.

 

USA: Goat Island. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. Dec. 18, 1877 (BUF).

 

Polyactis vulgaris  Link. "?"

 

USA: Goat Island. On Ribes cynosbati. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. Nov., 1871 (BUF).

 

Polyporus abietinus Fr.

 

USA: City Niagara Falls. 5 Goat I. (Luna I.)[handwriting G. W. Clinton] July 4 [1880]

(BUF).

 

Polyporus ferruginosus Fr.

Reported by Charles Peck "Prostrate trunks of trees. Niagara Falls. Clinton" in the Report of the Botanist, 26th Annual Report on the State Museum of Natural History, Senate Document no. 109, p. 70, 1873,  with the remark "It sometimes spreads to the extent of several feet."

Polyporus giganteus  Fr.

 

[USA:] [City Niagara Falls]. Whirlpool Wood. "This is .... I believe ... ... giganteus" May, 1919 C. [S.?] L. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. Jan. 1870 (BUF). This locality may be in Canada.

 

Polyporus pergamenus Fr.

 

[USA:] [City Niagara Falls] Whirlpool Wood. On Oak. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. Dec., 1875 (BUF). This locality may be in Canada.

 

Polyporus radicatus  Schw.

 

[USA:] (as Polyporus morgani Frst. Mss.) [City Niagara Falls] Whirlpool Wood. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. Sept. 21, 1878 Herbarium (BUF).

 

Polyporus rhodellus Fr.

 

USA: City Niagara Falls. Cayuga I., LaSalle. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. Sept. 30, 1878 (BUF).

 

Polyporus salviae  P. et C.

 

In the 27th Annual Report on the State Museum of Natural History (Senate Document no. 102) for 1874, in the Report of the Botanist (Charles Peck, p. 98), "Decaying wood. Goat Island. Clinton."

 

USA: City Niagara Falls. Goat Island. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. Nov. 1870 (BUF).

 

Prosthemium "?"

   

USA: City Niagara Falls. 7 Goat Island. Thuja. West side above the Three Sisters. [other notations occur on label, q.v.] [handwriting G. W. Clinton] July 4, 1874 (BUF); Goat Island. On Thuja occidentalis. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. July 4, 1874 (BUF).

 

Ptychogaster albus Corda.

[USA:] [City Niagara Falls] Whirlpool Wood. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. Sept. 21, 1878 (BUF). This locality may be in Canada.

 

Puccinia andropogi Schw.

 

[USA:] [City Niagara Falls] Whirlpool Wood. Andropogon scoparius. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. Nov. 14, 1877 (BUF). This locality may be in Canada.

 

Puccinia angustata  Peck

 

USA: Erie Co. City of Buffalo. Squaw Island [on the Niagara River].

Carex. 13. G. W. Clinton Jan. 8, 1870's (BUF).

 

Puccinia clintonii  Peck

 

USA: City Niagara Falls. Goat Island. On Pedicularis canadensis. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. Nov. 4, 1874 (BUF); 10 Goat Island. Pedicularis canadensis. [handwriting G. W. Clinton] Oct. 9, 1875 (BUF); 10 Goat Island. Pedicularis canadensis. [The Septoria? not ...]? [handwriting G. W. Clinton] Nov. 4 [1880] (BUF).

 

Puccinia ellisii  Thum.

 

USA: (as Puccinia andropogi Schw. - see this name in catalogue above] City Niagara Falls. Whirlpool Wood. On Andropogon scoparius 2. [nomenclature updated to Day, 1883] G. W. Clinton Nov. 14, 1870's (BUF). This locality may be in Canada.

 

Puccinia gentiana Strauss

 

USA: City Niagara Falls. Cayuga Island [LaSalle] [leaves appear to be those of Gentiana cf. andrewsii - see herb. no. 59665] G. W. Clinton Sept. 30, 1878 (BUF); City Niagara Falls. Cayuga I., LaSalle. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. Sept. 30, 1878 (BUF).

 

Puccinia spreta Peck

 

CAN:  Foster's Flat [Niagara Glen]. [Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y.] Nov. 2, 1875 (BUF); Foster's Flat [Niagara Glen]. [Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y.] Nov. 2, 1875 (BUF).

