ZOOLOGY AND BOTANY, MICROSCOPY, ETC. 493 



Japan. The species described so far are all microfungi and are parasites 

 on trees or herbs. 



In a later paper"' he gives a second series which includes two species 

 of Phytophthora, one on leaves and flower stalks of Allium fistulosum, 

 and the other on a Solanum. There are also several Pyrenomycetes 

 described. All are new species. 



New or Rare Fungi. f — A. Lorrain Smith and J. Ramsbottom 

 publish a list, with descriptions and notes, of the microfungi that have 

 been determined during the year as new, or new to Britain. Most of 

 the new finds are leaf-fungi and belong to the Ascomycetes or to the 

 Fungi Imperfect!. 



A similar descriptive list:}: dealing mainly with the larger fleshy 

 fungi is supplied by Carletou Rea. Three species are new to science : 

 Marasmius pruinafus, with a densely pruinose pileus and stem; Cortinarius 

 fusco-tinctus, in which the pale ochraceous pileus and stem become red- 

 dish, then blackish or fuscous, when touched; and Lasiobolus macrotrkkus, 

 distinguished by the very long hairs on the ascoma. 



Mycological Notes.§ — These, issued by C. G. Lloyd, contain illustra- 

 tions and observations on various rare or unusual forms of the larger 

 fungi received by him from all quarters of the globe. Species of 

 Polyporus, Guepinia, Favolus, Gantharelliis, etc., are passed in review. 

 There is an extended note on Lentinus Tuher-regium, which is developed 

 from a large sclerotium and has been renamed several times. 



Two other pamphlets, also by Lloyd, |j have been received. They 

 deal in a similar way with recently collected material. One deals wholly 

 with species of Radulum, several of them, such as R. Balouii, evidently 

 new species. The genus comprises resupinate fungi the hymenium of 

 tvhich is studded with " blunt tubercular teeth." The second " letter '^ 

 pamphlet discusses " some lost Xylarias." Some of these exist in figures 

 only such as Xijlaria Geoglossun figured by Schweinitz, but which is 

 probably a Geoglossum. 



British Mycology.^I— An account is published of the annual foray 

 of fungologists in the autumn of last year. The meeting of the British 

 Mycological Society was held at Lyndhurst, and various excursions were 

 made in the New Forest. Over five hundred species of fungi and fifteen 

 mycetozoa were collected during the week. Three species of Hypochnus 

 new to Britain, one of them new to science, were collected. A full list 

 of the fungi obtained is appended ; many of them had not previously 

 been found in the New Forest. 



The presidential address was given by E. W. Swantou (in absence), 

 who dealt with "Education in Mycology." He urged the great economic 

 importance of the study, and outlined the position of mycological teach- 



* Mycologia, ix. (1917) pp. 249-53. 



t Trans. Brit. Mycol. Soc, v. (1917) pp. 122-33. 



+ Trans. Brit. Mycol. Soc, v. (1917) pp. 434-40 (1 pL). 



§ Cincinnati, Ohio, No. 47 (1917) pp. 653-68 (figs.). 



11 Cincinnati, Ohio (1917) 12 pp. (figs.) ; and Letter No. 64, 4 pp. (figs.). 



i Trans. Brit, Mycol. Soc, v. (1917) pp. 351-64, 381-407. 



