230 Fungi, Mj^xomyceten , Pathologie. 



Alternaria tombent sans mürir. Le Coüetotricinun , observe sur les 

 bords de Volga dans le gouvernement de Simbirsk, fait pourrir 

 les groseilles. Paul Vuillemin. 



Kellepman, W. A., A real Mushroom Number. (Mycological 

 Bulletin LXVII-LXVIII. p. 265—272. fig. 205-212. Oct. "1906.) 



The entire Space of this number of the Mycological Bulletin is 

 given to a Condensed article composed of quotations from The 

 Principles of mushroom growing and mushroom spawn 

 making by B. M. Duggar in Bulletin 85, Bureau Plant Industry, 

 United States Department of Agriculture. Hedgcock. 



Smith, C. O., A bacterial disease of Oleander. (Bot. Gaz. XLII. 

 p. 301—310. Oct. 1906.) 



Some diseased Oleanders were received at the University of 

 California during the fall of 1905 from a nursery. The trouble 

 affects the stem and leaves forming large, hard, woody knots, preli- 

 minary examination showed them to contain many bacteria. The 

 appearance led to the conclusion that the disease might be caused 

 by the same organism that produces the olive knot. Inoculations 

 made with pure cultures of the organism upon the Oleander and the 

 olive gave positive results in all cases. In about a months time the 

 disease begins to become visible after the inoculation. The lesions 

 and growth on the two hosts differed somewhat. The characters of 

 the organism upon different media are given and these characters 

 seem to be identical with those of the olive knot organism when 

 grown side by side. A number of plates are given and the paper is 

 closed with a list of literature. Perle}' Spaulding. 



Voglino, P., I funghi piu dannosi alle piante osservati 

 nella Provinciadi Torino e regioni limitrofe nel 1905. 

 (Annali R. Accad. d'Agricoltura di Torino. Vol. XLVIII. 1905. 

 p. 417—456 avec 5 fig. intercalees). 



L'auteur enumere 278 Champignons parasites qu'il a remarques 

 pendant Tannee 1905 dans la province de Turin; pour plusieurs 

 especes il ajoute des observations biologiques et pathologiques. II 

 identifie les Pyricnlaria Orysae Cav. , P. parasitajis Ett. et Ev. et 

 Dactylarin parasita)is Cav. avec le Pyricularia grisea (Cooke) Sacc, et 

 le Cercospora hypophylla Cav. avec le C. Rosae alpinae Mass. II decrit 

 quatre especes nouvelles: CicinnoboleHS Artemtsiae Vogl. dans ]e myce- 

 lium de VOidiuni crysiphoides sur les feuilles d^Artemisia, Sphaerella 

 Cydoniae Vogl. sur les feuilles de Pirus Cydonia , Phyllosticta Pruni 

 doniesticae Vogl. sur les feuilles de Prunus domestica , Ramularia 

 Paeoniae Vogl. sur les feuilles de Paeonia. R. Pampanini, 



Wileox, E. M., Diseases of sweet Potatoes in Alabama. 

 (Alabama Agr. Exp. Stat. Bull. CXXXV. p. 1 — 16. fig. 1-4. Jun. 1906.) 



This is a populär description of a number of sweet potato 

 diseases with remedies for prevention. The foUowing diseases are 

 described: black rot caused by Ceratocystis fimbriata ; dvy rot, Phonta 