 

Puccinia violarum  Lk.

 

USA: City Niagara Falls. Goat Island. [specimen enclosed] On Viola  pubescens. "The yellowish dots are Trichobasis violarum Berk. but are only the early state of the Puccinia Peck." Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. July 4, 1871 (BUF).

 

Roestelia cornuta  Tul.

 

USA: Goat Island. On Amelanchier. [specimen enclosed] Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. Sept. 7, 1871 (BUF).

 

USA: 4 Goat I. [= Goat Island] Is this Roestelia botry Schw.? Or is there

no such species? [handwriting G. W. Clinton] Sept.7 [1880] (BUF).

 

Roestelia lacerata  Tul. fide Peck. Sed. ...?

 

USA: City Niagara Falls. One of the Sister Islds. Niagara Falls. On Amelanchier. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. June 28, 1871 (BUF).

 

USA: City Niagara Falls (probably associated with the above locality). 3 On Amelanchier. 1. the leaf. 2. The peduncle 3. The pome [handwriting G. W. Clinton] June 28 [1880] (BUF).

 

Septoria albo-nigra  B. et C.

 

CAN: Foster's Flat [Niagara Glen] On Solidago latifolia. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. Nov. 2, 1875 (BUF).

 

Septoria scrophulariae  Peck

 

USA: Goat Island. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. Nov. 4 (BUF).

 

Septoria viride-tingens  Curtis

 

CAN:  Niagara Glen [Foster's Flat]. On Allium tricoccum. 7 [?] G. W. Clinton May 30, 1870's (BUF).

 

Speira mariaewilsoni  Clinton

 

USA: Whirlpool Wood. On Smilacina stellata. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. Jan. 1874 (BUF). [There is the possibility that this station is in Ontario].

 

Speira velutina  P. et C. "nov. sp."     

 

USA: Goat Island. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. Dec. 18, 1877 (BUF).

 

Sphaerella indistincta  Peck.

 

USA: Whirlpool Wood. On Pteris aquiline Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. Dec. 1875 (BUF). [There is the possibility that this station is in Ontario].

 

Sphaeria sp.

              

USA: 12 Goat I. Sphaeria - ? the perithecia are deeply" [seated?] I do not feel at home among the Sphaerias  ..." [handwriting G. W. Clinton] Nov. 4 [1880] (BUF).

 

 

Sphaeria [hirt]issima Peck

 

USA: Whirlpool Wood. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. Sept. 21, 1878 (BUF). [There is the possibility that this station is in Ontario].

 

Sphaeria doliolum Fr.

 

USA: 10 Goat Island. [handwriting G. W. Clinton] April 26 [1875] (BUF).

 

USA: Erie Co. City of Buffalo. Squaw Island [in the Niagara River]. Asclepias cornuti. 36. Nov. 30, Dec. 1. G. W. Clinton Nov. 30, 1870's (BUF).

 

Sphaeria herbarum  Pers.

 

USA: 10 Whirlpool Wood. Andropogon furcatus [=A. gerardii] Culms.

[handwriting G. W. Clinton] Nov. 20 [1880] (BUF). [There is the possibility that this station is in Ontario].

 

Sphaeria ovina Pers.

 

USA: Goat Island. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. Oct. 9, 1875 (BUF).

 

Sphaeria subconica  C. et P.

 

Can: Foster's Flats [Niagara Glen] +15. G. W. Clinton Nov. 2, 1870's (BUF).

 

USA: Erie Co., City of Buffalo. Squaw Island [on the Niagara River]. Solidago. [Also Solidago ?" label]" 12. G. W. Clinton Jan. 8, 1870's (BUF).

 

Stereum albo-badium Frieson

 

USA: Goat Island. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. Oct. 12, 1872 (BUF).

 

Stictis versicolor Fr.

 

USA: Goat Island. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. Nov. 9, 1875 (BUF).

 

Thelephora willeyi Clinton

 

USA: Goat Island. "near T. Swertia, but upper surface not rough [...]"

[Corr. with Stanley Smith enclosed] Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. Sept., 1870 (BUF).

