Physiologie. — Fungi, Bacteria und Pathologie. 569 



NäKAMURA, M., Can Lithium and Caesium Salts Exert 



any Stimulant Action on Phanerogams? (Bull. 



College of Agriculture. Tokyo 1904. Vol. VI. No. 2.) 



Lithiumcarbonat in Dosen von 10—100 mgr. pro Kilo 



Boden übte eine geringe stimulirende Wirkung auf Gerste und 



Erbse aus. Caesiumchlorid in einer Menge von 100 mgr. pro 



Kilo Boden förderte das Höhenwachsthum der Reispflanze. 



Die Durchschnittshöhe der 5 Pflanzen betrug bei Caesium 



110 cm. gegenüber 99 cm. im Controllfall. Loew. 



ALWOOD, W. B., The bitter rot of apples. (Va. Agric. Expt. 

 Station Bull. CXLII. 1902. p. 252—279.) 



This bulletin is a reprint in part of bulletin 40, with additions 

 made to our knowledge of the disease caused by the fungus Glomerella 

 rufomaculans (Berk.) during the last few years. The writer treats quite 

 thoroughly the hosts of the fungus, history and nomenclature, in which 

 he accepts the name given by v o n Sehr enk and Spaulding, the 

 common name, the season of oecurrence, external appearance of the 

 disease, description and germination of the spores, character of the 

 niycelium. In considering the sources of infection the writer differs from 

 the later writers in that he has been unable to find the cankers of the 

 branches and his observations lead him to think that the old mummies 

 which hang on the tree over winter are the most important means of 

 starting the infection the next spring. It is also stated that the lighter 

 colored varieties are the most susceptible to the disease as compared 

 with the more highly colored ones. The least susceptible varieties are 

 given as being the York Imperial, Ben Davis, and Winesap. 

 Under suggestions for treatment the removal of affected fruits as soon 

 as possible and spraying with the Standard mixtures are the most 

 important. It is also suggested that in some circumstances the writer 

 would remove certain badly affected varieties or trees wholly from the 

 orchard. Perley Spaulding. 



ANONYMUS, New Fungi. (Naturalist. 1904. p. 1—8. 1 plate.) 



A list of new and unrecorded fungi for Great B ritain collected 

 during the last few years by the Yorkshire Naturalists Union. 

 The following new species are recorded with füll diagnoses: 



Entoloma Farrahi Mass. and Crossl. (with coloured plate). 



Ciavaria tenerrlma Mass. and Crossl. 



Venturia Thwaitesii Mass. and Crossl , on dead stems Rubus idaeus. 



Dilophospora albida Mass. and Crossl., on Epilobium hirsutum. 



Gnomonia Needhami Mass. and Crossl., on fir Ieaves. 



Calonectria vermispora Mass. and Crossl. 



Sphaerospora citrina Mass. and Crossl. 



Coryne aquatica Mass. and Crossl. 



Symphosira parasitica Mass. and Crossl., on fallen mericarps of 

 Conium maculatum and Heracleum spondyllium. 



This last fungus is particularly interesting in that it behaves in a 

 similar way to Sclerotinia Vaccinii. Careful experiments have been made 

 and successful inoculation takes place on Conium and Heracleum when 

 the conidia are applied to the stigma of the flower; a Sclerotium forms 

 in the ovary, from which at a later date sporophores develope. 



A. D. Cotton. 



COCKERELL, J. D. A., Some Fungi collected in New 



Mexico. (Journ of Mycol. X. p. 49— 51. March 1904.) 



The following list of fungi found in New Mexico is given: 

 Agaricus campestris L., Coprinus atramentarius (Bull.) Fr., C. micaceus 