 

Trametes versicolor (Linnaeus:Fries) Pilat

 

USA: Goat Island State Park, Three Sisters Islands. west end of Second Sister; on dead tree stump (?Prunus) in oak-maple forest over limestone. Det. C. T. Rogerson, 1988 William R. Buck 16367 Nov. 2, 1988 (BUF).

 

Tremella albida Hud.

 

USA: Goat Island. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. June 28, 1871 (BUF).

 

USA: Goat Island. "Agaricus carnosia, Peck - inside label, Tremella albida - outside label" "sent to Peck, Tremella albida, Huds." [hand writing C.W.Clinton] [Det.Richard C. Harris] ex coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N. Y. Oct. 7, 1876 [note two labels don't have same date] (BUF).

 

Tremella aurantia Schw.

 

USA: Goat Island. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. April 20, 1870 (BUF).

 

Trichia varia Pers.

 

[USA:] Whirlpool Wood. [specimen marked] "a." "many good specimens also two sporangia of M. vesparium" [by DMC]. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. Nov. 24, 1875 [annot. DMC, 1970] (BUF).

 

Tubulina cylindrica

  

USA: (as Licea cylindrica Fr.) Goat Island. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. July 5, 1875 (BUF).

 

Uncinula circinata  C. et P.

 

USA: 27 Goat Island. Sugar Maple. On Acer saccharinum [=Acer saccharum of the nineteenth century] [handwriting G. W. Clinton] (BUF) [1860-1870's].

 

Uredo solidaginis Schw.

 

CAN: Foster's Flat [Niagara Glen] 16. Solidago latifolia [=S. flexicaulis L.] G. W. Clinton Nov. 2, 1870's Herbarium number: 59714  [with Septoria albonigra B. et C.] (BUF).

 

Uromyces polymorphus  P. et C.

 

[USA:] Whirlpool Wood. Lathyrus ochroleucus. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. Nov. 14, 1887. [This locality may occur in Canada.] (BUF).

 

Uromyces trifolii Fckl.

 

[USA:] Whirlpool Wood. Medicago lupulina. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. Nov. 14, 1887 [This locality may occur in Canada.] (BUF).

 

Ustilago erythronii  Clinton

 

USA: Goat Isl. "Prof. Wm.G.Farlow (letter No. 234, Mar. 15, 1878) says this is Ustilago Ornithogali (S.&K.) Magnus, and that Prof. Fischer de Waldheim is of the same pinion." Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. May 24, 1873 [spm. of Erythronium? included] (BUF).

 

Valsa juglandicola Schw.

 

[USA:] Whirlpool Wood. On Carya alba. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. Dec. 23, 1875 (BUF). [This locality may occur in Canada.]

 

Valsa vitis  Schw.

 

CAN: Foster's Flat [Niagara Glen] On Vitis. Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. Nov. 2, 1875 (BUF).

 

Vermicularia dematium   Fr.

 

USA: Erie Co. City of Buffalo. Squaw Island [in the Niagara River].Asclepias ? [sic] 11. G. W. Clinton Jan. 8, 1870's (BUF); Squaw Island [in the Niagara River].

Asclepias ? [sic] 14. G. W. Clinton Jan. 8, 1870's (BUF); Squaw Island [in the Niagara River]. Asclepias ? [sic] Perhaps Apocynum. 9. G. W. Clinton Jan. 8, 1870's (BUF).

 

USA: 5  Goat Island. On Osmorhiza brevistylis. [handwriting G. W. Clinton] Nov. 4 [1877] (BUF).

 

Vermicularia liliacearum  Schw.

 

USA: 13 Goat Island. "Which is probably not distinct from V. dematium    [...d'd]" Allium tricoccum [handwriting G. W. Clinton] Sept. 25 [1871] (BUF).

 

Xylaria digitata

  

USA: Goat Island. Mr. Peck now deems it X. hypoxylon v. pedata, Fr. see letter 149. Feb. 1870." Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. June 28, 1870 (BUF).

 

Unidentified fungi:

 

USA: 3 Goat Island. Dicentra canadensis, not on Dicentra cucullaria

[handwriting G. W. Clinton] May 22, 1871 (BUF).

 

USA: New York. City Niagara Falls. Whirlpool Wood [on the Niagara River Gorge]. G. W. Clinton Nov. 24, 1870's (BUF).